Volkswagen News
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A Volkswagen TDI owner in Portland, Oregon, who's a good friend of this site is taking us along for the ride as he prepares to sell back his 2010 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI. The car, which only has 43,000 miles on it, was purchased new from a Portland-area dealer and maintained very well. Our owner, who we're not naming to avoid any complications with his sale back to VW, said he bought it because of the ample power and very good fuel economy—a common tale. READ MORE: VW diesel deal: what should I do? Take buyback? Wait for updates? "I’d run my car forever if it didn’t...
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Audi, VW, Porsche 3.0-liter diesel owners won't hear a thing until NovemberThe next milestone in Volkswagen 3.0-liter TDI negotiations is a November 3 hearing.
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VW customer satisfaction plummeted, now near the bottom
Volkswagen's scored in the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Automobile Report slipped by about 3 percent.
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What advice would you give a friend with a VW diesel? Our poll results
It's the question on hundreds of thousands of VW diesel owners' minds: what should I do? Should I simply sell the car back to Volkswagen, now that I know what amount I'm likely to be offered, or should I wait to find out what any modifications might entail? An article we did three weeks ago looking...
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Oversight of $2 billion VW electric-car funds required, charging companies say
A group of charging-network operators criticizes provisions of the preliminary Volkswagen diesel settlement.
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VW diesel acts were likely criminal, U.S. finds; settlement talks underway
The proposed $15 billion settlement between Volkswagen and regulators over its emission-cheating diesel cars is winding toward final approval, but VW's miseries are far from over. U.S. attorneys have been investigating the company and its introduction of "defeat device" software to pass EPA...
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Volkswagen diesel owners are still waiting for final approval of the proposed settlement that will allow VW to buy back their cars. But on Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission took the unusual step of warning VW dealers not to mislead owners about the buyback terms. It also issued an informational post for owners themselves, alerting them to their rights under the proposed deal. The post to owners is titled VW owners, get the facts! It points out that owners could be approached by third parties offering to take the cars off their hands more quickly than the pace of the court process and...
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VW will roll out particulate filters for gasoline engines next year
Volkswagen will add particulate filters to certain gasoline powertrains beginning in June 2017.
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Diesel lobby group slams VW mitigation plan, says it will miss clean-air targets
The preliminary Volkswagen diesel settlement includes not only provisions for buybacks and vehicle modifications, but also funding for mitigation of the environmental damage caused by excess pollution from the affected TDI cars. A public comment period for the settlement—which received...
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Consumer Reports urges higher VW diesel buyback amounts
Consumer Reports claims Volkswagen TDI may be entitled to greater buyback amounts.
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VW faces far worse problems in South Korea than in U.S.
The South Korean government suspended sales of Volkswagen, Audi, and Bentley models.
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What can VW diesel owners buy now? Perhaps a Chevy Cruze diesel?
General Motors will target Volkswagen TDI owners with its next Chevrolet Cruze diesel.
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The EU government is working with national consumer groups to get compensation for Volkswagen diesel owners.
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CA regulator to start testing VW TDI diesel modifications for all versions
The California Air Resources Board will test proposed modifications for Volkswagen 2.0-liter TDI models.
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VW diesel owners not happy with offers, communications: survey
Volkswagen owners are ambivalent about the diesel settlement, according to a new survey.
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VW diesel deception known by highest execs, lawsuits say
Every scandal comes down to a set of related questions: who knew what, and when did they know it? Thus far, in the VW diesel emission scandal, those questions remain unanswered. A report from an independent inquiry into the entire chain of events, commissioned by VW Group and conducted by law firm...
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VW diesel plan gets preliminary approval, but buyback offers won't start yet
As expected, a federal district-court judge gave preliminary approval yesterday to a plan for Volkswagen to buy back or modify hundreds of thousands of 2.0-liter diesel vehicles sold from 2009 through 2015. The cars, sold by VW and Audi, contained "defeat device" software that kept their emissions...
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VW likely to build electric cars in North America by 2020: executive
Volkswagen may build an electric car in North America beginning in 2020.
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With luck, owners of the 466,000 Volkswagen and Audi 2.0-liter diesel cars at the center of the VW emission cheating scandal now know that they will be offered a choice of what to do with their cars. Either they will be able to sell their cars back to the company for a set price, or they can have their cars updated to comply with emission rules (or get closer to them) if and when such modifications are approved by regulators. But information on what those modifications would be, and when they might come, has been hard to come by. DON'T MISS: VW's long road ahead to restore consumer trust...
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VW's long road ahead to restore consumer trust, faith in green credentials
Volkswagen has a long way to go before it restores its green credentials.
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VW diesel deal: what should I do? Take buyback? Wait for updates?
It's a question that hundreds of thousands of VW 2.0-liter TDI diesel owners will be asking soon, if they haven't already: Should I take the buyback? Some have already made up their minds. They want their cars to go away, and will sell them back to the manufacturer that deceived them and lied to...
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Why VW killed its TDI diesels in the U.S.: future emission standards
Hell hath no fury like a well-meaning government regulator who's been sneered at and condescended to by executives of one of the world's largest auto companies—only to learn the company has systematically lied to her and deliberately violated the laws she's charged with enforcing. After the...
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VW won't relaunch 'clean diesels' as part of its US core, execs say
Automotive News reported Tuesday that Volkwagen's North American chief said the brand won't bring back most of its diesels to the U.S. anytime soon. “We are not stopping diesel. Wherever diesel makes sense as a package to the car, we’ll continue,” Hinrich Woebcken told Automotive...
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VW's big electric-car pledge: LG Chem, Panasonic possible battery partners (updated)
Volkswagen reportedly hopes to sell 1 million electric cars within the next decade.
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