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Porsche has decided to suspend the sale of vehicles with a diesel 3.0-liter engine in the US.This was done immediately after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the results of the investigation the engine V6 3.0 TDI, installed in Porsche cars, Audi vehicles and Volkswagen automobiles.The scandal emissions of the Volkswagen started because of 2.0-liter TDI. The German manufacturer with a special equipment brought down the level of emissions of nearly half a million cars from United States. During this scandal the head of Volkswagen Martin Winterkorn has announced about his re...
After the VW debacle because of the Emissions fiasco and the subsequent handling of bad press and pending investigations from the US and EU authorities, a new winner has emerged: Toyota. Although general sales have declined for both automotive giants, at a rate of 1.5 percent, Toyota reported sales of 7.49 Million vehicles through September, while VW was able to report 7.43 Million. VW had been leading Toyota in all global sales for the first six months of the year. However, after the scandal, it has prioritized readying a system to repair approximately 11 Million vehicles worl...
A new Emissions scandal may be brewing in Europe. According to Reuters OPEL (under GM) will have to go through a new extensive testing regarding the Zafira Minivan, because it has been stated that it is violating European pollution standards. This comes after “Green” activists’ claims that the Zafira Minivan has excessive NOx (Mono-Nitrogen Oxide) emissions.NOx is a heavy atmosphere pollutant produced during combustion at high temperatures and does form part of acid rain. During tests performed by the University of Applied Sciences in...
There is no doubt that ceratin automotive brands have to benefit from the Volkswagen's troubles after the emissions scandal.Full-line brands including Ford, Toyota and Honda are the most frequently cross-shopped against VW, according to market experts' data. Based on cross-shopping patterns, these brands could gain most if shoppers spurn VW: Ford would gain 26%, Honda - 23%, Toyota - 20%, 18% would go to BMW and 19% - to Mazda.But Volkswagen might have enough in its arsenal to keep some of those shoppers in the fold. Some gasoline-powered VW models had a s...
Volkswagen was the one of the most successfully car maker in car selling, but because of diesel emissions tests they were for a moment stopped. Despite of admitting that 11 million vehicles worldwide were affected by the rigging of diesel emissions tests, the company sold 845 Volkswagen cars.Today's CSO figures show that a total of 5,924 new private cars were licensed for the first time in September, an increase of 35.4% compared with the same time last year. They also disclosed that 3,743 imported, or used, cars were licensed. But the number of imported cars fell by 12.2% compared wi...
