The Volkswagen suspended in Portugal, selling 250 cars with fraudulent engines, following the scandal of emissions. The Siva, representing the Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda, announced on Wednesday that cleared the 200 new car registrations on the 30 September. The seat, the same group, had already advanced that had 50 vehicles to the software installed on the engines.
In a statement sent on Wednesday to the editorial, the Siva realizes that took this decision “so We learned of units covered “and said” the competent authorities “. In Portugal there are a total of 117 thousand vehicles with this type of diesel engine, the vast majority already in circulation.
The decision of both companies anticipated the measure announced today by the group to suspend the sale of vehicles with engine type EA 189 in all countries of the European Union (EU). The news was released by the German magazine Automobilwoche and confirmed by a company spokesman told Reuters.
The German construction not yet said how many vehicles the affected brands are unsold on dealers in the EU but had early there were 8.5 million vehicles with the problem circular. Cars with engine EA 189 of Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and Seat will be targeted for repairs and then return to dealers.
However, the group’s headquarters news came that folded provisions of part to cover spending scandal emissions manipulation by Volkswagen may not be sufficient if sales decrease.
About the possible increase of 6.5 billion intended to deal with expenses related to the scandal of emissions, the company’s president, Matthias Müller said in a conversation with journalists on Wednesday in Wolfsburg which could only guess. “If there is a change in the volume of sales, react quickly,” he added.
Quoted by Reuters, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony and a member of the supervisory board of Volkswagen, Stephan Weil, said that until now, the sales October have remained stable.
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