Research in Germany after the scandal of altered Volkswagen engines stopped suspicions of possible irregularities in other 15 brands of vehicles, including German five French Renault or Suzuki and Nissan Japanese, he said Friday the Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt.
the official quoted brands Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet, Dacia, Fiat, Hyundai, Jaguar, Jeep, Land Rover, Nissan and Suzuki, in addition to the German Volkswagen, Audi, Mercedes, Opel and Porsche, as well as the French Renault, already outlined above by a government source.
However, he added that “none” of the 53 vehicles twenty houses that the German authorities have investigated has a device that truque emissions as in the largest European manufacturer VW, according to EFE.
in France , offices PSA (Peugeot-Citroen) were recorded by the French services to combat fraud, investigating “anomalies” on emission levels.
in his appearance on Friday, the German minister also confirmed that about 630,000 vehicles from German manufacturers involved will be reviewed due to irregularities in their levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
the decision on a possible recall of foreign brands must be taken by countries those models under suspicion filed their request for authorization for the European Union, he added.
Meanwhile, Mercedes Benz, announced Thursday it had opened an internal investigation at the request of US authorities to verify how that are certified emissions of its vehicles in the US
in the case of Volkswagen, the German automaker is already strongly felt the impact of the scandal. in 2015 reported net loss of 1.582 billion euros, its first annual loss in 20 years, due to massive provisions to cover the costs of the scandal.
“the current crisis is very important for Volkswagen financial burden,” said Friday his President Mathias Muller, at a press conference at the headquarters of the group in Wolsburgo (north) after a meeting of the supervisory board.
the group of 12 brands (Volkswagen, Audi, seat, Porsche, etc.) decided to make allowances for 16,200 million euros last year to address the costs and compensation, not yet encrypted, linked to this scandal.
the group also said in its statement that it expects a decline in its volume business of up to 5% in 2016, penalized not only by the scandal of diesel but also by the difficulties of the Russian and Brazilian markets.
Volkswagen confessed last September have souped diesel engines 11 million vehicles around the world to appear cleaner than they actually were. In light of the revelations of this Friday, malpractices on the level of emissions could be more widespread.
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