VW sold new cars with defeat devices in UK even after scandal broke in US
by Graham Ruddick and Julia Kollewe from Technology | The Guardian on (#P5FN)
Carmaker says it has now halted sale of 4,000 diesel-fuelled VW, Audi, Skoda and SEAT vehicles because they contain emissions-cheating software
Volkswagen has admitted that it continued selling new cars in the UK fitted with "defeat devices" to cheat diesel emissions tests even after US authorities uncovered the scandal.
The revelation piles pressure on the German carmaker. Richard Lloyd, executive director at consumer group Which?, accused VW of "adding insult to injury" for consumers.
