VW emissions scandal set to overshadow Detroit Motor Show

Volkwagen will showcase its new vehicles at the US's largest car show on Monday in the face of the ongoing fallout from Dieselgate

On Sunday night, as Detroit fills with auto journalists and car executives, Volkswagen will hold a media party at Fishbone's, the Cajun-themed restaurant in the city's Greektown neighbourhood. It'll be the opening salvo in a PR offensive the German company will be hoping can finally turn the tide after arguably the worst year in its history.

Three months after the revelation that Volkswagen Group was using an illegal software fix called a "defeat device" to circumvent US environmental regulations on about 600,000 of its diesel-powered passenger cars, the company will showcase its new vehicles at the US's largest car show on Monday.