SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision to sharply reduce the fine for Audi Volkswagen Korea (AVK) and clear the company of most of the charges in its diesel emissions scandal. The top court said it approved the Seoul High Court’s order last September, calling on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul appeals court sharply reduced the fine for Audi Volkswagen Korea (AVK) on Friday after clearing the company of much of the charges in its diesel emissions scandal. The Seoul High Court ordered the South Korean unit of the German carmaker to pay a 1.1 billion won (US$950,800) [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Car dealers working for Porsche Korea have filed for damages against their employer, as the scandal involving the doctoring of emissions results left them unable to sell the vehicles. Porsche officials were charged with falsifying results to help cars meet Korea’s environmental standards. This is the first time that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Volkswagen Group resumed vehicle sales in South Korea by launching the Passat sedan Thursday after a one and a half year suspension triggered by the “diesel gate” emissions cheating scandal. The German carmaker “plans to resume sales of its three models, including the Passat, the Tiguan sport utility vehicle [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean consumers will file a compensation lawsuit next week with a local court against three German automakers accused of lying about diesel emissions and collusion, a local lawyer said Friday. Six people who own Porsches, BMWs and Mercedes Benzes are expected to file their case [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court has ruled against dozens of South Koreans who sued the local unit of German carmaker Volkswagen for infringing on their right to health by rigging emissions data, officials said Tuesday. The Seoul Central District Court said that there is not sufficient evidence to corroborate the plaintiffs’ [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Audi Volkswagen Korea is expected to restart sales of its Audi models soon after months of suspension following emissions and certification scandals, auto industry officials said Thursday. The local unit of the German carmaker has already begun sales of the top luxury Bentley line this month, including the newly [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Friday held the first hearing on a compensation suit filed by hundreds of South Korean customers against German carmaker Volkswagen over vehicles with manipulated emissions data. During the hearing held at the Seoul Central District Court, a total of 259 plaintiffs demanded the cancellation of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Audi Volkswagen Korea has finally come up with a solution to save itself from plunging consumer confidence – an 871-dollar (1 million won) voucher to each of its car owners as part of a program rather ironically dubbed the “We Care Campaign” – the first compensation of any kind [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A senior executive of German carmaker Volkswagen visited Seoul prosecutions’ office on Wednesday and apologized to South Korean customers for the emissions scandal surrounding some of its vehicles. Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, a member of Volkswagen AG’s Board of Management, visited the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office to discuss [...]