There will be no financial compensation for European car owners Volkswagen for diesel scandal.
American VW owners may, however, compensation, and it is perfectly reasonable to make the difference, as Marcus Thomas People, Communications at Swedish Volkswagen .
He says it is not yet clear how the US customers’ cars should be addressed and that the limit values for nitrogen oxides is much tougher in the US market. US customers have to wait longer for a technical solution.
“You can certainly have different thoughts on this. But in Sweden will be able to get this corrected when leaving In the car on a regular visit to the workshop or service. It is not anything that affects vehicle handling or performance. So it’s really nothing that affects the car or customers that way, “says Marcus Thomas People said.
He excludes not quite there can be no question of financial compensation at a later stage without saying that “you can not put the item so easily in such matters”.
“The situation in the United States Canada is not automatically comparable to other markets in the world. Therefore, we can not just roll out the existing benefits in other markets, “says the German Volkswagen Group in a statement.
In the US and Canada must diesel customers compensated with a” goodwill “package is worth $ 1,000, 8,700 crowns. $ 500 is deposited in a credit card and a voucher for $ 500 can be used for servicing, repair or purchase at the local VW dealer. You also get three years of free roadside assistance.
EU industry commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska requested in a letter to Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller for the company to compensate its customers in Europe in a similar way as one Made in the USA. The two met in Brussels on Thursday and afterwards said Matthias Müller, Volkswagen is now concentrating on performing the upgrades of diesel models in Europe. Some promises of compensation in Europe was not given.
In the United States waiting remains at a technical solution to upgrade the cars, but in Europe there is a plan to be implemented during the year. Matthias Müller promised to revisit the issue, so the door might be ajar still when it comes to financial compensation in Europe.
The European Parliament has appointed a special committee to investigate the Volkswagen exhaust cheating and what if anything was known this within the EU. The committee has 45 members and Fredrick Federley (C) is the only Swedish representative. There is evidence to suggest that Volkswagen exhaust cheating was known in Europe long before the American authorities suspected that something was wrong, the summer of 2014.
The motive for financial compensation is ultimately about consumers suffered economic damage. We do not know yet because no one has measured Volkswagen cars before and after the upgrade of the engine control system to the diesel engines. Everything depends on whether consumption, peak power or emissions change.
All want of course to know exactly what VW update means, and we intend to try to answer with the help of an international and independent testing. Thanks to our collaboration with the entire auto motor und sport network we can make such a test, but first we must wait for the update from Volkswagen.
“We’re working right now with measuring power , emissions and fuel consumption of a Volkswagen diesel before it has received its new software. Very important and relevant consumer journalism, “said Alrik Söderlind, managing editor of Auto Motor & amp; sports, before the end of the year. You are following the news here on automotorsport.se reading the paper will get information first of all.
I definitely think that even Swedish VW owners will receive compensation.
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