Dieselgate: British car buyers’ claim against VW reaches high court
Volkswagen deceived British car buyers by falsifying the green credentials of its vehicles, lawyers will argue this week, as a compensation claim linked to the German firm’s Dieselgate emissions scandal reaches the high court.
More than 90,000 claimants are seeking compensation after buying cars from Volkswagen – including Audis, Seats and Skodas – only to find that they emitted more of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide than the company claimed.
The group action, launched in 2019, is the latest to stem from the “dieselgate” emissions scandal, which emerged in 2015 when the carmaker was found to have installed “defeat devices” to rig emissions data. The company has already spent £25bn globally on legal costs, compensation and vehicle buybacks
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