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VW has admitted fitting 11m vehicles with so-called "defeat devices" to cheat diesel emissions tests.
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.
Consumers will be alarmed that many popular models are involved although, unlike VW, there is no suggestion that any of the other manufacturers have employed devices to cheat the testing regime.
The carmaker is still on course to make profits of about €5bn over the course of 2015 – half of its 2014 profits – while it makes amends for fitting cars with defeat devices to cheat emissions tests.
The company, which holds 52.2% of VW's common shares, cut its guidance last month after revelations that defeat devices to cheat emissions tests had been fitted to 11m VW vehicles around the world.
The EPA has made the allegations after conducting further tests on diesel vehicles in the US since VW admitted in September it had used defeat devices to cheat emissions tests.
This is the first time VW has admitted how many of the 11m vehicles fitted with a defeat device to cheat emissions tests are in the UK.
Volkswagen drivers in Britain whose vehicle was fitted with a device to cheat emissions tests will not have to pay higher taxes to reflect the extra pollution their car causes, the government has pledged.
The Volkswagen group has set aside €6.5bn (£4.2bn) to deal with the costs it may face as a result of fitting 11m diesel vehicles worldwide with a device to cheat emissions tests.
The resignation of Winterkorn follows five days of growing pressure on VW after the US Environmental Protection Agency EPAaccusedsed the carmaker of using a defeat device to cheat emissions tests on diesel cars.
Winterkorn quit after five days of growing pressure on VW, after the US Environmental Protection Agency revealed it had been using a so-called defeat device to cheat emissions tests on diesel cars.
