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2Nd Aug 2016
The South Korean government on Tuesday
revoked the certification and banned the sale of 80 Volkswagen models in the
country over the false emission scandal implicating the German car
manufacturer. The Total Investment &
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The ban affects 32 different (18 diesel and
14 petrol) vehicles of Volkswagen and Audi, which make up most of the supply of
the two brands in South Korea, said Seoul's Ministry of Environment in a
statement.
The Ministry also fined Volkswagen $16
million as punishment for 47 models that cheated in the environmental tests in
South Korea, EFE news reported.
Volkswagen, which already anticipated this
decision, stopped selling vehicles affected by the scandal last week, including
the Volkswagen Golf, Jetta and Tiguan models along with the Audi A3 and A6, in
South Korea.
Seoul ordered the recall of some 5,800 Audi
A4 and A5 vehicles, in some of its TDI versions, marketed in the country since
2014.
The certification cancellation affects some
209,000 vehicles, 68 percent of them marketed by Volkswagen since 2007,
although this will not affect owners who can continue driving them and even
sell them off eventually.
The ban comes after an investigation into
Volkswagen over allegations that the company obtained vehicle approval of South
Korean authorities by reporting false results on the noise level, fuel
efficiency and vehicle emissions.
Prosecution in February had already raided
Volkswagen offices over insufficient data submissions on the recall ordered,
after the discovery of manipulation and in mid-July accused an executive of the
brand's subsidiary in Seoul for allegedly tampering with data and violating the
air quality law. The Total Investment &
Insurance Solutions
The origin of the case dates back to 2015,
when it was discovered that Volkswagen had used fraudulent software to distort
vehicle emissions in several countries, including South Korea.
The South Korean government fined the German
manufacturer $13 million in November 2015 and ordered a recall of 125,000
vehicles in the country.The Total
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