Volkswagen Apologises & Recalls Cars After Allegations Of Emission Fraud

The Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen, Martin Winterkorn, has apologized to customers for  "broken trust" following allegations that the company was accused of defrauding environmental regulators last week.

According to reports from CNN Money, the statement stopped short of admitting guilt, but stated "We do not and will not tolerate violations of any kind of our internal rules or of the law". The company also said it had stopped selling the vehicles at issue.

This was due to a tip off to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, that the German company cheated on its emissions standard compliance by programming some diesel-fueled cars to turn on emission controls only when being tested. 

The software was installed in nearly 500,000 Volkswagen Group (VLKAY) cars on U.S. roads, including some of its luxury-brand Audi cars but Mr Winterkorn said the company will "cooperate fully" with the EPA investigation.

It is however unclear whether that investigation will include cars sold outside the U.S. which include diesel versions of the VW Jetta, the Beetle and the Golf from model years 2009 through 2015, the Passat from 2014-2015 as well as the Audi A3, model years 2009-2015. 

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