Almost one year after the cheating emissions scandal surfaced, governments from all over the world are starting to take measures against Volkswagen and its subsidies.
The latest country to consider ordering a stop-sale on the Group’s vehicles is South Korea, led by the local environment ministry, which announced that a final decision will be made later this month after a hearing that will be held on July 22, as AutomotiveNews reports.
Out of the 32 models that are currently under investigation in the Asian country, 27 of them are sold locally under the Volkswagen, Audi and Bentley badges, but the action doesn’t seem to scare the German automotive giant’s local arm, which will figure it out how to respond once the decision is official.
Volkswagen sales plunged 33 percent in the first six months of this year, to 12,463 units, following the brand’s statement in the USA to be using software that fakes emissions tests on some diesel-powered vehicles. This led to legal action taken in the States, Germany, South Korea and other parts of the globe.
South Korean authorities shifted their attention from issuing a stop-sale of the Nissan Qashqai, earlier this year, accusing the Japanese brand of manipulating emissions tests, to arresting a local Volkswagen AG executive, last month, as part of the widening probe.
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