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The Volkswagen CC, initially sold as the Volkswagen Passat CC, [4] is a car built by German marque Volkswagen from 2008 to 2016. [ citation needed ] It is a variant of the Volkswagen Passat that trades headroom and cargo space [ 5 ] for a coupé-like profile and sweeping roofline. [ 6 ]
[156] [157] Volkswagen later announced a timeline for UK diesel recalls, citing March 2016 for 2.0-litre engines, June 2016 for 1.2-litre engines, and October 2016 for 1.6-litre engines. [ 158 ] At the beginning of October 2015, Volkswagen suggested to let car owners decide whether to take their cars for rectification.
Early in the 1950s scientists discovered that vehicle emissions were a significant factor that had been causing the air quality to deteriorate. [7] This led to the introduction of vehicle emissions standards in California in 1966, furthermore due to the seriousness of the problem, in 1970 the Clean Air Act was introduced in order to regulate these standards all over the United States. [7]
"Boat engines from Volkswagen Marine - Self-study programme M002 - Design and Operation" (PDF). vw-m.de. Volkswagen AG. August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011 "Volkswagen Marine - engines for planing boats" (PDF). vw-m.de. Volkswagen AG. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2011
The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Diesel Sedan was awarded Green Car of the Year.The award was rescinded in early October 2015. On 18 September 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said beginning in 2008 the car maker fraudulently installed engine control unit (ECU) software determined to be a "defeat device", in violation of the Clean Air Act, to circumvent environmental ...
The spark-ignition petrol (gasoline) engines listed below were formerly used in various marques of automobiles and commercial vehicles of the German automotive business Volkswagen Group [1] and also in Volkswagen Industrial Motor applications, but are now discontinued.
These included the Volkswagen Type 2 in 1950, the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia in 1955, the Volkswagen Type 3 in 1961, the Volkswagen Type 4 in 1968, and the Volkswagen Type 181 in 1969. In 1960, upon the flotation of part of the German federal government 's stake in the company on the German stock market, its name became Volkswagenwerk ...
The Volkswagen-Audi V8 engine family is a series of mechanically similar, gasoline-powered and diesel-powered, V-8, internal combustion piston engines, developed and produced by the Volkswagen Group, in partnership with Audi, since 1988. They have been used in various Volkswagen Group models, and by numerous Volkswagen-owned companies.