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The cut of the investments announced by Volkswagen, after the scandal emissions of diesel cars, will not affect Italy. The chief executive of Volkswagen Italy, Massimo Nordio, in a parliamentary hearing, explained that for the moment the car Euro5, still in dealerships because the sale was blocked, are 1.300. The CEO of Audi, Rupert Stadler, on which the operations in Italy, wrote to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, the Minister of Economy and the Minister of Industry to confirm that the projects with regard to our country, not change. So Volkswagen will continue to invest in Italy even if the German automaker will cut global investment of 1 billion a year and will accelerate the program to cut costs, to cover the charges related to the scandal emissions. Nordio has apologized to customers, but said it should not have any doubts “about the fact that the problem has no impact on safety and road traffic in their cars.” The group announced in early October that more than 648,000 cars in Italy (361,432 Volkswagen, Audi 197421, 35348 Seat, Skoda 38,966 and 15,291 commercial vehicles) that are equipped with the software irregular and will be subject to intervention from the German. The vehicles, announced the Minister of Transport Graziano Delrio, will be recalled to be put back to normal.
Nordio He stressed that diesel gate is not affecting the sales in October do not record “worrying declines” although of course the Volkswagen brand is the most hit. It announced that in the coming months will be put in place “adequate measures to protect the revenues of our company.” The scandal, if there was a close by the banks for the dealers, “could still lead to a decline in sales which puts pressure on corporate accounts.”
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