Volkswagen ready to take European owners to court over compensation claims

"As regards lawsuits, we can only repeat that our updates are okay,” said Müller. “We have done thousands of measurements in conjunction with the KBA which show that our solutions do not affect cars negatively in any way. “If people think they know better then let them try to prove it and we will discuss that intensely in court. But I have to say we are relaxed about it.” Sorry, you added software to manipulate emissions tests for a reason. You say you don't know why you fitted the software, but you are removing anyway as some sort of favour to us all. You say you have done tests on a laboritory which prove removing the software makes no difference. But you haven't done any tests in the real world, which is where your customers see the difference. Most if not all other manufacturers say that defeat devices are there to protect the engine from damage. But you say you can remove the defeat device without damaging the engine. You are the one that wants to fit the software to our vrhicles. It's not up to us to prove that it will damage performance and the engine. It's up to you to prove that it won't. If you can't prove that in the real world, we don't want it. Take it off please. Thanks

"As regards lawsuits, we can only repeat that our updates are okay,” said Müller. “We have done thousands of measurements in conjunction with the KBA which show that our solutions do not affect cars negatively in any way. “If people think they know better then let them try to prove it and we will discuss that intensely in court. But I have to say we are relaxed about it.” Sorry, you added software to manipulate emissions tests for a reason. You say you don't know why you fitted the software, but you are removing anyway as some sort of favour to us all. You say you have done tests on a laboritory which prove removing the software makes no difference. But you haven't done any tests in the real world, which is where your customers see the difference. Most if not all other manufacturers say that defeat devices are there to protect the engine from damage. But you say you can remove the defeat device without damaging the engine. You are the one that wants to fit the software to our vrhicles. It's not up to us to prove that it will damage performance and the engine. It's up to you to prove that it won't. If you can't prove that in the real world, we don't want it. Take it off please. Thanks