Volkswagen remains mired in scandal over its rigging of US exhaust emissions tests, facing a barrage of lawsuits and grappling with a stalled German vehicle recall
The brand chief and a head of procurement were told in August 2015 that the firm could face penalties of more than $20 bn for the use of illegal software, Der Spiegel reported
VW expects to post a new record operating result in 2016, after delivering an operating result of 1.9 billion euros in 2015
Move part of global plan to bring on par all EA189 diesel engines; company lines up three launches in 2016
Michael Horn, the company's US CEO, was not on the teams negotiating with US regulators
He is to be replaced on an interim basis by Hinrich Woebcken, the North American regional chief and chairman of Volkswagen Group of America
Michael Horn, president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America has quit to 'pursue other opportunities effective immediately'
While Germany has added more suspects to its list, France has launched a probe of its own
The government is using a financial law to issue the subpoena, which will allow it to investigate fraud over the last 10 years
Volkswagen last year set aside 6.7 billion euros to cover costs of recalling of about 11 million diesel vehicles globally
A memo was sent to former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn in May 2014 about problems with US diesel emissions tests
Group sales figures for February are expected to be released in the second week of March
VW faces potentially huge damages as a result of the cheat-software scandal
The plaintiffs are asking that Volkswagen be ordered to buy back vehicles that don't meet emissions standards
Volkswagen car buy-back would speed emissions-scandal exit
Investigators confiscated computer hard drives and documents after searching the headquarters, other offices in South Korea