The group “did not finish” of the true consequences of their engines.
As stated in the official report of the Italian regulator, 5 million euros is the maximum possible amount of the fine stipulated by the current legislation of the country.
Such a choice of the amount of the fine is motivated on the one hand “unacceptable business practices”, and with another – large volumes of cars sold with falsified figures and a long period of time over which these cars were sold on the Italian market.
Previously, the government of Italy put forward against the group charges that in 2009 the country sold cars with engines control software which allows you to bypass the standard environmental tests, and to falsify data on the content of nitrogen dioxide in the exhaust.
Recall that in the last few months the projected expenditure of Volkswagen AG on the settlement of the consequences of desligada” began to grow rapidly. Thus, the American division of VW AG has allocated EUR 2.2 billion to pay the fines for the States of new York, Massachusetts and Maryland, and another 86 million dollar fine to the state of California. All these funds will be paid in excess of the principal penalty in the amount of 14.7 billion dollars.
