Some of the world’s biggest carmakers on Friday broadly won the first stage of England’s biggest class action legal battle over whether some of their diesel vehicles used ‘prohibited defeat devices’ (PDDs).
More than a dozen manufacturers are accused by 1.6 million UK drivers of using devices in diesel models produced from 2009 onwards to cheat official emissions tests.
The vehicles in the claims were made by Mercedes-Benz, Opel and Vauxhall, Nissan and Renault, Volkswagen and Porsche, Peugeot and Citroën, Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, BMW, FCA and Suzuki, Volvo, Hyundai-Kia, Toyota and Mazda.
The 13-week trial, which began in October, saw evidence issued
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