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The subject has now blown up here recently regarding 5000 Mercedes Vito Vans and now 600,000 Mercedes C & D Class Cars all using the 1,6L Euro 6 Diesel manufactured by the Mercedes Partner Renault (not mentioned on the attachment but in the German Press). It has been stated that around 900,000 Renault Captur & Clio’s could also be affected. The reason for mentioning this is primarily due to the question of how or does it affect our QQ Models - Dave ;)

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All I can say is that when I saw a man about a new non-Nissan replacement for my Qashqai, he was mightily revealed to discover my trade-in wasn't a diesel! I suspect I'd either have had a very low offer or a refusal if it had been...
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It appears that things are indeed heating up for Mercedes here now with the talk today of a recall of over a possible 1Mio vehicles. It looks like the new Transport Minister (Scheuer) is no friend of the Motor Industry like the last one (Dobrindt) and the old saying is “A New Broom Sweeps Clean” is starting to take place - Dave :)
There is also talk of a vehicle ban (taken of the road) of VW vehicles that have not had VW Software Updates done as they no longer meet the Technical Specs and the Government Paperwork is out of date. This is becoming a joke as it has been said that the “Software” (old Government recommendation) is not the answer and the better option is “Hardware” :roll:

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Today’s News on Mercedes and now Audi (VW) Management are in the Pot and it’s getting deeper and more expensive - Dave ;)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -in-europe

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... cutors-say
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HI, This all started around three years ago Audi, Voltswagen, Skoda, Seat all for American market because of there Diesel emission Laws being Different from the UK,it was the NOC emissions which was the fault which is not required in the UK, i had a Audi Quattro TT 170bhp Audi UK offered a ECU Update as a Option if you wanted, i'm running my 1.5 DCI wouldn't change it very pleased with the Unit
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Dragster, what I was trying to Highlight here is that at the beginning of this scandal it appeared that the Government had their hand over the Motor Industry here and as you mentioned the VW Group started it inc Audi etc and now Mercedes is involved. The Government Minister has now changed and it is all beginning to happen.
What is disappointing is that the customers that have held out against the Software Update in preference to a hopeful Hardware Update are now suffering as their Vehicles do not meet the Specs and the Paperwork is now not correct and can no longer be driven - Dave ;)
Today Mercedes have been directed to recall 238,000 Vehicles in Germany and the total in Europe is 774,000
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Post by J0nnyb0i »

Jeesh, seems like there's a scandal with everything even vaguely related to diesel nowadays.
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Hot News only minutes ago - Now at long last the S _ _ t has really hit the Fan and VW are not even going to fight it. They are being Fined €1bn or £880m because of the Diesel Emission Scandal, just a small sum out of their deep pocket - Dave :)
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Came across this when doing a bit research into the qq
www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/ma ... ta-reveals
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Have you read this because it is not only affecting Diesels - Dave :)

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6534&hilit=1%2C2L+Petrol+Emissions
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