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Published on Aug 1, 2016
환경부, 오늘 아우디폭스바겐 행정처분 확정
Korea's environment ministry has confirmed it's suspending sales of scores of Volkswagen and Audi models sold in the country.
Korea's environment ministry has confirmed it's suspending sales of scores of Volkswagen and Audi models sold in the country.
The models in question were caught up in an escalating scandal involving false claims over emissions, fuel efficiency and noise levels.
Our Lee Ji-won has more.
The environment ministry on Tuesday nullified the certifications of vehicles imported to the country by Audi Volkswagen Korea.
"The Ministry of Environment revokes the certifications for 80 submodels of 32 models."
The cars can't be sold without the certifications, and the decision affects 83-thousand cars in Korea that have already been sold, while sales of 11-thousand cars will be banned.
This comes after the ministry held a hearing last week, where officials representing the automaker explained Volkswagen's position on the government's push to suspend sales.
Although the German auto giant voluntarily suspended sales prior to that hearing,... it denied any manipulation of emissions levels, but acknowledged making "errors" on test documents.
But after the hearing and review, the ministry confirmed the sales suspension for 80
models
and fined Audi Volkswagen Korea 16 million U.S. dollars.
It also plans to recall an unspecified number of vehicles -- to be announced at a later date.
The government had already been moving to enforce a sales ban on the vehicles in question, including the Golf, Jetta TDI, Audi A6 and other diesel and gasoline models, saying test documents for emissions and noise levels were forged in order to get the certifications.
After a final review, the ministry took out two overlapping models, and added three -- the Audi A3, A8 and A8L.
Audi Volkswagen Korea is already seeing its sales plunge in Korea, and it can't register new cars for sale,... which will have an even bigger impact.
Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.
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