VW sjoemeldiesel has to pay 3,000 euros in compensation to the buyer

Again, Volkswagen has to pay thousands of euros in compensation to the buyer of a cheat diesel. This time, considerable behavior was attributed to a Groningen buyer.

According to the court, this is not the first time VW has awarded compensation following a car sold with deceptive software. This software ensured that a car emitted less than it actually did on paper and during testing.

Thousands of euros in compensation for Groningen buyer Volkswagen sjoemeldiesel

Last time, a judge in Haarlem decided that Volkswagen should pay 3,000 euros in damages. Now the car manufacturer has to transfer this amount again to the duped diesel buyer. The buyer purchased a Volkswagen Polo.

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The sub-district court in Groningen found VW guilty of unfair business practices and fraud. By doing so, European rules on emissions are breached.

The case is one of four ‘investigative cases’ launched by the Volkswagen Group Diesel Performance Foundation and a consumer association on behalf of private buyers of cheat diesels. So consumer association is happy with this verdict. “To date no compensation has been paid in the Netherlands. We can conduct procedure after procedure until we weigh ourselves, but our goal is that VW understands that it is better to sit down and come to a solution,” the organization said.

More than 150,000 people were affected in the Netherlands

The union estimates that between 2009 and 2015, 150,000 to 180,000 owners of the Volkswagen Group in the Netherlands cheated on diesels.

Volkswagen is already paying compensation in the US

In the US, VW has long since moved to compensate customers who bought the diesels in question. However, in an earlier report, the company says that the Dutch cars’ software is configured differently. Laws and regulations are different in the US. Whether the manufacturer will eventually compensate every buyer in the Netherlands is still in question.

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