This comes just a day after VW said it was probing its new diesels for emissions testing cheat software. Could they have completed testing in just 24 hours?
The EA189 engine was replaced by the EA 288 in 2014, with the latter being offered in models for the US market since the start of the 2015 model year.
In a separate statement issued today, VW said diesel cars with EA 288 engines (both Euro 5 and Euro 6) meet legal and environmental requirements.
“Volkswagen confirms today that no software constituting an improper defeat device as defined in law is installed in vehicles with EA 288 EU5 as well as EU6-engines in the European Union. Consequently, new vehicles of the Volkswagen Group offered within the European Union with those engines comply with legal requirements and environmental standards,” the automaker said.
This contradicts a recent report which said VW had developed defeat devices for the EA 288 engine as well.
http://www.carscoops.com/2015/10/vw-halts-eu-sales-of-ea-189-equipped.html
