Porsche seeks $300M from stablemate Audi over ‘dieselgate’
Porsche management reportedly wants Audi to settle the damages bill over scandalVolkswagen’s Porsche brand is reportedly seeking €200 million ($AUD303 million) from its luxury sibling Audi over the continued fallout of the ‘dieselgate’ scandal.
Germany’s Bild newspaper reports that Porsche’s management delivered the claim in a written document to Audi stakeholders recently. The report doesn’t cite any sources.
Audi said in November 2015 that about 80,000 of its 3.0-litre V6 diesel engines were fitted with a device designed to cheat emissions testing. Those engines were fitted to both Audi and Porsche models under Volkswagen’s parent ownership.
The matter came to a head earlier this year when the German government ordered Porsche recall thousands of Cayenne SUVs. Porsche Australia later confirmed 2100 Australian models are affected by the scandal, which has so far swept up close to 100,000 Volkswagen and Audi models Down Under.
Bild newspaper said that Porsche wants compensation from Audi to cover the costs of retrofits, legal counselling and customer measures.
A spokesman for Porsche told Reuters that internal Volkswagen Group matters were not meant for public discussion, while Audi declined to comment.
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