Four of the top management members of the Volkswagen subsidiary- Audi, have decided to step down from their positions after the diesel scandal. If reports are to be believed the firm is under pressure to react to the diesel emission scandal.
Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller has told Audi finance director Axel Strotbeck, production chief Hubert Waltl, human resources director Thomas Sigi and sales boss Dietmar Voggenreiter they will soon be asked to stand down, Manager magazine reported, citing anonymous sources at the firm.
Audi is in a bad state as it is still to decide about the departure of these people and the company
According to Manager magazine, the move represents the Ingolstadt-based luxury carmaker's response to a swelling diesel emissions scandal.
It and comes after it last week announced a recall of some 8,50,000 vehicles powered by the fuel in Europe.is yet to fill up the position.
However, the Chief Executive Rupert Stadler is set to keep his job for now.
German prosecutors earlier this month arrested a former manager at Audi, Giovanni Pamio, after he was formally charged by the US Department of Justice over so-called "defeat devices".
Such software, used by Volkswagen to cheat regulatory tests on 11 million vehicles worldwide, reduced levels of harmful nitrogen oxides (NOx) in car exhausts under test conditions, but allowed much higher levels to be emitted in on-road driving.
