Volkswagen is always in news recently for all the wrong reasons, and it has made its comeback again. The Volkswagen sports car, Porsche Cayenne diesel variants emissions are found to be beyond the permissible limits. The German weekly, Der Spiegel’s report cited the result.
The magazine asked German test institute TUV Nord to check emission levels for the Porsche Cayenne V6 TDI, an SUV model, under normal driving conditions.
"Emissions in this test were higher than the limits for this type of car," the magazine quoted the head of testing at TUV Nord Helge Schmidt as saying.
"With these values the car would not have been approved by the authorities," Schmidt said.
Porsche said in a statement that it had received and studied the test results from Spiegel. "For us they are not comprehensible," Porsche said.
The company tried to brush off the allegations by saying that the emissions depend upon many other conditions like engine load, speed and temperature.
Volkswagen, especially after its diesel emission scandal has been under a proper check of the organizations. In September 2015 up to 11 million of its vehicles worldwide had software installed that cheated emissions tests.
The emission scandal, which was a worldwide scandal, had rubbed mud on Volkswagens reputation and continues events like these, are degrading it further.
Volkswagen's Audi unit is also under investigation.
