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February 2017


Volkswagen’s former chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, is on suspicion of fraud in connection with the company’s diesel-emissions scandal — the biggest false advertising case in history. Picture: Getty Images

On Wednesday, America’s Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Volkswagen to fully compensate US owners including former owners of Audi, Porsche and VW cars with 3.0-litre TDI diesel engines for “the largest false advertising case in FTC history”


Radicals are ‘race bred, lightning quick, iconic and epic’. Picture: Keith McInnes

n Wednesday, American Express gave me a 599 GTB Fiorano to keep. But, hey, you don’t want to hear about that because it will only encourage you. Already an increasing number of readers are emailing to suggest I am having too much fun. In Australia, having fun is like having...


If you have an $800,000 Lamborghini Aventador or a $6 million Lamborghini Veneno sitting under the carport don’t let the kids over-rev it because the makers of the VW-owned Italian supercar have just let the world know they (the cars, not the kids) could catch fire