Volkswagen to recall 1.9 lakh cars in India starting July
PTI
In wake of the emission scandal, Volkswagen said on Saturday it will recall 1.90 lakh cars sold in the country starting next month to fix the emission software, reports PTI.
The company said that the recall is purely voluntary in nature as it did not face any charges regarding violating emission norms in India unlike the US.
This marks the beginning of recall of 3.23 lakh vehicles as announced by the company earlier.
Starting from the second half of 2016, Volkswagen will recall 1.90 lakh cars and continue till ten months, Volkswagen India head of marketing Kamal Basu told PTI.
Since recall was done in the US to fix the emission software, the company decided to do also the same in India to keep updated with the changes made outside, he said.
Starting from July, communication would be sent to the customers regarding this and also to make them understand that the recall was purely voluntary in nature, Basu added.
The company also need approval of the regulator for the recall.
Volkswagen complied with all the emission norms compliant with Bharat Stage IV standards, he said.
