South Korea bans sales of some Nissan, BMW and Porsche model

[Imac]

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/south-korea-bans-sales-of-some-nissan-bmw-and-porsche-models/3408636.html

 

SEOUL: South Korea has banned the sale of 10 models of Nissan, BMW and Porsche vehicles after the carmakers were found to have fabricated certification documents, in the latest fallout from the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

The government announced in August that it would ban all 10 models after conducting an investigation into whether foreign carmakers besides Volkswagen AG falsified documents on emissions and noise-level tests.

 

Nine of the models have been banned since last month and Nissan's Qashqai diesel sport utility vehicle has been banned since June, the environment ministry said on Monday.

It said it has also fined the carmakers' local units a combined 7.17 billion won (US$5.9 million) for the affected 4,523 vehicles already sold in South Korea.

 

Spokespersons at the South Korean units of Nissan Motor Co Ltd and BMW AG acknowledged the findings in the government investigation, saying they would try to achieve certification for those affected models again. A spokesperson at Porsche AG, which is owned by Volkswagen, was not immediately available for comment.

 

South Korea has been tough with Volkswagen, filing complaints against local executives, suspending sales of most of its models and imposing fines for alleged forging of documents on emissions or noise-level tests.

 

In the latest move, South Korea said last month that it will file criminal complaints against five former and current executives at Volkswagen AG's South Korean unit and fine the company a record 37.3 billion won for false advertising on vehicle emissions.

South Korea's sales of imported cars fell 7 percent in the first 11 months of last year, heading for their first annual sales decline since 2009.

(Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Susan Fenton)

- Reuters

Edited January 2, 2017 by Imac

[RadX]

Wohooooo

[Vinceng]

Their own cars are sooo cheap and reliable. A brand new K3 / K5 / K7 costs $25K / $30K / $35K.

 

I would buy a local Korean car anytime.

[Wt_know]

cheating is the new way of R&D

why invent and develop better product if you can "cheat"

Edited January 3, 2017 by Wt_know

[Vratenza]

The Korean car makers conglomerates are indeed influential amd powerful 

[Spidey10]

Their own cars are sooo cheap and reliable. A brand new K3 / K5 / K7 costs $25K / $30K / $35K.

 

I would buy a local Korean car anytime.

That's why dun c a lot of other Car brand in Korea.... 98% all Korean cars!

Only occasionally I saw merc, bmw.... didn't see wowo, VW and the rest of the contis...

[inlinesix]

I saw at least 10 porky during my 5 days in Seoul

[Benarsenal]

That's why dun c a lot of other Car brand in Korea.... 98% all Korean cars!

Only occasionally I saw merc, bmw.... didn't see wowo, VW and the rest of the contis...

 

Ya. That time I went to Korea, the total amount of cars that are not Hyundai/Kia/Daewoo/Ssangyong basically can count with my hands....