DUBLIN: A week on and we are still none the wiser as to precisely how Volkswagen Group’s annus horribilis will play out. While the publicity and headlines surrounding the company’s cheating on its US emissions tests has been enormous, and its fallout has already toppled a CEO, the actual detail of how it will affect both Irish dealers and Irish customers is still an unknown quantity.
The Irish Times has attempted to contact a number of Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda dealers for comment. We have asked them what their customers are saying. We have asked them what head office has instructed them to say or do. We have asked them if they have lost business or orders as a direct result of the scandal. The answer to each question, from both dealers and Volkswagen Group Ireland alike has been a flat ‘no comment’.
