Volkswagen apparently approaches the plaintiffs in the dispute over damages for hundreds of thousands of owners of manipulated diesel vehicles. The group had agreed with the Federal Consumer Association (vzbv) to start discussions about a possible comparison, VW announced on Thursday. The talks are at a very early stage.
While VW has already spent billions on customer compensation in the United States, the car maker in Germany has so far not been willing to do so. Since the end of September, the Braunschweig Higher Regional Court has been examining the class action lawsuit against hundreds of thousands of diesel customers in Braunschweig. It is about compensation for at least 400,000 buyers of manipulated diesel vehicles of the brands VW, Audi, Seat and Skoda, which had entered in the register of lawsuits. In the so-called model declaratory complaint, the consumer advice center went to court on behalf of car buyers.
It is not clear whether there will be a comparison. Both parties have agreed to keep the discussions confidential.
The background to the mass lawsuit can be found here: What the giant lawsuit against VW means