VW in the diesel scandal: 830 million deal bursts - because of the lawyer's fee?

When is there money for VW customers affected by the diesel scandal? Apparently a deal worth hundreds of millions of euros was about to be closed.

• VW continues to fight with the diesel scandal.
• Now the group and the consumer advice centers apparently agreed on a payment of 830 million euros to affected customers.
• Nevertheless, the deal failed on one detail, as VW announced on Friday (February 14).

Berlin - According to Volkswagen, the negotiations to settle compensation for hundreds of thousands of VW diesel customers have failed. As the group announced on Friday, the amount of the fee claims of the lawyers of the Federal Association of Consumer Centers (vzbv) should be the reason.

VW and the diesel scandal: 830 million deal fails due to legal fees - 50 million required?

The Funke media group had previously reported failure. According to the report, VW and vzbv had agreed on a sum of 830 million euros for around 460,000 VW diesel customers represented in the lawsuit register. The vzbv insisted "until the end" on a lump sum payment of 50 million euros for the settlement. A representative of the car maker spoke of "inappropriate demands of the trial lawyers".

The car company explained that there was no “sufficiently concrete evidence” as to which services of the vzbv lawyers should be billed with the requested amount. "However, a payment without a sufficiently concrete proof of performance or without a legal reason is impossible for Volkswagen ." One regrets the failure and now wants to advise the board on further steps.

VW: Model complaint by numerous diesel drivers - "pragmatic solution" now off the table?

The vzbv represents numerous diesel drivers in the proceedings for the model declaratory action, who demand compensation for their vehicles with excessive emissions. The vzbv boss Klaus Müller wants to comment on the settlement negotiations with VW at noon (2 p.m.).

At the beginning of January, VW and vzbv had declared that they wanted to talk about an out-of-court settlement to the model process. Both sides called the "common goal of a pragmatic solution in the interest of the customers". VW had long been skeptical about this.

dpa / fn / AFP