The Federal court ruled, Volkswagen must fully compensate customers

The German federal court ruled on Tuesday, The Volkswagen car group must fully compensate customers who have taken out a loan to buy its problematic diesel models with illegal software. The scandal was uncovered in autumn 2015 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which accused the German carmaker of installing software in diesel vehicles that allowed it to mask the actual values ​​of harmful nitrogen emissions during tests. Volkswagen later admitted that it drives around 11 million cars worldwide with such software. Their owners are seeking compensation. The federal court in Karlsruhe on Tuesday rejected the appeal of the German carmaker, stating that it must pay 3,300 euros to a customer who took out a loan in 2013 to buy one of the problematic diesel cars, including interest on the loan. This case is just one of many facing the second largest carmaker in the world, in an effort to draw a rough line behind the so-called dieselgate affair. Volkswagen's scandal costs have already exceeded 32 billion euros. Tuesday's verdict concerned a customer who bought a used Volkswagen Golf on credit from Volkswagen Bank, a subsidiary of the group. After the scandal broke out, she returned the car and asked for compensation. However, Volkswagen was also unwilling to pay interest on the loan. The group said on Tuesday that the verdict could not be applied to all purchases of vehicles that were financed by loans.