Swiss VW drivers come away empty-handed in the diesel scandal: The class action lawsuit filed in Germany by 2,000 owners of Volkswagen diesel vehicles with manipulated engines will be dropped without compensation.
The French-speaking Swiss consumer protection organization Fédération romande des consommateurs (FRC) issued a statement on Saturday evening in which it responded to a report by the French-language radio and television station RTS. According to FRC, the plaintiffs had hoped for compensation of between 1,600 and 5,000 euros.
It is a scandal that, in view of those responsible who have been criminally convicted, the Swiss are practically the only ones who cannot be compensated in the VW affair, said Sophie Michaud Gigon, Secretary General of FRC, on Saturday evening on the French-speaking Swiss broadcaster RTS.
By the end of 2017, more than 2,000 people had assigned their rights to myRight for a class action lawsuit brought against the car manufacturer in Germany by a Berlin law firm.
After a first failure by a German-speaking owner, the platform decided not to fight for the Swiss because the cost advances were also very high, as Sophie Michaud Gigon further noted.
According to the FRC, the VW Group has already spent almost 30 billion francs on compensation and legal costs. In 2018, the lawsuit filed by the German consumer association VZBV led to a settlement in favor of 260,000 customers. The compensation ranged from 1,350 to 6,257 euros per person.
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