Audi AG zur Rücknahme eines Porsche Cayenne S verurteilt

Audi AG was ordered by the Cologne Higher Regional Court to withdraw a Porsche Cayenne S 4.2l The proceedings we conducted resulted in the Higher Regional Court of Cologne (case no.: 19 U 107/20) Audi AG was ordered to take back the vehicle and pay damages of almost €80,300. Our client had purchased the vehicle in 2015 for just under €106,000 and had driven it 73,000 km by the date of the court hearing.

According to documents from the Federal Motor Transport Authority, this was already possible in 2018 various vehicles from Audi AG and Porsche AG with 4.2l diesel engines and Euro 6 emissions standard detect inadmissible shutdown devices.

Not Porsche, but Audi AG is liable

Even if the first thought might be "if it says Porsche on the car, it's Porsche inside," and the lawsuit would then initially be directed against Porsche AG, that's not the case. Indeed, it wasn't Porsche AG that developed the engine, but Audi AG, which was clarified during the proceedings. Therefore, the Cologne Regional Court ordered both Audi AG and Porsche AG (as so-called "joint and several debtors") to take back the car and repay the purchase price to the plaintiff.

First before the Higher Regional Court, then took over the Audi AG took full responsibility and paid the plaintiff damages amounting to almost €80,300.

Audi AG has already been ordered to pay damages in several proceedings

That Audi AG is responsible for the manipulation of the vehicles it developed and produced 4.2l diesel engines Two further rulings by the Karlsruhe Regional Court and the Hamm Higher Regional Court have already determined whether Audi AG is liable. In all cases, the courts confirmed that Audi AG intentionally and immorally harmed buyers. Ultimately, the decisive factor was that the engines were equipped with software without which the vehicles would have been far from being included in the EURO6 emissions standard, the courts stated. Those responsible acted for the purpose of profit optimization. The deliberately chosen method of generating profit for this purpose constitutes a particularly reprehensible offense and thus gives rise to claims for damages for buyers of these vehicles.

Rogert & Ulbrich achieves another major victory in the diesel emissions scandal

Another milestone for us. We have been fighting nationwide on behalf of consumers against major corporations since the diesel emissions scandal began in 2015. The ruling against Audi AG brings us and our clients one step closer to asserting claims for injured diesel drivers. You are welcome to have us examine your claims free of charge.