Volkswagen to launch car servicing in Czech Republic this week

The Volkswagen group is to launch the servicing of cars affected by the emission cheating scandal in the Czech Republic this week. In the first phase this will concern some 60 thousand Seat, Audi and Volkswagen vehicles with diesel engines, Skoda cars, of which there are over 100,000 affected, will come later. The servicing should last for up to an hour and will be free of charge. Although it is not mandatory, Czech Transport Minister Dan Ťok said the VW group should try to get at least 80 percent of owners of the affected cars to visit car service stations and have their cars repaired. In the Czech Republic, the affairs concerns some 160,000 cars produced between 2009 and early 2015.