---
title: "Drive Wire: VW’s Dieselgate Scandal Now Includes V6’s"
description: "Cars, Culture, and the People Who Make Both. Your Destination for All Things Automotive."
date: "2015-11-25"
modified: "2015-11-25"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/1029/drive-wire-vws-dieselgate-scandal-now-includes-v-6s"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Volkswagen News"
tags:
  - "Volkswagen"
---

# Drive Wire: VW’s Dieselgate Scandal Now Includes V6’s

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More Dieselgate news, and no, it’s not good. VW is now admitting that 82,000 vehicles equipped with V6 engines were also fitted with software designed to defeat EPA testing. The 3-liter in question has been on sale in the US for the past seven years. And similar accusations are now being leveled against Renault -- specifically the diesel engine in its escape van -- which a German lobbying group claims emitted 25 times the amount of allowed pollutants during independent testing. Renault has issued a statement denying the allegations.

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