---
title: "Drive Wire: VW to Recall 11 Million Cars"
description: "Cars, Culture, and the People Who Make Both. Your Destination for All Things Automotive."
date: "2015-09-30"
modified: "2015-09-30"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/356/drive-wire-vw-to-recall-11-million-cars"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Volkswagen"
---

# Drive Wire: VW to Recall 11 Million Cars

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Transcript:

More news from the only *partially* symbolic black cloud hanging over Volkswagen. New VW CEO Matthias Mueller has indicated that the company will recall eleven million cars. No details yet on which models, or what specifically the recall will address. Mueller said the company was looking at “a long trudge and a lot of hard work”, which frankly, we already knew. But 11 million, a big number, but at this point, are you really surprised?

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