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Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency accused Volkswagen of installing emissions-test-cheating software on a new ambit of cartage from VW, Audi, and Porsche. Those brands accept now pulled doubtable cartage from showrooms until added testing sheds ablaze on the allegations.

But here’s the funny thing: the companies accept issued stop-sale orders for added models than the EPA red-flagged.

To recap: in backward September, Volkswagen accepted that it had able some 11 actor Audi, Porsche, Seat, Skoda, and VW diesel cartage with software advised to bluff on emissions tests. 

When Volkswagen’s software determines that a agent is actuality tested, it engages the abounding apartment of emissions controls, but it turns them off afresh back the analysis is over. With the controls disabled, cartage can barf up to 40 times the acknowledged absolute of emissions into the air.

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Following its acceptance of guilt, Volkswagen issued a stop-sale for new agent cartage in the U.S., and it withdrew applications for approval of 2016 models for the time being. There’s no chat on back it will attack to accept those cartage inspected by the EPA, nor has the aggregation adumbrated absolutely back or how it will fix afflicted models already on the road. Though a software advancement could break the emissions issue, it would abnormally appulse performance, which would acceptable spawn alike added lawsuits than the aggregation currently faces.

The account of cartage afflicted by the aspersion includes:

Approximately 482,000 of those cars are registered in the U.S. The aggregate are begin in Europe. 

Until this week, Volkswagen had insisted that the alone cartage able with the dodgy software are those with 2.0-liter engines. Heavier-duty diesels with 3.0-liter engines aren’t affected.

The alone botheration is, they are.

This week, the EPA answerable Volkswagen of installing agnate emissions-cheating software on 3.0-liter vehicles. The account of models attenuated by the new allegations includes:

Porsche put out a abbreviate account suggesting that it was afraid by the accusations, while reps at Volkswagen angrily denied the EPA’s findings. Audi remained silent. None of the three issued stop-sales for any models on their lots.

Now, that’s changed. Audi, Porsche, and VW accept all issued stop-sales on a cardinal of new and certified pre-owned models, including:

Pre-Owned

New

Volkswagen hasn’t yet issued a account about the stop-sale orders and why added model-years (and the Audi Q7) are included. However, an Audi agent has said that the affair for 3.0 liter engines is altered from 2.0-liter models. Expect this adventure to advance in hasty ways. 

Bottom line: if you’re cat-and-mouse to acquirement a late-model agent from Audi, Porsche, or VW, accompany a book. 

For added on this story, be abiding to analysis out our colleagues at Green Car Reports.