Recently, Autoportal reported that the chairman of the board of directors of VW, Martin Winterkorn, resigned. Today it became known about the departure of Winfried Vahland from the post of head of Skoda.
As the German publication AutoBild writes, Volkswagen has not yet commented on the information about the departure of the head of Skoda. As AutoBild notes, Vahland was considered one of the possible successors to Martin Winterkorn, who left the post of head of VW in September. Vahland spent more than 25 years at the company.
Recall that VW was at the center of a scandal due to a software malfunction in cars with diesel engines. The US authorities ordered VW to recall 500 thousand cars from the American market. The German automaker faces a fine of $18 billion.
As of today, 1.2 million Skoda cars, 2.1 million Audi cars, and 700 thousand Seats are considered "problematic."
