The FTC is probing concerns about false advertising in wake of the VW diesel scandal
Advertising became a major part of VW’s emissions-rigging scandal last month when the Federal Trade Commission alleged in a federal complaint that the automaker deceived consumers with ads that promoted “clean diesel” VWs and Audis.
The claims in the ads were false because more than 550,000 Audis and VWs were fitted with “defeat devices” to evade emissions tests, rendering them “not environmentally friendly,” the suit alleges. It extends a crisis for VW and its Audi unit that began in…
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