ROME (Reuters) - Volkswagen (DE:VOWG_p) is checking to see whether cars sold in Italy carried the same secret software as vehicles in the United States that was designed to conceal their true diesel emissions, the company told the Italian government on Thursday.
In a letter to the environment minister, seen by Reuters, the head of Volkswagen in Italy, Massimo Nordio, said all new VW vehicles currently on sale with EU 6 diesel engines complied with legal requirements.
But a question mark remained over previous models.
"The Volkswagen head office is working at full pace to understand whether the (software) anomaly found abroad concerns technology that was also used on vehicles sold or in circulation on the national territory," Nordio wrote.
Volkswagen has not yet notified dealers or customers about which models or model-year may be affected. A company source has told Reuters that VW is working on a statement on this matter.