Australian class action against VW begins

Minutes before a judge began hearing a car emissions Australian class-action, driver Robyn Richardson declared "this is the day rubber hits the road for Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda".

"They will be exposed. They will be held to account for one of the gravest of environmental and consumer wrongs that we have experienced, not just in this country but globally," she told reporters on Monday outside the Federal Court in Sydney.

Ms Richardson is the lead litigant in the Audi class action case, which is being heard alongside similar proceedings against Volkswagen and Skoda, as well as an action brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

They claim the companies engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct and made false and misleading representations by saying the effected vehicles complied with the applicable Australian Vehicle Emissions Standards. read more »