Dieselgate first did cost the job of Volkswagen’s CEO Martin Winterkon, then it decapitated Volkswagen Group’s leadership. One man appeared to be immune: Audi’s CEO Rupert Stadler. Yesterday, the toxic scandal reached the Teflon-covered Audi chief. Investigators of the Jones Day lawfirm, engaged to get to the bottom of the scandal, want to know from Stadler what he knew about the defeat devices, and when did he know it, Germany’s Spiegel Magazin says.
If Volkswagen insiders are surprised, then about what took so long. Early into the scandal, the Volkswagen rumor mill was abuzz with talk about Stadler impending departure, and the gossip treated Audi’s sales chief Dietmar Voggenreiter as Stadler’s likely successor.
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