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Berlin orders 'extensive tests' on all Volkswagen diesel models

Germany's powerful car industry has been reeling over the revelations that Volkswagen fitted up to 11 million of its diesel cars with devices capable of fooling emissions test

The German government has ordered extensive tests on all Volkswagen diesel models, Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt told Bild on Monday, after it was revealed the company had programmed software to thwart US pollution control tests.

"I asked the Federal Motor Transport Authority to immediately have specific and extensive tests conducted on all Volkswagen diesel models by independent experts," Dobrindt told the German tabloid.