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Volkswagen halts sale of around 4,000 vehicles in UK over software

Volkswagen halts sale of around 4,000 vehicles in UK over software

By REUTERS

Volkswagen's logo is seen at its dealer shop in Beijing, China, October 1, 2015. China has halved sales tax on small cars to revive growth in the world's biggest automobile market, a move likely to provide a limited boost to carmakers including Volkswagen AG, the company embroiled in a global diesel emissions scandal. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

LONDON: Volkswagen has suspended the sale of around 4,000 vehicles in Britain due to software at the centre of an emissions scandal, the German carmaker's British unit said on Thursday. The suspension applied to vehicles held in stock which could feature the software and affected around 3 percent of the stock in Britain, a spokesman said.