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Volkswagen is looking at ways to cut costs and boost cash flow and could sell more shares if the price of clearing up a scandal over its rigging of diesel emissions tests puts its credit rating at risk. 

The first cases against Volkswagen in Turkey regarding an emissions-cheating scandal have been filed by an Istanbul-based law firm, although more complaints are expected to be filed in the coming weeks.

Paul Walker’s 16-year-old daughter, Meadow Walker, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche over her father’s death in Valencia, California in November 30, 2013.

According to the lawsuit, Meadow’s lawyers claim that Paul died after being trapped inside the 2005 Carrera GT his friend Roger Rodas was riding.

Volkswagen's pollution cheating scandal escalated dramatically when the automaker revealed 11 million of its cars worldwide could be affected, wiping a third off the company's market value and threatening to topple its chief executive.     

VW’s shares have dropped by a third over the past few days after VW admitted to selling cars around the world that were equipped with software that cheats on emissions tests.

There are fears that the Volkswagen scandal could have affect not just VW, but the wider German and European car industry.

Shares in German auto giant Volkswagen fell more than 13 percent on the Frankfurt stock exchange on Sept. 21 after it emerged some of its diesel cars in the United States had been fitted with software that gave false emissions data.

In the first few minutes of trading, VW shares fell by as much as 13.23 percent to 140 euros in a slightly lower market.    

For the fourth consecutive year, the 1-litre EcoBoost engine made by Ford in Craiova has been named the best 1-litre engine of 2015, Ford informed on Wednesday in a press release.

Dacia Logan motor vehicle number 1,500,000 was delivered on Wednesday to a customer in Romania, who purchased it through the national car fleet renewal programme.

Speed aside, strong cars were always admired for their raw sensation. Big engines in impressive designs that would attract attention just like a Ferrari would. Perhaps it’s not the same beauty, but a different kind, a majestic, classic quality which moves car lovers everywhere.

Top Muscle’s bible is an ode to these cars of a bygone age.

It was one of the days of euphoria that Turkey?s Islamists were in a frenzy to claim new absurdities dancing around the theme ?Muslims discovered?? that this column?s headline was ?Muslims discovered Mercedes!? (Dec. 17, 2014).