If might be the German equivalent of a UK small claims case that sets no case law precedent. But I don't know. Don't understand German.
HJ
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I've no idea how a German court works but I see the indivdual was awarded 2,500? off the 62,000? list price and 2,400? legal costs.
Oberlandsgericht is a higher regional court so doesn't sound like small claims but as I said no experience of the legal system in Germany so could be how they handle small disputes.
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Aren't the CO2 emissions calculated from the fuel consumption figures? This could potentially promote an upwards revision of VED and company car tax bands....
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I'm going to keep very quiet - my VAG 1.9 PD engine (AWX) fitted to my Skoda Superb uses less fuel that stated in their sales literature.
VAG are not having any more of my money...
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Indeed, the OLG is the equivalent of an appeal court, the only higher court being the BGH or Federal Court of Justice, equivalent to the House of Lords. M-B accepted the complaint in order to avoid a negative, precedent-making decision against them. The information box about the EU test procedure indicates you should expect a fuel consumption figure 20% worse than the official figure.
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All it realy shows is that the courts no nothing of real life. If the officcial figure for acr A is 40 mpg and I get 30 mpg in my normal driveing I would ecpect to get about 3/4 of the official figure in brand B, not the official figure. The official figureare, at best, only good for comparision not actual figures that one can expect to achieve.
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