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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with defective emissions controls, court told

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Ford described the claim about emissions test ‘defeat devices’ as ‘scientifically illiterate’. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters

About a million Ford diesel cars were sold in the UK with serious defects in components supposed to curb toxic exhaust emissions, the high court has been told.

The highly polluting vehicles were produced and sold between 2016 and 2018 after Ford’s engineers became aware of the issues, and many were never formally recalled or fixed, lawyers said.

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