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Jonathon Klein

KTM Is Facing Its Own 'Dieselgate' Scandal. Company Firmly Denies It

There's new reporting that KTM, the Austrian motorcycling giant that was recently saved from complete bankruptcy, has been cheating with its emissions in the same vein as how Volkswagen was prior to the Dieselgate scandal.

According to France's Le Monde, and in association with the outlets of El Pais, Germany's Der Spiegel, L'Espresso, Centre for Climate Reporting, and a number of other organizations, the investigation and subsequent reporting all began after one salesperson let it slip that KTM's off-the-shelf bikes would pass emissions testing, but that they had instructions to immediately remove the restrictors after passing or the motorcycles wouldn't work.

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