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The logo of carmaker Volkswagen VW is on display on a diesel car engine of a VW Golf 2.0 TDI, built in 2012, in Frankfurt Oder, Germany, 21 September 2015. ..Volkswagen's shares plunged on 21 September 2015 after US environmental protection authorities threatened to impose fines of up to 18 billion dollars on the carmaker, following its admission of systematically cheating US air pollution tests. A spokesperson of VW confirmed on Monday, 21 September, that VW has suspended the sale of diesel powered cars with four-cylinder engines of car models VW and Audi in the US for the time being, due to the recent scandal involving manipulated data of emission tests. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa (KEYSTONE/DPA/Patrick Pleul)