• The logo of German car maker Volkswagen covered in mud as it stands on a construction site in Calden near Hanover. Uwe Zucchi / DPA / AFP
    The logo of German car maker Volkswagen covered in mud as it stands on a construction site in Calden near Hanover. Uwe Zucchi / DPA / AFP
  • Above, a logo on Volkswagen a car being covered by a protecting hood in Hanover. Julian Stratenschulte / DPA / AFP
    Above, a logo on Volkswagen a car being covered by a protecting hood in Hanover. Julian Stratenschulte / DPA / AFP
  • A damaged Volkswagen car ready to be scrapped sits at a junkyard in Hanover. Julian Stratenschulte / DPA / AFP
    A damaged Volkswagen car ready to be scrapped sits at a junkyard in Hanover. Julian Stratenschulte / DPA / AFP
  • The VW logo is fixed on a wall at the Frankfurt car show in Germany this week. Michael Probst / AP Photo
    The VW logo is fixed on a wall at the Frankfurt car show in Germany this week. Michael Probst / AP Photo
  • Above, Volkswagen cars on display at a VW dealership in the Queens borough of New York. Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
    Above, Volkswagen cars on display at a VW dealership in the Queens borough of New York. Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
  • Above, the logos of German carmaker Volkswagen is seen at a VW dealership in the Queens borough of New York. Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
    Above, the logos of German carmaker Volkswagen is seen at a VW dealership in the Queens borough of New York. Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
  • A dilapidated Volkswagen T1 van, built in 1951, sits at a workshop in Hanover, Germany that specialises in restoring vintage Transporter vans. John Macdougall / AFP
    A dilapidated Volkswagen T1 van, built in 1951, sits at a workshop in Hanover, Germany that specialises in restoring vintage Transporter vans. John Macdougall / AFP
  • Guests take part in the unveiling of the 2016 Volkswagen Passat in New York on Monday, September 21, 2015. Darren Ornitz / Reuters
    Guests take part in the unveiling of the 2016 Volkswagen Passat in New York on Monday, September 21, 2015. Darren Ornitz / Reuters
  • Above, a logo of a Volkswagen dealership in Pasadena, California. Diesel versions of the popular Beetle, Golf, Jetta and Passat comprise more than a quarter of the brand’s sales in the United States. Mario Anzuoni / Reuters
    Above, a logo of a Volkswagen dealership in Pasadena, California. Diesel versions of the popular Beetle, Golf, Jetta and Passat comprise more than a quarter of the brand’s sales in the United States. Mario Anzuoni / Reuters
  • A Volkswagen employee picks up a logo to be fitted on the VW Tiguan and Touran models in Wolfsburg, central Germany. Odd Andersen / AFP
    A Volkswagen employee picks up a logo to be fitted on the VW Tiguan and Touran models in Wolfsburg, central Germany. Odd Andersen / AFP

Volkswagen plays dirty on US clean air regulations – in pictures


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At a time when Volkwagen has suffered a self-inflicted rip to its reputation, we take a look at various views of the venerable VW logo. The company has said it is ‘deeply sorry’ for rigging software on several of its diesel models so that the cars would pass emissions tests – yet spew out pollutants when on the open road.