Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Europe's years-long "dieselgate" scandal is set to begin court proceedings Monday in Britain's high court that potentially could impact over one million car owners and a handful of manufacturers.
The landmark trial described as the largest class action lawsuit in English and Welsh history is the culmination in a decade-long legal battle over allegations at least five major car manufacturers utilized software that allowed new cars to reduce its emissions under testing conditions.
It pointed to Mercedes, Ford, Peugeot/Citroen, Renault and Nissan as its named defendants. But the global car producers proclaim innocence.
"A decade after the 'dieselgate' scandal first came to light, 1.6 million (British) motorists now get their chance to establish at trial whether their vehicles contained technology designed to cheat emissions tests," attorney Martyn Day, part of 22 law firms representing drivers, told the BBC and the Independent.
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