Thousands of Reacquired Volkswagen and Audi cars sit in a desert graveyard near Victorville, California.
Shocking images have emerged showing lines of cars stretching out as far as the eye can see in the Californian desert after Volkswagen was forced to buy back 350,000 cars for $7.4billion over the diesel scandal.
The German automaker has been forced to get creative when it comes to responsibly storing the hundreds of thousands of vehicles they had to buy back.
Storage lots include a shuttered suburban Detroit football stadium, a former Minnesota paper mill and the desert site near Victorville, California.

The giant car graveyard was created after Volkswagen was forced to buy back 350,000 cars for $7.4billion over the diesel scandal

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The German automaker has 37 remote storage facilities across the U.S., and they're not just parking lots. The sites include a former football stadium in the Detroit suburbs, an old paper mill in Minnesota and a giant patch of land in the California desert.

People who own or lease one of the affected vehicles can choose to sell their cars back to VW, terminate their lease or have their car modified for improved emissions. Owners and lessees have until Sept. 1 to submit a claim.

A court filing seen by Reuters said that through Dec. 31, "Volkswagen had reacquired 335,000 diesel vehicles, resold 13,000 and destroyed about 28,000 vehicles. As of the end of last year, VW was storing 294,000 vehicles around the country."

The Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, Calif., is already well-known as an "aircraft boneyard" — a sort of desert purgatory for old airplanes.

Are they reselling or what are they doing waiting for it to rust?..

Now VW has made it a major place to store its diesel VWs and Audis.

"These vehicles are being stored on an interim basis and routinely maintained in a manner to ensure their long-term operability and quality, so that they may be returned to commerce or exported once U.S. regulators approve appropriate emissions modifications," VW spokeswoman Jeannine Ginivan said in a statement to Reuters about the Victorville facility.

VW reportedly leased 134 acres at the site. That is enough to hold 21,000 cars while the company decides their fate: whether to be fixed — or scrapped for parts.

ericuzor:
Are they reselling or what are they doing waiting for it to rust?..

Now VW has made it a major place to store its diesel VWs and Audis.

"These vehicles are being stored on an interim basis and routinely maintained in a manner to ensure their long-term operability and quality, so that they may be returned to commerce or exported once U.S. regulators approve appropriate emissions modifications," VW spokeswoman Jeannine Ginivan said in a statement to Reuters about the Victorville facility.

VW reportedly leased 134 acres at the site. That is enough to hold 21,000 cars while the company decides their fate: whether to be fixed — or scrapped for parts.

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In total, VW has agreed to spend more than $25 billion in the United States for claims from owners, environmental regulators, states and dealers and offered to buy back about 500,000 polluting U.S. vehicles. The buy backs will continue through the end of 2019.

VW must buy back or fix 85 percent of the vehicles involved by June 2019 or face higher payments for emissions.

The company said in February it has repaired or fixed nearly 83 percent of covered vehicles and expects to soon hit the requirement.

Through mid-February VW has issued 437,273 letters offering nearly $8 billion in compensation and buybacks.

those vehicles would soon develop wings and find their way into Nigeria. take or leave.

Nigeria has free accommodation to store these cars and many more.

Oyinbo and I too know.
Those cars already in Africa sold by VW nko

SEGLIZ:
those vehicles would soon develop wings and find their way into Nigeria. take or leave.

Lol they will come as clean title cars and very cheap too, we go rush am, you know Nigerians like cheap things

Mcreloaded:
Nigeria has free accommodation to store these cars and many more.

Oyinbo and I too know.
Those cars already in Africa sold by VW nko

Once its in Africa, sold is sold, they dont recall cars in Africa.. Really unfortunate

autotrader014:


Lol they will come as clean title cars and very cheap too, we go rush am, you know Nigerians like cheap things

I no fit wait if e happen. hay! my beloved country everybody wan rep now!

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autotrader014:


Lol they will come as clean title cars and very cheap too, we go rush am, you know Nigerians like cheap things

Do u have an idea of when these cars will be ready for resale or exports

SEGLIZ:
those vehicles would soon develop wings and find their way into Nigeria. take or leave.

autotrader014:


Once its in Africa, sold is sold, they dont recall cars in Africa.. Really unfortunate

THOSE CARS ARE STILL THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE DIESEL ENGINES.


NIGERIA AND MAJORITY OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES GENERALLY DON'T DRIVE DIESEL ENGINE CARS.


HAT IT BEEN THEY ARE PETROL ENGINES, HMMM!

There is a first time for everything. Let them ship it in and I kid you not, naija will adopt diesel engine cars

obiekunie1:







THOSE CARS ARE STILL THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE DIESEL ENGINES.


NIGERIA AND MAJORITY OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES GENERALLY DON'T DRIVE DIESEL ENGINE CARS.


HAT IT BEEN THEY ARE PETROL ENGINES, HMMM!

luminouz:

Do u have an idea of when these cars will be ready for resale or exports

Abeg make dem send dem come naija. We go manage the diesel issue like that.

iAudio:
Abeg make dem send dem come naija. We go manage the diesel issue like that.

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ericuzor:
Are they reselling or what are they doing waiting for it to rust?..

The report called the parking lot " a graveyard ".

Na wao

it seems Nigerians abroad are yet to locate there

Very, very old news!

IjebuWarrior:
Very, very old news!

It is, but alot of people dont know about it oga ITK..

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