Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn

BERLIN— Volkswagen’s board appointed the head of its Porsche unit as CEO on Friday, handing longtime company insider Matthias Mueller the task of trying to lead the world’s top-selling automaker past a growing emissions scandal.The company also said ...

Some Canadian Volkswagen owners are angry and want answers after the German automaker owned up to an organized deception that helped its diesel models slip past emissions testing in Canada and the United States.

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn stepped down Wednesday over a scandal