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Piech returns to settle old scores in diesel scandal

Piech, (right), left VW after losing a power struggle with former CEO Martin Winterkorn, pictured on the left.
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Christoph Rauwald
February 09, 2017 05:00 AM

FRANKFURT -- Ferdinand Piech vanished from the corporate scene for almost two years after abruptly departing Volkswagen Group, the carmaker his grandfather built. Now the former VW chairman is looking to settle old scores.

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