Daimler AG said it will push back against allegations that it manipulated emissions in its Mercedes-Benz engines, as a German government probe into the luxury-car maker deepens.
“We would employ all legal means” to defend against any accusation by the Federal Transport Motor Authority of an illegal defeat device in Mercedes-Benz cars, the company said in an emailed statement. Daimler was responding to an article in Der Spiegel magazine which said government examiners suspect that such a device was built into some vehicles.
