The German Transport Minister has ordered the recall of 22,000 Porsche Cayenne cars to remove what he called an illegal software that controlled the 4×4’s emissions.<br /><br />Alexander Dobrindt said that tests conducted on the luxury car’s 3-liter TDI model found that it had been equipped with a “defeat device” program, used to disguise the real extent of pollution.<br /><br />“There is no explanation as to why this software is in this car,” Dobrindt said.<br /><br />“We forbid authorisation for this vehicle. That means that no further cars can put on the market.”<br /><br />Porsche will bear the brunt of the recall costs and the news comes as the German car manufacturer’s sister company Volkswagen said it would refit almost a million more diesel cars in Germany, in the aftermath of 2015’s emissions scandal.<br /><br />Allegations about Porsche first emerged last month after the German Magazine Der Spiegel reported that the Cayenne had a “warm up mode” designed to comply with emissions requirements.<br />
