Deutsch In September 2018, the Austrian Association for Consumer Information (VKI), on behalf of 574 owners of manipulated vehicles, brought an action against Volkswagen (Case C-343/19) before the Regional Court Klagenfurt (Austria). The buyers had acquired these vehicles in Austria from commercial car dealers or private sellers before the manipulations became public knowledge. The VKI demands that Volkswagen reimburses the damage incurred (in particular the difference betwee