Four board members at Volkswagen subsidiary Audi are set to step down, a German magazine reported on Friday, saying the firm feels under pressure to react to diesel emissions scandals. Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller has told Audi finance director Axel Strotbeck, production chief Hubert Waltl, human resources director Thomas Sigi and sales boss Dietmar Voggenreiter they will soon be asked to stand down, Manager magazine reported, citing anonymous sources at the firm. Audi has yet to make a formal decision on the four directors’ departure, and no successors have yet been chosen, the report added. An Audi spokesman declined to comment on the report when contacted by AFP. According to Manager magazine, the move represents the Ingolstadt-based luxury carmaker’s response to a swelling diesel emissions scandal. It and comes after it last week announced a recall of some 850,000 vehicles powered by the fuel in Europe. Chief executive Rupert Stadler is set to keep his job for now...
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