Detroit — Volkswagen launches an all-new Jetta compact car, its biggest seller in the US, at the Detroit Auto Show on Sunday as the German car maker looks to revive sales in the world’s second-largest automotive market and move on from the emissions scandal that has tarnished its reputation over the past few years. The world’s largest vehicle maker is still grappling with investigations and lawsuits around the world related to revelations that it cheated government emissions tests for diesel-powered vehicles and has already paid $30bn in fines and costs for the fraud. But there are signs the company is repairing the damage with consumers. Volkswagen brand sales worldwide rose to a record of more than 6-million cars in 2017, two company sources told Reuters ahead of publication of the data on Sunday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. "Some of our critics thought the diesel crisis would block our view. Instead we have, undeterred by the crisis or rather fired by...
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