Frankfurt — Daimler’s hard-nosed strategy to fight off diesel-cheating allegations is proving to be costly.

More than four years after German rival Volkswagen admitted to rigging emissions tests, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars denies it too used illegal defeat devices. Regulators and consumers are not convinced, and the expense of defending the allegations is mounting...

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