text: Volkswagen CEO says emissions scandal bill could rise | Automotive News Europe
  Mueller: Investigations into diesel scandal go back to 2005.
  WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) -- Volkswagen Group may have to set aside more than the 6.5 billion euros ($7.4 billion) it has so far allocated to cover the costs of an emissions scandal if car sales suffer, CEO Matthias Mueller said.
  "The 6.5 billion (euros) apply to the recall," Mueller told reporters Wednesday after a tour of VW's headquarters here. "I can only speculate about any further provisions. Should there be a change in sales volumes, we would react rapidly," he said.
  Mueller, who replaced former CEO Martin Winterkorn a week after the scandal broke, said the investigations were "relatively extensive and complicated" and went back to 2005.
  Lower Saxony Premier Stefan Weil, a VW supervisory board member, said VW sales had been stable in October so far.
  VW confirmed it had stopped the sale within the European Union of new diesel cars containing the software that can cheat diesel emissions tests.