Damages claimed in Takata airbags class action against VW ‘quite absurd’, court told

Automotive 2021-05-18 8:25 pm By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

A class action trial against Volkswagen over recalled Takata airbags has kicked off, with a lawyer for the car giant denying the airbags carried a safety risk and attacking as “quite absurd” the sought-after damages of 30 percent of the initial price tag of affected cars.