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Shares in Mercedes maker Daimler were down 3 percent at 62.82
euros at the bottom of Germany's blue-chip index by 0826 GMT
after news of the class-action lawsuit filed by Hagens Berman,
which also has a lead role in class-action suits against
Volkswagen.
Diesel car makers have been in the spotlight since Volkswagen
admitted in September it had rigged U.S. diesel emissions tests,
and that up to around 11 million vehicles worldwide could have
illegal software installed.
The U.S. Justice Department is suing the company for up to $46
billion for alleged violations of environmental law.
Daimler has repeatedly denied that it has rigged tests as well,
and said on Friday it saw the suit, filed in the U.S. District
Court for the District of New Jersey on Thursday, as unfounded.
A spokesman said the carmaker would examine the levels and
defend itself against the suit.
Hagens Berman said in a statement that on-road testing had shown
Mercedes's Clean Diesel cars produced average on-road NOx
emissions that were 19 times above the U.S. standard, with some
instantaneous readings as high as 65 times more than the U.S.
limit.
(Reporting by Jan Schwartz; Writing by Maria Sheahan; Editing by
Georgina Prodhan)
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