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Global carmakers have faced a regulatory clamp-down since
Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> admitted to deliberately cheating diesel
emissions tests in 2015.
Scheuer questioned Zetsche at a closed-door meeting last week
over how many Mercedes-Benz vans and cars need to be fixed after
a regulator found illegal software in its Vito vans.
German weekly Der Spiegel said there was considerable evidence
that diesel engines of the Mercedes C-Class models were also
affected.
It said on Friday that Scheuer threatened to fine Daimler up to
5,000 euros per affected car, which it said could total 3.75
billion euros ($4.4 billion) if as many as 750,000 vehicles are
involved.
German weekly Die Zeit on Wednesday cited sources as saying that
the number of cars affected could be even higher, at up to
900,000.
Die Zeit also said that software updates to Daimler's diesel
vehicles would take until 2020. Initially, the updates were to
be completed by the end of 2018, it said..
Daimler declined to comment on how many cars could be affected
by the diesel emissions issue or to say how long software
updates on the diesel vehicles would take.
(Reporting by Holger Hansen and Ilona Wissenbach; Writing by
Paul Carrel and Maria Sheahan; Editing by Madeline Chambers and
Adrian Croft)
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