[War_Machine]

They've only now, in 2017, started the return program for the vehicles mentioned in that lawsuit, so this statistic probably doesn't reflect those returns yet.

[joecool1029]

Sales don't factor in returns. If you sell a car and it's later returned, it still counts as a sale on the books.

In terms of bookkeeping, VW knew how much it roughly had to write off as soon as April 2016.