(FILES) This file photo taken on August 7, 2017 shows a hose for an emission test fixed in the exhaust pipe of a Volkswagen Golf 2,0 litre diesel car at the Technical Inspection Agency in Ludwigsburg, southwestern Germany. - German car giant Volkswagen said on February 14, 2020 it had offered 830 million euros ($900 million) to settle a mass lawsuit from German customers over its "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal. But the proposed settlement with consumer group VZBV, representing 400,000 plaintiffs in a first-of-its-kind grouped proceeding, "failed" because of "disproportionate" pay demands from the VZBV's lawyers, a VW spokesman added. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP)