Queen Elizabeth II famously called 1997 her annus horribilus after a fire at Windsor Castle and the separation of Prince Charles from Princess Diana. Audi Chairman and CEO Rupert Stadler had an annus horribilus in 2016 after American researchers and the EPA uncovered his company’s role in the Dieselgate emissions-cheating scandal. The hits keep coming for Audi and for Stadler, personally. For all that, the Audi supervisory board might not need to worry about Stadler’s five-year arrangement if Audi’s legal tormentors keep snapping off unforeseen jabs and uppercuts like the ones that have been rocking the carmaker lately. KBA minister Alexander Dobrint demanded Audi recall the cars, giving the firm just 10 days to come up with a fix that would make the expensive cars legal again, and Audi issued the recall that same Thursday afternoon.

Source: Forbes June 05, 2017 12:22 UTC