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Volkswagen will claim damages from former Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn and former Audi boss Rupert Stadler over its diesel emissions scandal, the carmaker said on Friday, trying to draw a line under its biggest-ever crisis.

A widespread chip shortage affecting automakers is expected to disrupt production at South Korea's Hyundai Motor from April, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing a person with direct knowledge of the situation.

Mercedes-Benz India says that it enjoys a 50:50 share of sales with SUVs and sedans, despite the global popularity of SUVs, and it expects demand for sedans to stay with several new launches planned.

Over 150 Volkswagen Polo hatchbacks will be delivered to Hilti India exclusively for its employees as part of a lease program.

The manufacturing milestone is even more remarkable when considered that the 200,000th car is the latest in 155,582 vehicles built at Crewe since 2003.

The electric vehicles were handed over to customers in the delivery centres at the Transparent Factory in Dresden and the Autostadt in Wolfsburg.

Chip shortages have cost the global auto industry 130,000 vehicles in lost production, research firm AutoForecast Solutions estimates, with the heaviest impact in North America, with 74,000 units lost, and Western Europe, with 35,000 lost.

Mercedes-Benz India is now planning bringing in the second batch of the EQC electric SUV to further capitalise on the increasing demand.