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Diesel claims – the new PPI?

► If like me you spend more hours than you really ought to on the interweb, especially on automotive related topics, you will have noticed a worrying trend. I am, of course, talking about these so-called ‘lawyer’ outfits offering to send you a bucket of cash if you have bought in recent years a diesel Audi, BMW, Citroën, Dacia and so on. We’ve had the great PPI claw back come and go, now it’s time to clobber the humble (ahem no intended pun) diesel-powered car – or rather the manufacturer. All these firms are allegedly

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