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		</div><p>German authorities have found what they consider an illegal &#8220;defeat device&#8221; in a Porsche diesel model that manipulates emissions levels, leading to the recall of some 22,000 cars.</p>
<p>The model affected is a Cayenne 3-litre TDI that is still in production, transport minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Thursday.</p>
<p>Authorities will order an obligatory recall as in previous such cases, he added, saying 7,500 of the vehicles have been registered in Germany and 22,000 across Europe.</p>
<p>It is not clear how many more are with dealers or in production.</p>
<p>Mr Dobrindt said the finding resulted from tests carried out by German authorities.</p>
<p>He said &#8220;a so-called warm-up strategy&#8221; is triggered when cars are being tested that is not activated during normal driving. The emissions of nitrogen oxide, a pollutant that is harmful to health, are much higher when the car is on the road, he said.</p>
<p>Talks with the manufacturer also raised suspicions there may be similar software in a Volkswagen Touareg 3-litre diesel model, but authorities still have to carry out tests on it, Mr Dobrindt added.</p>
<p>Speaking about the Cayenne, he said: <i>&#8220;There is no explanation as to why this software is in this car,&#8221;</i> arguing that the vehicle has a modern emissions system and is technically able to comply with emissions limits. That should mean Porsche can quickly produce modified software that complies with the law, he added.</p>
<p>Porsche is a unit of Volkswagen, which has been under a cloud since 2015 over its equipping of diesel cars with illegal software that enabled cheating on emissions tests.</p>
<p>Volkswagen has agreed to billions of pounds in fines and civil settlements over that scandal.</p>
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