FRANKFURT: Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal escalated dramatically Tuesday when the automaker revealed 11 million of its cars worldwide could be affected, wiping a third off the company’s market value and threatening to topple its chief executive.

As the United States opened a criminal investigation, chief executive Martin Winterkorn offered his “deepest apologies” for the scandal, which threatens to tarnish Germany’s pristine industrial reputation.

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