Stock Photo - View of the administrative building of the VW headquarters in Wolfsburg (photo from 4.8.1993). In the dispute with the US group General Motors (GM), Volkswagen AG has suffered its worst defeat so far. The largest automaker in Europe can be sued in the US by GM for damages in previously unnamed levels. That decided on Tuesday evening a court in the US state of Michigan. For VW is a billion amount at stake. after the resolution, the price of VW shares collapsed within a few hours. Background of the lawsuit filed in March of this year are allegations of GM and the Russelheimer Adam Opel AG, her former manager and today's VW purchasing director Jose Ignacio Lopez and some of his followers had taken along with her change after Wolfsburg secret documents. | usage worldwide. - Wolfsburg/Niedersachsen/Deutschland