Volkswagen's US chief 'ousted over management clashes'

Volkswagen's US supremo was ushered out of his job for clashing too often with the troubled German car maker's headquarters as he tried to keep sales afloat before and during the diesel emissions-cheating scandal, a dealer has said.

Michael Horn, VW's US president and CEO, was the firm's public face when the scandal broke in September, calmly enduring a two-hour grilling from a congressional sub-committee.