"Why are they paying "1700". It's simple really. It was the VAG claim which ran into tens of millions. All they did is divide the amount awarded by the number of claimants less expenses and the performance fee with the rest distributed to those who bothered to apply. The process appeared to be very fair.

Of course all future claims in respect of VAG vehicles will not be accepted and the other brands of cars eligible will have to go through substantial litigation. The VAG claim related to the insertion of a cheat device by the manufacturer to disguise emissions so any new claims will have to prove a manufacturer purposely intended to do any such thing which is by no means straightforward especially as each case is defended vigorously. Of course any owner of an eligible vehicle will have to copy documents online to the solicitor in order to establish proof of ownership etc but that wasn't too onerous.

In my case you could claim for all eligible vehicles whether they were in current ownership or previously owned and I presume the same would apply now but you would need to check.