French prosecutor opens Fiat Chrysler emissions investigation: source

FIATCHRYSLER-EMISSIONS

A French prosecutor has opened an investigation into Fiat Chrysler over allegations that the carmaker cheated in diesel emission tests, a judicial source said on Tuesday.

"I can confirm that a judicial investigation has been opened into aggravated cheating," the source said.

(Reporting by Chine Labbe and Laurence Frost; Writing by Geert De Clercq; Editing by Greg Mahlich)