Daimler reportedly sold cars with illegal emissions controls for a decade

Daimler faces allegations it sold cars with illicit emissions controls for almost a decade, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported, citing a warrant that authorized prosecutors to search the automaker's facilities earlier this year.

The Stuttgart criminal investigation involves cars equipped with two diesel engine types, dubbed OM 642 and OM 651, that were sold between 2008 and 2016, the newspaper said, citing the court document.

More than 1 million cars could be affected and two individuals are being investigated, though it's likely the latter number will rise, the report said.

Daimler facilities across Germany were searched in May by hundreds of police officers and prosecutors as part of an inviestigation opened two months earlier.