I'm sure I will get blasted for this.
I proudly work for VW Germany which as you know has many great brands under their belt. They also employ 100's of 1000's of people spread across the world who work hard at what they do. To hear that the crooks at VW or those cheats used in a gernalised way is getting tiresome and a bit uncalled for as it was a small select group who were behind this.
Have a good read on the topic and it appears almost all diesels do not meet the emission standards. I am not apologizing the program cheat topic but this was all done by a small handful of people compared to the massive amount of works who didn't have any part of it.
Everyone now is out for blood, especially in the US which is a bit funny considering how few diesels are sold there. GM had a massive recall for their ignition key issue which killed people and they got a slap on the hand and a VERY minor fine. It should be noted that this was a well know issue for the better part of a decade!!!
Bringing it closer to home, Bentley located in Crewe has a few 1000 employees which are very much removed and isolated. If every class action was paid out to the sums that were in the US I could only imagine that whole town and factory could be in trouble.
VW is working hard and harder than I've ever seen to resolve this issue to satisfy the governing bodies and those affected. It's also my understanding that any tax implications are also being looked at.
Sinking a company as large as VW would have such a wide reaching negative impact on more parts of the economy greater than one could imagine.
I can't imagine for a moment that the average person truly believes they will reach the fuel economy and emissions stated on the window sticker. Ask anyone what their car should be getting and most wouldn't have a clue.
Yes, it was a chest and yes it's ugly but look past the gernal numbers published and compare what is truly coming out of the pipes vs what was advertised and the actual delta isn't what it's made out to be and furthermore not far off what everyone else is pumping out.
Rant over 😐
Cannot pass this one by. You are trying to justify illegal and immoral actions on the basis of "it would be bad for lots of good guys"? But SORRY the techs have screwed up the value of hundreds of 1000's of cars. There can be NO EXCUSE for this. Go hide under a rock!
