VW/Audi
This is going to hurt the bottom line a bit! So wonder how the fix will affect their fuel mileage and used car prices? LINK The Environmental Protection Agency and California issued a notice of v...
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IdaD wrote:
A modern clean diesel engine that utilizes DEF doesn't take the same fuel economy hit that the early emissions restricted diesels took. Look no further than the Big 3 diesels in the US HD market for proof of that. I think the 2.0 VW motor may take a bit of a hit with proper emissions in place, but I bet it will still get substantially better mileage than its gas counterpart.
VW was really stupid to try to pull this off, but they aren't the first automaker to cheat something.
VW is being penalised for being dishonest, not that it was really anything to do with diesel. It was blatantly dishonest, it is not an ignition switch or faulty brakes problem.
Difficult to get trust back. In European terms an own goal
