CEO resigned...saying he had NOTHING to do with this, nor knew anything about it...
But, he was the one who did this...
A few years ago, he was a hero and read about it in some tech mags
Praised for demanding engineering to improve MPG, performance, etc
Engineering came through, but this bean counter had/has no clue how hard it was.
How tough in the real world Laws of Physics it was and what a GREAT feat VW
engineering performed...
He repeated that demand thinking that is what management needs to do...push them
and they will come through...clueless on how far engineering had pushed it that
first time...
IMHO, think this is the out come of that insane demand from a bean counter who
is clueless on technology. That just manages to the bottom line and does NOT
manage their product...