Absolutely, 100% wrong. The prices are going to plummet. Once a recall is announced, resale will stay low, because of the cost of retrofitting emissions control devices/the increased cost to operate the vehicle/bad press.

You will be wrong. The prices of these cars will plummet. The “fix” to these cars will either decrease both their efficiency AND performance or take up space on the car with a urea injection. The cars are not going to just keep existing as they are, they are getting recalled. You usually have solid advice, but this…

So, let’s use my 2015 Golf TDI SE as an example. Bought it in late October of last year, so it’s almost exactly 11 months old. 19,800 miles as of this morning. Dark metallic blue over black “leatherette” interior. 6 speed manual transmission. Factory Fender audio system, backup camera, adaptive (swiveling) xenon…

Your analogy fails — the difference with “If the government outlawed the making of new Dodge Charger Hellcats because of some technicality that says no new sedan can have over 700 horsepower” — is that the 700 hp legal Hellcat is amazing and works great and is perfect legal today, and if grandfathered in by a later…

OTOH...hellacious deals on used TDI’s coming soon to a dealer near you!

That thing is such an electron guzzler

(Proceeds to fire up a chainsaw, cuts Nrstanley9’s comment out)

Coffee is fuel, right?

Go ahead, ask me how much money it cost me to take this thing that far.

Thats a really pretty grill, not a huge grill like most car now.

Wait, wait, I got it:

I drive a Prius. Does this negate every single “shoulda bought a diesel bro” comment on Jalopnik I’ve been forced to read over the past 10 years?

I wound suggest a hovercraft. It should be good for everything but the really rocky stuff.

What?! Why?

Oh.. uh..

If only VW had just made all their cars unnaturally big and strong like East German swimmers.

Um, you are aware that the Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic were (as in past tense, because one no longer exists...) two unique and separate states right?

Cool, is EPA going to fine Ford for driving software that inflates their Ecoboost MPG figures?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU GUYS?

This is fantastic information, thank you. A follow up?