Surely such collaboration for 2 decades must have been known by the top executives. Time for prison and a complete changing of the guard.

Why isn’t the VW Group fraud being prosecuted by an international court? It is a major international crime.

NOx emissions noncompliance is not the same as missing mpg ratings. These diesels have emissions control systems that should be able to reduce NOx to the legislated level in all driving scenarios, although it may take more DEF. Fuel efficiency, on the other hand, inherently is affected by factors like acceleration,…

There has been no culture change at VW Group. Same unrepentant criminals.

Toyotas last twice as long as VWs so if owners replaced their TDIs with Toyotas the “cars crushed per decade” would be the same as if they just kept buying VWs every 5 years.

The US Clean Air Act doesn’t provide for criminal penalties, just big fines. I saw an interview with Ralph Nader where he said he tried to get criminal penalties in the CAA but that got dropped in the horse trading to get the bill passed. VW also broke other US laws and also broke laws in other countries so jail time…

What Piech learned in Feb 2015 was that US authorities had detected behaviour that violated US law. I bet all the VW Group execs knew for years that VW/Audi/Porsche/Seat/Skoda diesel engine software did test recognition. They just didn’t think it was illegal. Any way to pass the test was fine, who cares if city air…

These pictures begin to show the magnitude of VW’s emissions crime. I’m glad to see these pollution machines off the road. They should never have been built. Just imagine the lots that would be needed for the 8.5 million European cheaters.

The 2013-2016 Porsche Cayenne Diesel had a 3.0 l cheating engine since Porsche did not want to put a larger urea tank in the car. About 13.600 were sold in the US.

Go to longtermqualityindex for free statistics on power train problems in over 1M US trade-ins. VW/Audi do not score well. According to TrueDelta, problems seem to start after the warranty expires.

People can make up their own minds whether they like the looks of a car, they don’t need to be told by a writer. Toyota’s goal is an efficient, low-emission gas car with a hybrid power train that can compete with conventional gas cars. Price-wise, the 2016 Prius can. If you finance it over 7 years, your payments plus…

Here’s what is left to protest: No one is in jail. 18 million pollution machines continue to cause lung disease around the world. VW still sells dirty diesel vehicles. A huge, rich global corporation thinks it can flout environmental laws with impunity. VW cars are unreliable. VW/Audi lied to and defrauded its…