Germans caught cheating

[carlzeiss]

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-after-software-masks-emissions-10508892.html

 

[Norman Potting]

I'll say it then - "wouldn't happen in.......oh"!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Did they pull the same trick in Europe, or is this just an issue for vehicles sold in the US?

 

[beorhthelm]

i have no doubt manufactuers "tweek" the output when in test, but two things strike me as odd. firstly, VW have a reputation for very good emission ( i recall they pioneered using FI to aid compliance) and ze Germans wouldn't stand for this. secondly a factor of 40x change? i cant see how that would be possible, emissions are related to overall power and your only going to get variation in a small range before combustion process fails.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Did they pull the same trick in Europe, or is this just an issue for vehicles sold in the US?

I didn't happen in Germany.

 

[BLOCK F]

Read this in today's FT.
Not good news for anybody or my VW shares!

 

[Blackadder]

I didn't happen in Germany.

You didn't?

 

[Hampster Gull]

Dirty dirty Germans

 

[daveybgtt]

I'm sure they will come up with a solution.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I'm sure they will come up with a solution.

Bellend

 

[Spanish Seagulls]

Read this in today's FT.
Not good news for anybody or my VW shares!

I thought VW were owned by Porsche*?

*Earn more money from Carbon trading than car manufacturing, apparently!

 

[Triggaaar]

VW have a reputation for very good emission

Now we know why.

 

[beorhthelm]

Now we know why.

well yes you could say that, but theres more to emissions than NO, which i dont beleive we test for in UK.

 

[Husty]

I'm sure they will come up with a solution.

Wouldn't happen in Germany!

 

[Husty]