Audi - More emissions cheating

[blwnsmoke]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/germany-detects-emissions-cheat-software-165344875.html

 

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - Audi's emissions scandal flared up again on Thursday after the German government accused the carmaker of cheating emissions tests with its top-end models, the first time Audi has been accused of such wrongdoing in its home country.

The German Transport Ministry said it has asked Volkswagen's (VOWG_p.DE) luxury division to recall around 24,000 A7 and A8 models built between 2009 and 2013, about half of which were sold in Germany.

 

 

 

The affected Audi models with so-called Euro-5 emission standards emit about twice the legal limit of nitrogen oxides when the steering wheel is turned more than 15 degrees, the ministry said.

 

 

The 80,000 3.0-liter vehicles affected by VW's emissions cheating scandal in the United States included Audi A6, A7 and Q7 models as well as Porsche and VW brand cars.

The ministry said it has issued a June 12 deadline for Audi to come up with a comprehensive plan to refit the cars.

 

[tbone]

Didn't the German government NOT monetarily penalize VW for their emissions cheating? What's to prevent these guys from doing it again if they only receive a strongly worded letter saying don't do that again.

[jpd80]

A change in culture and management.

 

Plus this veiled threat...

 

According to sources that spoke to Bloomberg, part of the reason VW might be getting away scot-free

in its home market is because of the sheer number of affected vehicles in Germany and the larger

European continent. The company only had to compensate owners of 482,000 vehicles in the US –

that's a fraction of the 2 million cheating TDIs on German roads and the 8.5 million in Europe as a whole.

Volkswagen's line, according to one of the company's critics, is that compensation for those vehicles would

crush the company.

Company CEO Matthias Mueller (above) "is playing out a new card by telling the government: '

Don't put too much pressure on us, or we will go bust, and then all the jobs are gone',"

attorney Christoph Rother told Bloomberg. Rother's firm, Berlin-based Hausfield, is part of a

class-action suit on behalf of US consumers while also representing German drivers.

"He's playing blackmail using a horror scenario."

 

Edited June 3, 2017 by jpd80

[rojorin]

Had my VW Passat lease terminated early and company order me a 2017 Explorer XLT to get out of the diesel mess

[tbone]

That's a nice trade up. We had one, and I think you will like it.

[RichardJensen]

A change in culture and management.

 

Plus this veiled threat...

 

 

VW is to Germany what Chase, Citi or Goldman Sachs are to the US: Too Big To Fail.

 

And if you think running a TBTF concern does anything other than foster moral hazard and other forms of irresponsible behavior..........

[bzcat]

The article is woefully short on details but it appears to implicate the 3.0 V6 TDI engine. If that is the case, it is just a delayed reaction on the part of German regulatory body.

 

VW already entered into plea agreement on 3.0 TDI in the US and California. Buyback offer on the 3.0 TDI is imminent. The vehicles affected in the US are A6, A7, A8, Q5, Q7, Touareg, and Cayenne.

Edited June 13, 2017 by bzcat