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There is something very inconsistent in the stories so far. Claims that if the emissions were set properly then the cars would start getting worse mileage than they do now. I've got a 2014 TDI SE Passat and over 5000 miles since I bought it back in January, I am averaging 40 mpg...mostly highway, a little bit of city mixed in.
Maybe in the US, but in the rest of the world PSA (who produce Citroen and Peugeot and are the fifth biggest auotmobile manufacturers) have far superior technology and lower pollution. They have been running particulate filters for at least ten years in Australia now.I never see any smoke from PSA cars with PFs, but always used to see ugly black smoke from VWs in Aus.Even particulate filters are old hat now, diesel trucks and some diesel cars here now run Ad-Blue which is basically liquid urea, injectected into the exhaust to kill NOx emissions.
I'm not even sure that there is a domestic option available. People's memory of the of the Oldsmobile diesel engine still lingers thanks to oral history, almost like tall tales.
Very true. Diesel CARS in the US still are not well accepted and I think VW/Audi diesels are the most respected over here. Probably due to better marketing but we have very few options to choose from. I think I've seen one BMW diesel? And Mercedes has there's. I'm not even sure that there is a domestic option available. People's memory of the of the Oldsmobile diesel engine still lingers thanks to oral history, almost like tall tales.
Being a lover of conspiracies, I note that VW USA employees recently chose to vote against union membership--to the dismay of VW HQ itself, and of course the White House. The Chicago Way is to punish people for failing to toe the party line, so maybe VW was now under especially close federal regulatory scrutiny...Or as Mayor Daley might have said, "We have to scrutin them."
Oh well, now then, who's gonna do the first meme mashup of Lance Armstrong in a VW TDI?cr
GM is buying their way out of the ignition switch deaths coverup for just under a billion, nobody going to jail, and some firings. If they can do that then I doubt VW can do worse...
.....the carmaker issued a public apology
LOL. If you recall VW was a sponsor of the now infamous Lance Armstrong doping USPS Squad. I actually have the Trek USPS team bike of the 2002 vintage. When I bought it, it had a VW sticker on it and I removed it and replaced it with a Ducati Power sticker.
really? geeesus
"We apologize and are very sorry we got caught". How many times have we heard that from politicians?
I have a very similar car in that its a 2012 2.0l TDI CR with DPF fitted Skoda Octavia with 60k+ miles on the clockMine does 60MPG (50 US MPG) all day everyday and I've seen 70MPG (58 US MPG) on a run. Now mine is a 6 speed manual and I guess yours is an auto but is that enough to make the difference given the auto should lock up at highway speeds?
STATEMENT OF PROF. DR. MARTIN WINTERKORN, CEO OF VOLKSWAGEN AGSep 20, 2015Wolfsburg, September 20, 2015 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board (EPA and CARB) revealed their findings that while testing diesel cars of the Volkswagen Group they have detected manipulations that violate American environmental standards. The Board of Management at Volkswagen AG takes these findings very seriously. I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public. We will cooperate fully with the responsible agencies, with transparency and urgency, to clearly, openly, and completely establish all of the facts of this case. Volkswagen has ordered an external investigation of this matter. We do not and will not tolerate violations of any kind of our internal rules or of the law. The trust of our customers and the public is and continues to be our most important asset. We at Volkswagen will do everything that must be done in order to re-establish the trust that so many people have placed in us, and we will do everything necessary in order to reverse the damage this has caused. This matter has first priority for me, personally, and for our entire Board of Management. Volkswagen Group CommunicationsHead of Corporate & Business CommunicationsAndreas LampersbachPhone: +49 (0) 53 61 / 9-3 93 56E-Mail: andreas.lampersbach@volkswagen.de www.volkswagen-media-services.comwww.volkswagenag.co mDocuments pdf 30.71 KB 200915vwus
VOLKSWAGEN IS WORLD'S MOST SUSTAINABLE AUTOMOTIVE GROUPSep 11, 2015 Pole position in Dow Jones Sustainability Index Industry Group Leader in the Automobiles & Components sector Winterkorn acknowledges "great success for entire team"The Volkswagen Group has again been listed as the most sustainable automaker in the world's leading sustainability ranking. As in 2013, RobecoSAM AG again classed the company as the Industry Group Leader in the automotive sector in this year's review of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). Volkswagen is thus one of only two automakers to be listed in both DJSI World and DJSI Europe.For investors, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index is the most significant benchmark for measuring the development of the world's most sustainable companies. The review analyzed the corporate performance of a total of 33 automotive companies, seven of them from Europe. Volkswagen took pole position with a total of 91 out of 100 possible points. Economic sustainability was awarded 93 points, social sustainability 91 points, and ecological sustainability 89 points."This distinction is a great success for the entire team. It confirms that the Volkswagen Group is well on the way to establishing itself long term as the world's most sustainable automaker," commented Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft.Full marks were awarded to Volkswagen in the areas of codes of conduct, compliance and anti-corruption as well as innovation management, climate strategy and life cycle assessment. The Group is also the industry benchmark for supplier management and environmental reporting. Furthermore, significant progress has been made in human capital development, occupational health and safety, tax strategy and talent attraction.The experts from RobecoSAM highlighted achievements such as the fact that "sustainability is the foundation of Volkswagen's corporate policy" and that "the company's success has gone hand in hand with an increase in the number and development of employees." Once again in 2014, the Volkswagen Group "invested in new model research and development, and in innovative technologies, which by 2019 will contribute towards developing more efficient vehicles, alternative powertrains, and more environmentally compatible production." Volkswagen AGSpokesperson Environment and CSRStefan ErnstLetter box 1972038442 WolfsburgGermanyTelephone: +49 (0) 5361 / 9-86267Telefax: +49 (0) 5361 / 9-74629E-mail: stefan.ernst1@volkswagen.de
"Bush's fault, Obama's fault, nobody's fault... it won't matter - I'm gonna turn up my TDI. No matter what else happens, no matter who gets offended, I'm gonna roll coal, brother."
You know, upon reflection, VW was cheating, and spoofing emissions data, so that they could sell more cars ....... but how often do we modify our exhausts or our fuel injectors or carbs or whatever for more power, and do something completely illegal in the process as far as emissions go? We only get by with it because no one's sniffing our tailpipes - if they were, it would be obvious that WE'D broken the law ... ? So maybe the thing about specks and beams applies here? I know that MY beam is pretty intrusive .... !Lannis
VW can do MUCH worse - GM didn't purposefully and willfully design their cars to avoid complying with the law (they just were sloppy and then hid things). It's the difference between accident and motive...That said, GM is getting off light, considering how their cover-up was handled.
Well, there are all those products that carry a label "Not for use on any street vehicle" - so at least the manufacturer (of both vehicle and accessory) can say they've met their obligations. The really egregious thing here was not that the emissions regs were not met, but that the company purposefully practiced to deceive and got caught in their own tangled web (thanks for the quote, Walter!).