[offduty]

I have a 2014 TDI and absolutely love the car. My biggest fear is the EPA will try and mandate that all of the affected cars be taken off the road until they come into compliance.

I find it interesting the proposed $37,500 fine per unit is actually fairly close to the original MSRP of the car.

Could the EPA be hinting at a massive buy-back program?

[Cboldt]

-- My biggest fear is the EPA will try and mandate that all of the affected cars be taken off the road until they come into compliance. --

EPA has expressly said that the cars are legal to drive. It doesn't want new ones sold, but it has no intention to force owners to submit to the remedy.

[SES1066]

Could the EPA be hinting at a massive buy-back program?

I believe that the $37.5k is the statutory maximum per car allowed by law but I can be mistaken. Like you, this is very close to my purchase price so that is why I think that a replacement engine / component would be a much cheaper option than accepting a fine.

This will be a very interesting time for us but it will be a LONG TIME (IMHO) coming to a resolution. HOWEVER, the hit to our CURRENT VALUE / resale value will be VERY REAL!

[CommerceComet]

Could the EPA be hinting at a massive buy-back program?

Didn't some agency in the federal government recently require Fiat/Chrysler to repurchase Chrysler products with some particular defect?