The guy is 68. He’ll retire with is millions.
HEADLINE OF THE YEAR!
Were these writers trained in urinalism school to amuse us with their doofy double entendres
SO the simple question is, WHO approved this... someone intentionally did this, and it wasn’t some little peon acting alone, this was clearly an orchestrated effort by multiple folks high up in the organization.
Anecdotal for sure, but it seems the VW has become a favorite of the liberal crowd. This is going to bite.
Fahrvergnugen becomes Schadenfreude.
Gosh, what a scandal, disabling mechanisms that diminished performance and fuel economy when at speed when emissions are at their lowest, vs slow street speeds and stop and go traffic where it was fully enabled.
I bet all the VW owners can’t wait to have their cars broken to satisfy some government bureaucrat.
Lesson learned
VW had their chance.
This is what happens when you don’t pay off the right people in the Obama administration with the right amount of money.
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn Resigns Over Emissions Scandal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3340284/posts
Wall Street Journal version already posted.
but then what difference does it make!
The real scandal is that the EPA forces automobile companies like Volkswagen to kill their vehicles’ performance and gas mileage with ridiculous emissions control features and also makes customers submit to the emissions tests.
I talked to a friend this weekend who works for a company associated with VW. He claimed “they all do that” - meaning all the manufacturers have software tailored to emission testing which kicks in when the test is done. (Time will tell, no doubt.)
They comply with the letter of the law if not exactly the spirit of the law.
Which is how most any company (not just auto) out there has to operate these days, given the increasingly idiotic laws.
UAW über alles!
Won't get them the $11 BILLION EPA fine back, though...
Does anyone know how many People died because of this alleged Crime against Humanity and every living, breathing Creature that inhabits the Earth?
I would imagine it’s one less than died in Ted Kennedy’s Oldsmobile. The irony being that if Ted Kennedy were driving a VW Bug at the time, nobody would have died.
Cue the fake Ad from National Lampoon.
That said, this was fraud, so I won't be seeing the inside of a VW dealership any time soon, either.
Hey!
Give each ‘refugee’ one of these VWs.
Would be good if they would drive them back to ... Syria, etc.
I’m pretty sure both ISIS and GM have a higher Body Count than Diesel VW’s. Nothing like prioritizing.