Awesome. I would LOVE to see that pulled out as a defense ... the alle und ordnung Germans follow the law to the EXACT LETTER and completely circumvent the intent.
And then they can add insult to injury by trotting out a bunch of engineers to testify that since the law used a bogus pollution measure (pollution for gallon burned) instead of the better one (pollution per mile driven) they were complying with the intent as well by increasing MPG.
The last thing on earth that some EPA idiots would want....is to end up in a court situation where German engineers will be brought in and testify. You could be talking about hours and hours of lecture, and the judge would be weeping by the end.
VW should demand a jury trial. Twelve of our fellow low-info voters will fall asleep fifteen minutes into the explanation of what “C” code is. They’ll be forced to acquit because they can’t possibly understand the evidence.