“The governments keep raising the bar for pollution and mileage. It is past the point of being unrealistic.”
Yeah, for sure. VW isn’t the first, theres been tinkering by other auto manufacturers with emissions test software in the past. My guess is that the EPA will lay a heavy fine on VW and then exempt these eleven million or so vehicles under scrutiny. There’s really nothing that can bee done to improve engine emissions on these vehicles. And, there’s functionally nothing wrong with them. But, this will be interesting however it plays out.....
“There’s really nothing that can bee done to improve engine emissions on these vehicles.”
Sure there is. The obvious way is to make the engines run in “Test Mode” and diable the performance software. Owners won’t be happy with the diminished mileage and performance, but some will undoubtedly re-program their engines back after each annual emissions test.