VW Scandal Bad News For Diesel

Oilprice.com ^ | 23-09-2015 | Tom

[bananaman22]

The outlook for diesel looks grim after U.S regulators found that the world’s second biggest car manufacturer cheated on its emission tests.

Last Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported that Volkswagen violated the U.S Clean Air Act. The German auto maker deliberately rigged the so called emission control systems in several models of their cars in order to reduce nitrogen-oxide emissions when tested in the lab.

However, when tested on the road, the size of the ‘diesel deception’ proved to be bigger than many could have imagined. Bloomberg reported on September 22 that on an open road test both the ‘Jetta’ and ‘Passat’ models exceeded U.S nitrogen-oxide emissions standards by up to 35 times.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I wouldn’t be driving a diesel if VW gave me the car and was paying me by the mile. I you bought that piece of crap, this scandal is the least of your worries.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

It’s part of the coming class-action lawsuit. The big one, where the law firm walks with $3.6 billion and you get a car wash and free shake at Arctic Circle. Class-action lawsuits are the biggest scam since one-hour Martinizing.

[Glennb51]

Thanks for the link!

No wonder diesel powered vehicles have a much higher initial cost than gasoline powered vehicles.

[Gay State Conservative]

I'm on my 3rd diesel and I love it.The EPA rates it a 45mpg (highway) but I recently did about 500 miles (95% of which were Interstate) in “eco mode” and got 52.9mpg.The Rats will very possibly try to kill diesel in this country but I'll be very reluctant to switch.