VW , who next

[vetran]

You know the rest will have been at it.

[tomtomagain]

Absolutely incredible this... How did they think they were going to get away with doing this and that WHEN they got caught it could be catastrophic? I can't help but think this is going to be the tip of the iceberg.

Agreed. It is an amazing example of corporate stupidity.

A group of people deliberately engineered the cars behave as they do, dozens of people would have "Signed Off" the designs, the internal testing and the whole manufacturing process and nobody thought :

"Hey, this could be viewed as fraudulent and get the whole company into deep, deep trouble".

[SueEllen]

Agreed. It is an amazing example of corporate stupidity.

A group of people deliberately engineered the cars behave as they do, dozens of people would have "Signed Off" the designs, the internal testing and the whole manufacturing process and nobody thought :

"Hey, this could be viewed as fraudulent and get the whole company into deep, deep trouble".

It's called "I want MY bonus!" before I leave

[DimPrawn]

Suity contracts in Germany and now this?

[vetran]

Suity contracts in Germany and now this?

well I suppose it worked so are we sure it was Suity?

[d000hg]

Maybe we won't be seeing VW/Audi making a move into F1 after all.

[raphal]

Can't be that difficult..

if (ops.get_engine_rpm_history_data() == "EMISSIONS_TEST")
{
ops.put_engine_required_emissions("LOW");
}
else
{
ops.put_engine_required_emissions("NORMAL");
}

Probably they were too enthusiastic and thought lets put polymorphism into action.

[AtW]

Cheap 911 Turbo S's all around next month then

[original PM]

all the tests are bobbins anyway as they do not even close to represent real world experience.

BMW i8 - test figures 135 mpg
BMW i8 - real world figures 30 mpg

and it will be the same with emissions testing...

and as someone said - the people who made these decisions and signed them off did so to get their bonus with no interest in the 'future' of the company.

[FatLazyContractor]

Why are contractors discussing about VW ?

AYCOTBAC?