VW recalls 500K cars ,fined $18B

[JayG]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/business/volkswagen-is-ordered-to-recall-nearly-500000-vehicles-over-emissions-software.html?_r=0

[Porsche9]

Clean diesel, huh. I had a diesel Jetta wagon for a rental once and thought to myself that it can't be as clean as they claim when I can smell the exhaust. Driving behind other VW diesels in the Boxster I can always smell the exhaust and I try to get out from behind them ASAP. If this is really true VW deserves what's coming to them.

[bobbeck]

Typical. The U.S. isn't allowed to have efficient diesel cars.

[mikefocke]

Not true.

They have admitted culpability in defeating smog controls on 4-cyl diesel cars from 2009-. The amount of the penalty could be UP TO $37k per car or UP TO $18B. Criminal actions could also occur. And expect class action lawyers to feed as the recall changes the MPG and cheats the owners of the cars of the claimed MPG.

[BRAN]

Yeah, I am sure the good old US trucks are no threat to public health, but those few diesel cars are...lol...hypocratic lobby BS...

[Burg Boxster]

Bigger crime is the joke penalty to GM of $900M while admitting criminal wrong doing re: ignition switches which knowingly killed at least 150 people...

[clickman]

And then there's these winners:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGYc0wCP7oQ