Volkswagen under investigation over illegal software that masks pollution

[VW Convert]

Seems more like 200,000
Fiat Chrysler Buy-Back, Recall: Here'''s What You Need to Know - NBC News

And probably significantly less than 200,000. A headline is one thing, the detail may well be another:-

"A key point: if you've already had repair work done under the initial recall, you don't qualify for the buy-back."

Cheers

George

[Ryeman]

It seems VW believed they could fool 'mere' bureaucrats but were found out by the 'technocrats'..........a very expensive lesson in humility.

[Ryeman]

The investors pile in now
VW investors file multi-billion dollar suit in Germany | Business | The Guardian

[Amalgam]

"Oh, and the dealers... Whatever you’ve heard about poor Volkswagen service, don’t believe it. It's so much worse than that. Not just one, mind, but two separate dealers who have been each as clueless, disinterested and indifferent as the other. Jean-Paul Sartre would’ve done a better job at customer service. At least he’d have appreciated the absurdity of it all."


"Now, the Golf must go. I don’t trust it. Nothing makes me angrier than the betrayal of trust by presenting false integrity. And now, thanks to the Volkswagen emissions debacle of November 2015, I really don’t trust the company. ‘Dieselgate' has only legitimised my deep consternation about VW: that actually, all of this engineering ‘genius,’ the stuff that sucked us all in, really doesn’t exist.

Maybe this is a company with a rotten core, whose desperate, hubristic drive to be World No. 1 led it to create an illusion it could do things it actually really couldn’t. The emissions scandal may have been the smoking gun, but the well publicised, yet now-sort-of-forgotten DSG farce runs even deeper. It has the potential to plague the company for years, to haunt that thing Volkswagen needs more than anything right now, its reputation. And, worst of all, it says this is a company that not only lies to its customers, but has lied to itself about just how capable it really is. Maybe, after all, that sparkling engineering heart of the giant that lured us all, was, sadly, just imagined."


READER'S BLOG: Golf ownership a five-act drama – Car Reviews, News & Advice - CarPoint Australia..

[arcadelt]

READER'S BLOG: Golf ownership a five-act drama – Car Reviews, News & Advice - CarPoint Australia..

The guy can write for sure - but sometimes you go to a restaurant and choose the fish, which is crap, and your date has the steak, which is great. Perhaps he chose DSG when the manual is what he should have had. Perhaps, also, VW is rotten to the core and deludes itself as to its own abilities - but I know there can be 'diamonds in the rough' and I'm lucky enough to enjoy driving my two veedubs.

[Ryeman]

The better half's Peugeot 308 1.2 Aisin 6A - (5L/100 over 16k) is a serious competitor and is a must for comparison purposes.

[Guest001]

"Oh, and the dealers... Whatever you’ve heard about poor Volkswagen service, don’t believe it. It's so much worse than that. Not just one, mind, but two separate dealers who have been each as clueless, disinterested and indifferent as the other. Jean-Paul Sartre would’ve done a better job at customer service. At least he’d have appreciated the absurdity of it all."


"Now, the Golf must go. I don’t trust it. Nothing makes me angrier than the betrayal of trust by presenting false integrity. And now, thanks to the Volkswagen emissions debacle of November 2015, I really don’t trust the company. ‘Dieselgate' has only legitimised my deep consternation about VW: that actually, all of this engineering ‘genius,’ the stuff that sucked us all in, really doesn’t exist.

Maybe this is a company with a rotten core, whose desperate, hubristic drive to be World No. 1 led it to create an illusion it could do things it actually really couldn’t. The emissions scandal may have been the smoking gun, but the well publicised, yet now-sort-of-forgotten DSG farce runs even deeper. It has the potential to plague the company for years, to haunt that thing Volkswagen needs more than anything right now, its reputation. And, worst of all, it says this is a company that not only lies to its customers, but has lied to itself about just how capable it really is. Maybe, after all, that sparkling engineering heart of the giant that lured us all, was, sadly, just imagined."


READER'S BLOG: Golf ownership a five-act drama – Car Reviews, News & Advice - CarPoint Australia..

A Buddy Holly song comes to mind about this article

[Ryeman]

A Buddy Holly song comes to mind about this article

That'll be the day.....

[Guest001]

That'll be the day.....

Nope more like RAVE ON

[Sunny43.5]

I have to agree with the writer I am still not convinced our DSG is going to hold up any better than the Tiptronic in our previous T5 van did . Our current DSG equipped T5.1 van decided to tell me after only 1500 km that it was not going to play the game as it should . Backed out of driveway we live part way up a hill , okay foot on brake /engaged drive/ foot to accelerator and whoosh down the hill backwards it goes !! Jeeezus Christ came to mind as in that nano second of rearward out of control decent I slammed on the brakes . Took stock of surroundings surveyed the shift yes it was in drive the selector says so and so did the instrument cluster !! So back to park back to drive and whoa backwards we go again , no this was not hill hold syndrome but absolutely a total brain fade by the DSG it did what I was told later had a "False Neutral " WTF is that ? VW speak for s*#*^t it does not work every time so bad luck . Not to mention that the DSG is not anywhere near as good as some claim , we have had many times experienced lousy gear selection especially at roundabouts result quick trip to laundry to clear stains in undies as the van enters the roundabout in the wrong gear or decides half way into the roundabout to change . By then you have another car threatening your very existence and the other driver cursing at full volume , then there is hilly terrain where it does not have a clue what to do result clunks and unplanned shifts . DSG lousy / Tiptronic fabulous changes lousy service design . Both developed to extract $$$ from unsuspecting owners .

[feenix74]

Not to mention that the DSG is not anywhere near as good as some claim , we have had many times experienced lousy gear selection especially at roundabouts result quick trip to laundry to clear stains in undies as the van enters the roundabout in the wrong gear or decides half way into the roundabout to change . By then you have another car threatening your very existence and the other driver cursing at full volume . . .

We test drove a 2011 Caddy Maxi Life with DSG and we had the same experience with roundabouts. I guess the concept of slowing down coming to a roundabout and then flooring it to take the gap in the traffic is something the DSG is not programmed to handle (I assume it preselects the wrong gear and the extra delay is the DSG reselecting the right gear before it engages). As roundabouts are the norm in Canberra, we made the decision to stick with the KISS princple and go with the manual gearbox. It meant that had to buy a base model 2011 Caddy Life TDI, which we optioning it up with colour tone bumpers, roof rails and the third row seats but missed out on the nice plastic interior fitout from B-pillar back. We ended up having a 3 month wait for ours to be built to order and shipped from Poland but it has turned out to be a good decision.

[Amalgam]

How 'Go-fever' brought Volkswagen to launch a product that didn’t comply


READER'S BLOG: Volkswagen, Challenger and Feynman – Car Reviews, News & Advice - CarPoint Australia..

[Ryeman]

Washington's Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) plus (now) Google (!) are the true automotive 'designers' of the world's cars.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Average_Fuel_Economy#Agreed_standards_by_model_year.2C_2011-2025

(Add 20% for imperial mpg.)

aero, weight, 10 Spd autos, electric fluid pumps, stop/start, DI, stratified charge, coil-on-plug, turbo/smaller capacity, and on and on.........
Driving (interfering) is to be illegal when we go 'self driving'........we're coming to the end of motoring as we've known it.

[ParaBul]

How 'Go-fever' brought Volkswagen to launch a product that didn’t comply


READER'S BLOG: Volkswagen, Challenger and Feynman – Car Reviews, News & Advice - CarPoint Australia..

Interesting article, and I think the author makes a good comparison with the mentality that led to the Challenger disaster.

I think a large part of this scandal comes down to corporate ego. The Bugatti Veyron is all about corporate ego - record breaking power & speed, a body shape determined by management rather than aerodynamics, designed at massive expense and every car (reportedly) sold at a significant loss. The goal was set, and it was to be achieved at any cost - failure was not an option.

The same with the company's US diesel programme. The goal was set, and it was to be achieved at any cost - failure was not an option. So they cheated.

Anyway, my GTD has finally sold - for about $3k less than I thought it would've achieved. The Mk 6 Golf is undoubtedly an excellent vehicle, and I have no regrets about having owned one - but it will be a long time before I will own another VW, new or otherwise. I have an intense dislike for the way the company has handled this scandal, and have no desire to do anything that may in any way, no matter how remotely, support them.

Ford & VW. I won't own either.

[Amalgam]

Ford & VW. I won't own either.

Why Ford??