I always thought that Audi got off easy. If a brand/model has a high number of one kind of 'operator error' accidents, its engineering is certainly questionable as inviting that kind of accident.
As I recall the pedals on the Audi were closer together than some people were used to and that might have contributed to the imaginary “sudden acceleration” that was in fact driver error.
Audi’s moving of the pedals further apart since a few drivers seemed not to be able to tell the gas from the brake, the go from the stop, and the 60 Minutes fraudulent hit piece cost Audi a ton of money and damaged reputation, not what I would call getting off easy.