Ach, du leibe!
“Diesel is toast”.
Over 50 percent of European cars are diesel.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/425113/eu-car-sales-share-of-diesel-engines-by-country/
If diesels are toast, then bring more butter. They ain’t going anywhere.
Oh no!, I feel sooo bretrayed that I’m going to dump my tunned A4...
Hardly surprising. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Japanese and, yes, even the Once Big Three, are doing the same. I guess it’s a fine line between “industrial standards” and cartel behavior. They still have to compete with other European, Japanese, Korean and American car manufacturers.
The German govt was a silent partner in the conspiracy. The EU emmisions regulations were used as a non tariff barrier to the advantage of the German diesel and car makers. The next shoe to drop will be the conspiracy of heavy duty truck and equipment manufactures.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch. I hope that the “Nazi Thunderbird” is dead. These companies are all “green” on the outside, and “red’ on the inside.
Germany
I’m surprised they have any economy at all...
the loss of tourist dollars and pounds sterling must be a big hole for them ...
whats the rest of their trade like...
Industry developed standards are a bad thing?
Knock!.......................
It sounds like standardization to me.
Fahrvergnügen!
It seems our choices are fascism or communism.
We can’t let the little people decide what car they want, or refrigerator, or washing machine, or ....
Everything has to be chosen by our betters.
Naughty, naughty!
Got Farfegnugen!
They achieved the test result by programming a mode to run only during the test.
That isn’t illegal. Unethical yes.
Done all the time. And the only way that a diesel could pass.
Oh.
The domestic maker, the Japanese makers, and all of them, do this.
Often times it is done via trade organizations. Sometimes it is less open.
Something like 60% of the parts in any compact car sold in the U.S. are common to all of the compact car models.
Okay?
The US has the same cartel. It’s called SAE.
This is the environuts trying to shut down diesel engines in passenger cars, and it has been going on for a very long time.
Hype. All industries cooperate on industry standards.
What a HUGE relief that Bugatti was not named! Now I can get back to counting the change from the penny jars that I need to get to that $3MM...hopefully before #450 Chiron is completed!