The fine print of the deal is that they can’t ban diesel car entry into their cities. Right now, I count 28 cities on the verge. Based on the billion....you can expect a thousand cities to throw up a potential ban, and the billion will have to be broken up and really not seem like that much as you fan out across the sixteen German states. The question will be...is that enough money to talk them out of the ban idea that they are pursuing? I kinda doubt it.
They should have gone to offer up twenty billion to the diesel car owners, and just agreed to pay blue-book value and crush them all. Owners would have bought new gas cars and the economy would have gone through some boom period for two years.
Meanwhile, diesel engines are generally more heat-efficient than gasoline ones, at about all speed ranges.
Or just send them to us. I'd like to have a nice TDI, nothing at all wrong with them.
(unless you're a barking moonbat)