VW, what hast thou done?

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Torplexed

Shame. VW was a company with a magnificent reputation up to this point. I would have excepted these kind of shenanigans more from the sagging auto giants of Detroit. Perhaps they'll show up at some point now that this sort of practice has been exposed.

Seems like a dumb thing for VW to do, but in hindsight, I suppose it seemed brilliant in the way that great corporate crimes always are. The best way to rob a bank is to own one; the best way to defeat factory-set emissions controls is to own the factory.

Seems like what VW should have done is include instructions in the owner's manual on how to drive so that the car would maintain the cleanliness that the computer would manage under test conditions.