VW shares plummet after being caught out.

amd mad

never mind the financial penalties,what about the thousands of people that have died,due to increased pollution?

Rob8980

The VW PR people are going to be earning there money in the US market for the next few years.

FZR400RRSP

The article states it affect 482000 cars.
Millions did seem unlikely to me, given that the USA still prefers petrol cars to diesels by a huge margin.

FZR400RRSP

A/ They don't sell that many diesels in the USA anyway.
B/ Do you think Americans, in general, give a fig about emissions?

It's not a safety issue, per se.
It's something the majority of USA people just aren't going to care about.

Suave

Hi,

I think I read that they lost somewhere between $15-$20 Billion of their share value - Christian Horner must be crying a river of tears!

Suave!

mij

Hopefully the beginning of the end of the diesel engine.

kav

No way this will be isolated to one manufacturer.

djcla

lets hope not as I love performance diesels

FZR400RRSP

There's more to diesels than the car world too.
Think of all the marine diesels out there.
Even the most up-to-date cargo vessels (Emma Maersk) still use a diesel engine.
Don't you think the makers of that vessel looked ahead and considered alternatives, given the projected life of such a hugely expensive vessel?
Long way to go before the end of the diesel engine.

djcla

kind of putting a dampener on my mood , as my new golf is being delivered tomorrow