VW screwed up. The people's car or Volkswagen is the world's largest maker of automobiles according to sales figures available for 2016. Based in Germany it was a company originally founded by none other than Ferdinand Porsche, the creator of the eponymous sports car models.
Popular among the younger generation and females more than males, the sedan is an attractive low cost option for a German car driving experience when a BMW or 3 pointed star is out of reach.
Thusly there are lot of VW brand vehicles roaming the streets of Anytown, USA. As of mid Sept a revelation was brought to the public's attention where the company engineers had installed software in its engine computers to cheat on pollution control tests run by the American Environment Protection agency.
But the tests tripped VW up. Something I guess was not adding up. VW finally pleaded mea culpa costing the CEO his job. People chimed in on national TV and internet saying they were taken and that it was shameful that a car company had lied and destroyed their trust.
This is not the first nor the last of these events, few years ago Ford was in the doldrums when their popular SUV started tipping and crashing- turned out the tires were bad; then Toyota had a computer malfunction on their Prius hybrids that sent them running off on their own; the General had its issues when their Motors showed up with defective ignition switches causing death.
There will be class actions and other suits, some designer (for the lawyers) and some not but in the end the company will pay up restitution and people will keep breathing a sigh of (polluted) relief.
BTW what exactly is a sigh? I am not sure I have breathed one. Apart from the relief version are there other kinds? If so who is making them? Please send all responses to the -
Breathe Right Foundation
Spirit Drive
Washington DC, USA
Popular among the younger generation and females more than males, the sedan is an attractive low cost option for a German car driving experience when a BMW or 3 pointed star is out of reach.
Thusly there are lot of VW brand vehicles roaming the streets of Anytown, USA. As of mid Sept a revelation was brought to the public's attention where the company engineers had installed software in its engine computers to cheat on pollution control tests run by the American Environment Protection agency.
But the tests tripped VW up. Something I guess was not adding up. VW finally pleaded mea culpa costing the CEO his job. People chimed in on national TV and internet saying they were taken and that it was shameful that a car company had lied and destroyed their trust.
This is not the first nor the last of these events, few years ago Ford was in the doldrums when their popular SUV started tipping and crashing- turned out the tires were bad; then Toyota had a computer malfunction on their Prius hybrids that sent them running off on their own; the General had its issues when their Motors showed up with defective ignition switches causing death.
There will be class actions and other suits, some designer (for the lawyers) and some not but in the end the company will pay up restitution and people will keep breathing a sigh of (polluted) relief.
BTW what exactly is a sigh? I am not sure I have breathed one. Apart from the relief version are there other kinds? If so who is making them? Please send all responses to the -
Breathe Right Foundation
Spirit Drive
Washington DC, USA
Sigh (saay) is usually the creamy variety on top of milk that some don't like, and some sigh, that they aren't allowed to have it.
ReplyDeleteNow Dahi's a good answer
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