"dennis@home" wrote in message
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On 29/09/2015 08:05, News wrote:
In message , Fredxxx
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On 28/09/2015 23:49, Rod Speed wrote:

And yet none of the other German manufacturers
have had anything like the effect on their share price.

Perhaps you interpreted what I meant incorrectly, unlike VW, other
German cars had the same emissions in road tests as they did in formal
testing.

This is the point I worry about. Is it really realistic to assume that
VW engineered diesel engines are so much worse that any others that they
require cheating to pass standard tests?

Yes. VW sell on performance from their little engines and now it turns out
they just cheated. They could meet the requirements but they would have
less performance and may not be competitive.

Now they are just illegal to sell if they don't pass the tests so they
will have to down rate all the cars and see if anyone still wants a low
powered car.

Its more complicated than that with the different emission regimes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksw...sion_standards