On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 21:21:52 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

No they deliberately cheated on the tests

The tests applicable to the North American standards.

They also fail the EU ones.

That's never been shown. Seriously, it hasn't. The whole scandal - if
you actually dig into the reality, rather than the shock-and-awe
headlines - is over the US testing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34857404

Not been proven yet. Just that it "could".

Bear in mind, too, that US diesel NOx caps are MUCH stricter than
European ones, even Euro6.