On 15/06/2016 01:42, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andrew wrote:
No, the cheat software detected a test situation and altered
the engine parameters to pass the test, but affected vehicle
driveability and performance. In the real world the
emissions fail the test.

What's needed is more and better EU directives on vehicle testing, then.


An alternative using the current laws is to pull all the affected cars
up for "random" spot checks and fine the drivers.

That would hit VW rather hard when new cars are being sold and would
result in a lot of law suits against them.

However the current method where they are being forced to fix them is
probably better for all.