redbruce
Eats Squid
First it was the DSG debacle and now this:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ons-cheating-found-by-curious-clean-air-group
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ons-cheating-found-by-curious-clean-air-group
What was that?First it was the DSG debacle
This. An properly functioning, economical diesel engine will never meet the US regs. Nor does the US auto industry want them to.The only reason a manufacturer would do this is to provide a reliable engine in an off-test situation.
If VW are going to be forced to run their engines in lean (clean) mode all the time, reliability will have to take the brunt of this!
Thats not true - it was just VW trying to squeeze the much cheaper and old school EGR NOx control tech through in the US, where emissions limits are much tighter than the EU (and hence us - ADR uses EU standards, albeit with a lag of a couple of years).This. An properly functioning, economical diesel engine will never meet the US regs. Nor does the US auto industry want them to.
Not only denial but threats were made to outspoken customers, from memory. Very, very shady.Was the DSG issue like the the young lady that got run over by a truck when her golf dropped dead on the motorway? VW denied it from memory then claim was settled out of court, and a recall a few weeks later. If so that's shady as hell.
Nope. She was driving a manual.Was the DSG issue like the the young lady that got run over by a truck when her golf dropped dead on the motorway? VW denied it from memory then claim was settled out of court, and a recall a few weeks later. If so that's shady as hell.
CVT style autos are better than both. My Forester has one and it works brilliantly, including properly holding gears down an incline, towing a 1,500kg camper trailer.Re DSG interesting that Ford has reverted back to a standard torque-converter in the new focus. Speaks volumes IMO.
This. Every time I do an oil change, change a timing belt, change a clutch or a transmission solenoid, deal with the cooling system, find an oil/exhaust/coolant leak, or stand at the petrol pump sucking in fumes I dream of an electric car...Every transmission type has its place. But I'm going transmission-less in my next car. Electric it will be.
This. Every time I do an oil change, change a timing belt, change a clutch or a transmission solenoid, deal with the cooling system, find an oil/exhaust/coolant leak, or stand at the petrol pump sucking in fumes I dream of an electric car...
OhhhhhhhhhhCVT style autos are better than both. My Forester has one and it works brilliantly, including properly holding gears down an incline, towing a 1,500kg camper trailer.