Audi admits 2.1 million of its cars are fitted with emissions cheating software

Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 07:26 UTC

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Luxury car brand Audi has confirmed that 2.1 million of its cars around the world were outfitted with software that enabled them to cheat emissions standards. The announcement clarifies Audi's role in the diesel emissions scandal roiling its parent company, Volkswagen. Read full article

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Captain Poppy
Volkswagen, Audi.....next?
Sep 29th, 2015 - 03:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Clyde15
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Obviously Skoda as they use VW engines.
Sep 29th, 2015 - 04:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Enrique Massot
The amount of hypocrisy in the face of cheating corporations is astounding. It goes on to show how ridiculous the trickle-down theory that says: “let us be rich and we'll perhaps give you a job.”
Instead, these sorry stories show people should not be sitting and waiting for corporations to do the right thing.
In spite of the myth created by interested parties, a democratic state remains the only hope that wealth will be shared as we go--not in a distant, nebulous future.
Sep 29th, 2015 - 04:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
It will all blow over when more level headed technical reporting is seen.

You only have to look at the furore with the fly-by-wire glitch when Audi were at the cutting edge with it. Now any car NOT having FBW is seen as a down market vehicle.

The yanks are always the last to get the message to the masses. Hardly surprising when you look at YouTube and see many of them cannot name a country beginning with U, like the example the interviewer gives: the United States of America. DOH! :o)
Sep 29th, 2015 - 07:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Stevie
Skoda and Seat also have the same engine.

1.2 million Skodas and 700k Seats sold in Europe.
Sep 30th, 2015 - 04:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
Merecedes next?
Sep 30th, 2015 - 06:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
Enrique Mascot - “ a democratic state remains the only hope that wealth will be shared as we go”

so go and live in Canada then!

oops!
Or just stop talking out of your arse.
Sep 30th, 2015 - 12:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
#6 Bingo....you won!
Oct 01st, 2015 - 02:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Stevie
Hey Poppy, life is good when they take chunks of eachother, isn't it...

;)
Oct 01st, 2015 - 03:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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