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Even if they cheated during the tests, they were exactly the same cars before and after the reveal of that fact, so I don't see why people would suddenly stop l
by forgotmypassw 11y ago
Even if they cheated during the tests, they were exactly the same cars before and after the reveal of that fact, so I don't see why people would suddenly stop liking their cars.
- neogodless 11y agoAs mentioned elsewhere in the thread, the cars will be "fixed" via a recall of some sort, which will likely reprogram the ECU to reduce emissions, which will in turn reduce performance and gas mileage. Now that might be voluntary - I don't know if laws will compel people to do that, though emission testing might start requiring such updates. Plus, the new cars released will not be able to "have great gas mileage, performance AND low emissions" without technology advances since the cheating is caught and disallowed going forward. So they might be less competitive, initially (though in the US, there isn't really much diesel competition.)
- lgieron 11y agoSince these cars exceed emission tresholds, they shouldn't be on streets. It's likely that owners will be forced to hand in their cars for a firmware upgrade after which they will be much slower and/or with worse mpg.