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I always wondered why companies don't try to catch each other cheating. If would seem that if Ford wanted to, they could easily figure out VW was cheating, and
by transpostmeta 9y ago
I always wondered why companies don't try to catch each other cheating. If would seem that if Ford wanted to, they could easily figure out VW was cheating, and go to the press and government with that info.
- vertex-four 9y agoBecause all companies cheat in some way, and intentionally going to war when you know you're not clean yourself isn't a good idea.
- thmsths 9y agoMy first guess would be that since they would probably be cheating too they wouldn't want to attract attention on this issue.
- nkrisc 9y agoGlass houses, throwing stones, and all that.
- abakker 9y agoWouldn't the basic prisoner's dilemma suggest that they have to be colluding?
- jessaustin 9y agoThe day Ford execs testified in favor of bailing out both GM and Chrysler, it was clear that they have little interest in beating their supposed competitors.
- refurb 9y agoInterestingly, this is what happens in the pharmaceutical world. The FDA has a "bad ad" program where you can report pharmaceutical advertising that falls outside regulations. Who is responsible for the majority of reports? Competing company's sales reps who see competitor materials when they visit doctor's offices.
- usrusr 9y ago“New cars are so much cleaner than your old car" is a cross-brand claim that is important for the whole industry. Any damage to that claim would increase replacement cycles. The best case scenario for telling on competitors would be a larger fraction of a smaller market, worse outcomes would involve a similar or smaller fraction of an even smaller market (after symmetric response accusations hitting your own brand). You don't sell Marlboros by pointing out that smoking Lucky Strike might cause cancer.