I'm not sure if the actual limit on exhaust put up by the EU are more lax then the ones but up by the US. But what was lax was the control, and what was ridicu

I'm not sure if the actual limit on exhaust put up by the EU are more lax then the ones but up by the US. But what was lax was the control, and what was ridiculous the consequences (or lack of such, at least short term) when wide spread manipulation was found. By over protecting certain companies some countries like especially Germany have maneuvered themself in quite a bad situation both image wise and economical wise. And it's not just cars in some other areas similar ill fated decisions are done too, where overprotecting certain companies impeded innovation and made that companies less able to compete on a global marked.