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Re:E.P.A. Finds More VW Cheating Software, Including in Pors... by Nelson69 on Monday November 02, 2015 @07:15PM (#10496440)
The vehicles have to independently pass the emissions tests. Even if they have a a crate engine from some other supplier. All of the compliance engineers throughout all of VAG only test emissions to the EPA test rig? Even the ones at Porsche?

Nobody is going with Porsche for fuel economy but nobody is expecting to have their Porsche lose power due to a recall either. It's a premium badge, I expect them to dot more of the I's and cross more of the T's when I pay that extra $20-$40kk for a Porsche branded Touareg.

Re:E.P.A. Finds More VW Cheating Software, Including in Pors... by seanp2k2 on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @03:52AM (#10498299)
Sometimes the magic of branding is that they can get that extra cash for it for not a whole lot of actual extra engineering in return. Thus, profit!