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Re:VW 'Dieselgate' software developed at Audi in 1999: report by paol on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @07:18AM (#11533562)
Maybe that's the case for engines that use DEF, but the cheating was done in engines with no DEF injection systems too.

In those engines at least I doubt very much "the fix will not affect the performance or fuel economy", unless they resort to extremely expensive changes that seem unlikely (like adding said system to cars that don't have it).

Re:VW 'Dieselgate' software developed at Audi in 1999: report by DannyBee on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @11:29AM (#11535139)
So they'd be dumb to say it just for PR reasons - A bunch of people will test it, if their statements turn out to be false, they'll be a massive class action suit that will be pretty easily won.

It's entirely possible, of course, that they are counting on this, and decided by then things will have died down enough PR wise that making the PR statement makes sense.

Re:VW 'Dieselgate' software developed at Audi in 1999: report by tyho on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @07:22AM (#11533575)
I am not sure, I have no idea what they did in cars that didn't have the urea injection system.