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Re:Voltswagen of America by reaperducer on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:53AM (#26636109)
Their brand is so tainted in the US that they're renaming it.

I don't think most Americans know about or remember the emissions scandal.

That said, there's plenty of precedent for a product being so tainted that it got renamed.

Comcast becoming Xfinity comes to mind.

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Re:Voltswagen of America by throwawayboise on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:58AM (#26636190)
Very few Americans would even consider a diesel passenger car. They just are not popular here ouside of a tiny niche. That's the irony of the emissions scandal -- there aren't enough passenger diesel cars on the road in the USA that it made any real difference anyway.

Americans don't care about diesel cars, and they for the most part didn't care about the emissions scandal.

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