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Originally Posted by Locke
But at the end of the day, pretty ingenious.
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Not really. What they did isn't rocket science as you have to put the cars in test mode when spinning the front wheels while the rear wheels are fixed on the dyno to prevent traction control intervening. All they did was switch to a different ecu algorithm when placed in test mode. There's nothing here that any manufacturer couldn't do or even an aftermarket tuner.
IMO it's incredibly stupid as you have to weigh the risks and there was always bound to be a circumstance where the emissions were tested by someone by other means than the EPA as it was uncovered by an outside test;
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0RL2EI20150921
Honestly I like VW cars but they deserve to be severely punished because it should not be acceptable for any large company to blatantly circumvent any safety or environmental laws.