Volkswagen CEO may have known about defeat device scandal in 2014

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Volkswagen CEO may have known about defeat device scandal in 2014

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I have no doubt.
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a big surprise....not
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As a (not so proud) owner of a 2012 VW Golf (non-diesel, 5 banger), this cheeses me off. Yes, I don't have the diesel or the issues, but I watched my car's value tank just a couple of months after I bought it because of this. ALL VW owners were affected by this asshattery.
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True. VW owners got screwed hard over this.
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VW’s US chief resigns, regulator raises doubts that diesels can be fixed
http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/03/vws ... -be-fixed/
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'What a tangled mess we weave when we set out deceive'
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Former VW employee says he was fired after questioning deletion of documents
And the legal woes don’t end there: Investors launch a $3.61 billion lawsuit in Germany.
http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/03/for ... documents/
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