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Originally Posted by JCL
A significant trade off for the manufacturer is cost. The cheat was most likely implemented to avoid the cost of things like SCR, while offering a product that consumers would adopt in greater numbers
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This swiss paper (French) says just that. It would have cost 300 euros a pop to use SCR as proposed by then boss Wolfgang Bernhard and enginner Rudolf Krebs. Apparently the plan was shredded when Martin Winterkorn took control around 2007. Just look like a bad strategy Le scandale Volkswagen a éclaté pour une économie de 329Â*francs - LeTemps.ch
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09-29-2015, 04:52 PM
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