RE: Porsche abandons diesel for good
Discussion
DeejRC said:
Who gives a f
k about emissions? So long as the thing delivers the gobs of torque and can do 40mpg then frankly it’s all any of us owners actually care about.
Err....people like me who live in cities who have to breathe in all the sk about emissions? So long as the thing delivers the gobs of torque and can do 40mpg then frankly it’s all any of us owners actually care about.t spewed out the back as you drive past, actually.Makes me wonder what the true cost of VW cheating will end up being.
Had they managed to get those engines through the regs without cheating things would just be trundling on as normal. Now they've had to can/dump/drop whatever you want to call it an entire line of engines (which must have cost a fortune) with knock effects across the industry where it's made authorities look very closely at real-world emissions, for better or worse. Maybe diesel was the wrong fuel for a lot of people, but those people were encouraged to buy them, now they're worried there will be tougher restrictions on cars they have already bought.
Had they managed to get those engines through the regs without cheating things would just be trundling on as normal. Now they've had to can/dump/drop whatever you want to call it an entire line of engines (which must have cost a fortune) with knock effects across the industry where it's made authorities look very closely at real-world emissions, for better or worse. Maybe diesel was the wrong fuel for a lot of people, but those people were encouraged to buy them, now they're worried there will be tougher restrictions on cars they have already bought.
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