First bankers, now cars makers Options

[Andy Capp]

In this alleged free market economy, people should be going to gaol.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34322016

[motormad]

Before anyone ****** about car tax going up our taxation system is based on co2 not nox.

[Simon Kirby]

Before anyone ****** about car tax going up our taxation system is based on co2 not nox.

No, you were right.

As a result the German company tricked the Environmental Protection Agency into believing its cars met legal standards on the emission of nitrogen oxides when in fact they did not. When used on the road, rather than in the manipulated tests, the cars could give out emissions of as much as 40 times the level set by the standard.

Mind you, I'm pretty sure that the CO2 emissions would increase too or else there'd be no reason for the subterfuge, you'd just leave the "defeat device" enabled and everyone would be happy.