Why are the VW, Audi, Porsche, SEAT and Skoda emissions problems worse than you think?
As you can't help but know, the US Environmental Protection Agency is alleging that "VW developed and installed a defeat device in certain VW, Audi and Porsche light duty diesel vehicles equipped with 2.0-litre engines in cars made between 2009 and 2015 and 3.0-litre engines for model years 2014 through 2016 that increases emissions of nitrogen oxide up to nine times EPA's standard".
Damian Scattini at lawyers Maurice Blackburn says if you own one of these cars "you have been left with a car that isn't what you agreed to purchase, a car that has now lost significant resale value, a car that will likely become more expensive to run as a result of the recall alterations, and a car that is damaging the environment".
Damo has got a class action of 8000 local owners going to try to bring truth, justice and the Australian way to the issue. If you own one of these cars, join the class action at mauriceblackburn.com.au/volkswagen.
But the real problem is not that VW allegedly tricked the testers with technology. No, the real problem is the particles. The stuff that comes out the exhaust pipe of your family diesel is "a complex mixture of gases and fine particles".