VW Ditching More Diesels By Eric Peters Eric Peters Autos…

 

VW Ditching More Diesels

VW is getting rid of its other diesels, too.

Its MAN diesel engines. These are the huge diesel engines that power ships today – and once upon a time powered German U Boats prowling the Atlantic.

But diesels are almost as politically incorrect as giving the stiff-armed salute from the tribune at the crumbling ruins at the Zeppelin field in Nuremburg – even though they haven’t committed any war crimes.

They are, however, not electric.

And VW is desperately trying to divest itself of anything that isn’t  – in order to get back in the good graces of the government it “cheated” by not exactly complying with its emissions testing rigmarole…Read More