This isn’t going to help Volkswagen’s image…. Though I’m not sure at this point what would. The Toronto Star is reporting that Volkswagen was warned about the sort of emissions cheating that they have been accused of doing years ago:
German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported that VW’s internal investigation has found a 2007 letter from parts supplier Bosch warning Volkswagen not to use the software during regular operation.
A spokesman for Volkswagen declined to comment on the reports, saying that as a matter of principle the company wouldn’t comment on what he called “rumours and speculation.”
“Volkswagen is working with all its strength to conduct a thorough and merciless investigation of this matter,” Andreas Lampersbach said in an email.
The magazines in question are well respected ones. Thus I am personally more likely to believe them. But that’s just me.
By the way, they have a new sucker CEO:
Matthias Mueller, head of the Porsche sports-car brand, is to take over as Volkswagen’s chief executive with the unenviable task of repairing the automaker’s battered reputation.
Mueller, 62, had been widely tipped to succeed Martin Winterkorn, who quit on Wednesday after admitting the world’s largest automaker had installed software designed to cheat emissions testing on its diesel vehicles.
Volkswagen’s supervisory board choose Mueller on Friday, turning to an insider who has helped revitalize the Porsche brand.
He’s a braver man than I as I am not sure I would take that job under these circumstances. He’s the one who’s going to have to answer for all of this, plus he’s got the toughest job in the world which is to save VW from this mess. Perhaps he can go to GM CEO Mary Barra for advice? She had just been on the job as CEO for days when the ignition switch fiasco broke. Since them GM seems to be all right for the most part. So I guess there’s hope for VW yet.
Volkswagen Warned About #Dieselgate Like Tricks Years Ago….. And They Have A New CEO
This isn’t going to help Volkswagen’s image…. Though I’m not sure at this point what would. The Toronto Star is reporting that Volkswagen was warned about the sort of emissions cheating that they have been accused of doing years ago:
German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported that VW’s internal investigation has found a 2007 letter from parts supplier Bosch warning Volkswagen not to use the software during regular operation.
Separately, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported that a Volkswagen technician raised concerns about illegal practices in connection with emissions levels in 2011. The weekly also cited VW’s internal investigators.
A spokesman for Volkswagen declined to comment on the reports, saying that as a matter of principle the company wouldn’t comment on what he called “rumours and speculation.”
“Volkswagen is working with all its strength to conduct a thorough and merciless investigation of this matter,” Andreas Lampersbach said in an email.
The magazines in question are well respected ones. Thus I am personally more likely to believe them. But that’s just me.
By the way, they have a new
suckerCEO:Matthias Mueller, head of the Porsche sports-car brand, is to take over as Volkswagen’s chief executive with the unenviable task of repairing the automaker’s battered reputation.
Mueller, 62, had been widely tipped to succeed Martin Winterkorn, who quit on Wednesday after admitting the world’s largest automaker had installed software designed to cheat emissions testing on its diesel vehicles.
Volkswagen’s supervisory board choose Mueller on Friday, turning to an insider who has helped revitalize the Porsche brand.
He’s a braver man than I as I am not sure I would take that job under these circumstances. He’s the one who’s going to have to answer for all of this, plus he’s got the toughest job in the world which is to save VW from this mess. Perhaps he can go to GM CEO Mary Barra for advice? She had just been on the job as CEO for days when the ignition switch fiasco broke. Since them GM seems to be all right for the most part. So I guess there’s hope for VW yet.
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