| ▲ | wtcactus 3 hours ago | |
> The crime was committed in the USA. What? No, you are completely wrong. The crime was committed in many places. In the USA, but also in several EU countries (Germany included). In fact, the numbers were more than 10x higher in the EU (since we use a lot more diesel cars) than what they were in the USA. 600 000 vehicles were affected in the USA, while 8.5 million vehicles were affected in the EU. USA courts, effectively, issued a fine more than 200x higher per vehicle affected, than what we did in the EU. No one that actually followed the news (and isn't German and therefore completely biased) will say with a straight face that EU justice system didn't favor VW due to established interests. The German government obviously manipulated the judicial system all over Europe to let the case go away. It also says a lot, that it had to be the Americans bringing the case to light. A lot of people probably knew, but the control that the Germans had (and still have) over European economy and judicial systems didn't allow anyone inside the EU to speak up. No justice was made over here. | ||