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More Trouble at VW

posted by janrinok on Friday November 06 2015, @02:02AM   
from the more-than-just-hot-air dept.

An Anonymous Coward offers the following:

Volkswagen has admitted that more models gamed the emissions test, nearly doubling the number of cars affected. This now includes some Audi and Porsche models and other VW brands. From http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-volkswagen-problems-expand-20151105-story.html

The latest developments followed Volkswagen's admission Tuesday that it had understated the carbon dioxide emissions for 800,000 cars, widening the scope of the scandal.

Bob Lutz comments on a very toxic management culture at VW and offers his explanation for where things went sideways, http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a27197/bob-lutz-vw-diesel-fiasco/, suggesting that the management ruled by fear and threats.

And, a quote from a conversation with the dictator (former VW boss Ferdinand Piëch) about tight (high quality) body panel fits on a VW, Lutz remembers:

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"Yeah. I wish we could get close to that at Chrysler."

"I'll give you the recipe. I called all the body engineers, stamping people, manufacturing, and executives into my conference room. And I said, 'I am tired of all these lousy body fits. You have six weeks to achieve world-class body fits. I have all your names. If we do not have good body fits in six weeks, I will replace all of you. Thank you for your time today.' "

This must really be serious now, none of the articles I saw used "xyz-gate" -- instead calling it a scandal or similar.

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• I worked at Apple I worked at Apple (Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @02:20AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @02:20AM (#259235)

  This is exactly the shit that Steve would do, but you all call him a genius.

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• Re:I worked at Apple Re:I worked at Apple (Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday November 06 2015, @02:37AM

  by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday November 06 2015, @02:37AM (#259241) Homepage

  Apple homos suffered from Stockholm syndrome. They still do to this day. I see the ripple effects with people saying swift is a decent language, and objective-C was a good language to begin with.

  The difference between AAPL homos and everybody else is that everybody else will leave when given a better offer.

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  • Re:I worked at Apple (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @02:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @02:39AM (#259242)

    Sorry, forgot the linky for the uninformed:
    Stockholm syndrome [wikipedia.org]

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  • Re:I worked at Apple (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @10:18AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @10:18AM (#259362)

    ...swift is a decent language, and objective-C was a good language to begin with

    I hate them both with a red-hot intensity that would frighten most people.

    Carry on.

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