SECOND PARTIAL CONSENT DECREE
Volkswagen to Recall 83,000 3.0 Liter Diesel Vehicles and Fund Mitigation Projects to Settle Allegations of Cheating Emissions Tests on Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche Vehicles
Settlement requires Volkswagen to offer to buy back older vehicles, and spend $225 million to mitigate NOx pollution. Volkswagen will also repair newer vehicles to comply with the standards to which they were certified
The affected older vehicles (referred to as “generation 1” vehicles) are the 2009 through 2012 Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7 diesel models. The affected newer vehicles (referred to as “generation 2” vehicles) are the 2013-2016 Volkswagen Touareg diesels, 2013 through 2015 Audi Q7 diesels, 2013 through 2016 Porsche Cayenne diesels, and 2014 through 2016 Audi A6 quattro, A7 quattro, A8, A8L and Q5 diesel models.
so what happens if you turn down the offer of the buyback?
mtn
MegaDork
12/21/16 8:12 a.m.
mad_machine wrote:
so what happens if you turn down the offer of the buyback?
Al Gore sends his attack penguins after you.
My guess is the government would be free to require it to be off road only. But there are a lot of reasons they might not unless that is specifically noted in the consent agreements
STM317
HalfDork
12/21/16 8:30 a.m.
Cheapest affected vehicle I've seen for sale is listed just under $19k. Buyback speculators will need deep pockets
mad_machine wrote:
so what happens if you turn down the offer of the buyback?
This was covered in the other thread... but at some point its an illegal vehicle to register and drive on the road. My guess is registration would get you.
mtn wrote:
mad_machine wrote:
so what happens if you turn down the offer of the buyback?
Al Gore sends his attack penguins after you.
Do they have laser beams on their foreheads?
Bobzilla wrote:
mtn wrote:
mad_machine wrote:
so what happens if you turn down the offer of the buyback?
Al Gore sends his attack penguins after you.
Do they have laser beams on their foreheads?
They're solar powered so you should safe on a cloudy day. Or at night.
Rufledt
UltraDork
12/21/16 12:48 p.m.
Bobzilla wrote:
mtn wrote:
mad_machine wrote:
so what happens if you turn down the offer of the buyback?
Al Gore sends his attack penguins after you.
Do they have laser beams on their foreheads?
Every animal deserves a warm meal
