Thread: VW caught by the Yanks for breaking emission laws

Originally Posted by PAT303

Yes the limits need to be lifted or we'll be driving vehicles with 900cc engines. Pat

No. Just the limits need to change. They have lower limits for 900cc engines.

That was part of the reason Subaru went to 2.5L motors in the WRX and a few other of their vehicles. The 2.5L engine was allowed to produce more pollution. Even though it generated more than the 2L motor the extra 0.5L put it up a level on the allowable limit and it passed. The 2L was still considered to be the better motor that would handle more boost.

Happy Days

Originally Posted by joel0407

No. Just the limits need to change. They have lower limits for 900cc engines.

That was part of the reason Subaru went to 2.5L motors in the WRX and a few other of their vehicles. The 2.5L engine was allowed to produce more pollution. Even though it generated more than the 2L motor the extra 0.5L put it up a level on the allowable limit and it passed. The 2L was still considered to be the better motor that would handle more boost.

Happy Days

ah, is that why.
the 2l is a great engine

Yep. And the 2l was still sold in country's with such dumb standards

I think you'll find the limits are arbitrary limits set by some shiny bum sitting in an office with absolutely no idea about the engineering required or the detriment to engine longevity..

Bureaucratic idiocy is rife at all levels...

Another example is Shipping.. Our Cape Vessels are allowed to run bunker fuel until a certain parallel, upon which they must switch to clean diesel to reduce emissions... Aren't we all on the same planet here?

But Tombie bureaucratic idiocy accounts for probably 30% of Australias' GDP!!!
If we got rid of all the people who "do" bureaucracy what else would they do?

Steve

Originally Posted by roverrescue

But Tombie bureaucratic idiocy accounts for probably 30% of Australias' GDP!!!
If we got rid of all the people who "do" bureaucracy what else would they do?

Steve

I'm told the Sharks need a good feed.

Sharks probably won't eat them out of professional courtesy.....

So apparently VW has admitted to a second device, apart from the defeat cheat, on some of its vehicles to get around emission control laws, but it's not clear yet if it is illegal.
Also interesting that the Americans have actually frozen VW imports on the docks until they get to the bottom of this. Imagine how that is killing VW dealers. Have any VW imports been stopped into Australia? I haven't read that.


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