Volkswagen has apologized for what appears to be a rank attempt to lie to both the government and car buyers over the emission levels of VW cars with diesel engines. The apology applies both in Canada and the U.S. Das Fibbing involved software installed by VW to make it seem like the vehicles emitted less pollution than they really did during emissions testing. Really. It is an extraordinary bit of trickery that has VW in a lot of hot water with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Because of the stink, so to speak, VW has cancelled sale of diesel model cars in the U.S. and Canada. That includes the Jetta, Golf and Beetle. There is no word on what is to be done for owners of the half a million or so VWs on U.S. roads or in Canada.
In the meantime the Detroit 3 have recalled practically every car they ever built, in many cases for for critical safety issues. However their execs remain safely esconced. Dirty N American diesel fuel remains an effective invisible trade barrier that EPA & the Greenies are apparently comfortable with