Wondering where all the offending Volkswagen diesels will end up" Here’s a logistical breakdown of how VW plans to make nearly half a million cars magically disappear. (Note: This only applies to 2.0-liter vehicles.)
How many TDIs has VW bought back"
Through October 18, 340,000 owners and lessees have sent in registration forms indicating they want the company to buy back their cars under the government-negotiated compensation agreement. That’s nearly three-quarters of all 475,000 Volkswagen and Audi models with 2.0-liter diesel engines currently registered on U.S. roads. TDI owners and lessees still on the fence have another 22 months to decide.
Will VW crush every car"
Not at all. This isn’t the 2009 “Cash for Clunkers” program, in which the government paid $3 billion to have nearly 700,000 used cars destroyed, all in a desperate effort to drive up new-car sales. Volkswagen can’t resell the cars it buys; nor can it export them to other countries without modifying them to be EPA compliant. Since there is no EPA-approved modification?Volkswagen has multiple deadlines through October 2017 by which it must submit final modification proposals?the cars must be “rendered inoperable” by removing their main brain, the engine control unit (ECU). The rest of the cars can be scrapped for parts, and those parts can be resold here or abroad, including the engines. Only the ECU, the diesel oxidation catalyst, and the diesel...