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Originally Posted by TCLGirls
Apparently this fraud covers all their diesel engine cars from 2015 back to 2009. I don't think Lambo or Porsche sells a consumer product using that diesel engine...in the US at least (I could be wrong)...but Audi sure does.
I think Porsche and Lambo name could easily survive this scandal (under a new owner perhaps) given their reputation and if none of their cars actually had the diesel engine in question.
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Actually not all, only the 2.0 manufactured between 2009 to current and not equipped with the Urea Injection. So the Porsche, Audi (except the A3) and Touregs aren't affected, as are some of the Passats.
My guess is that they couldn't meet the North American emission standards with that particular engine (non urea injected) so they altered the programming.
The potential fallout from this will be huge. They will either have to modify the engine at a cost of several thousand dollars per car, or if they opt for just a reprogramming, have to come up with some compensation for owners. The car they bought would not be the same under the new programming. Either the engine's life will be shortened, or the performance will be affected, or both.