[CanGuy]

I read that automakers were strengthening one side of the car more than the other because the small overlap test would always be performed on the same side. It just boggles my mind how greedy companies and people can be. When you are running a company that makes billions of dollars, literally, but you decide to skimp on something that could save lives or protect the environment (pollution could also cause lung disease and sickness) just so that you can make even more money. That is placing dollars and cents before the lives and safety of your customers. I won't buy things from companies that engage in such behaviour. Now companies can change (which I believe Honda has since its previous infractions), but I am so appalled with these companies and people in power who think they can do anything and are above the law just because they have money and power. That may be the case, until everyone finds out. I hope this case puts some billionaires in jail.

Can't an honest man/company be successful in today's world?

 

[CanGuy]

I don't believe that it was a few rogue engineers. That seems convenient. If it was something top people knew about, blaming a few engineers would be a great scapegoat.

Either they knew and were acting in bad faith, or they didn't and were pretty stupid to not have known what was going on with their company and vehicles.

 

[CanGuy]

I thought they only tested two vw's and a jetta?

The testing that led to the cat coming out of the bag was on those VW vehicles. Other diesel vehicles have seen similar discrepancies between their lab emissions ratings and their real world ratings. SO when this whole VW thing came out, people began to look at the other vehicles and brands that had similar things going on. Where there is smoke there is fire. Other brands weren't totally cheating by using a defeat device, they just more played to the test so that it would do really well in the lab, but they weren't concerned with how it would do in the real world.

 

[CanGuy]

People care about emissions, but not to the point that they would sacrifice performance, and especially fuel efficiency. It's about finding something that meets your needs, and then after that people look at things like emissions. All things equal, I'd rather choose the vehicle that pollutes less.

For some people, emissions would take higher priority, but for most it is more of a second tier consideration.