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[quote user="Paul Milenkovic"]As to Volkswagen, it is not clear to me that their Diesel engine scheme even violated a strict technical reading of the U.S. law -- I don't think a case was ever heard before a judge in a U.S. Federal court, and the attorneys at Volkswagen thought it wiser to pay billions of dollars in settlement money rather than putting their corporate reputation in peril.[/quote] There is an EPA pdf-file regarding panalty policy in internet: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/vehicleengine-penalty-policy_0.pdf">https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/vehicleengine-penalty-policy_0.pdf</a> If I understood correctly there was a violation and the penalty could have been $37,500 per car. The EPA is know to be harsh especially if the companies don't co-operate and VW tried to cover their fraud to the end. So in the end it was much cheaper to look for a compromise instead of having to sue an EPA ruling. In the end a federal judge had to approve the deal. As I said before if you deal in a foreign country you play to their rules. And you know from the beginning. I'm quite sure I can't speak for the Germans but many feel like I described. Perhaps it has to do with the German system of justice. We don't have class action and we only have very limited corporate liability usually you have to sue responsible persons and proof their personal guilt. Regards, Volker
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