Volkswagen Confirms That Diesels Are No Longer To Be Sold In US Market

The hybrid/PHEV route is far more sensical than TDI.

My understanding is as that about 1/4 of VW's US sales came from diesels, and those people love diesels, and not Volkswagen, the brand.

If this is true, then VW is jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire in the US, meaning considerably smaller market share, sales, revenue, and profit.

As for their new EV and hybrid offerings, I now perceive Volkswagen as "those guys who lied about emissions, CO2, fuel economy, falsified certification in numerous countries, defrauded carbon taxes, and kept on denying a systemic problem, all the while trying to scapegoat 'a handful of engineers', (then a 'few dozen', 'then less than a hundred')." With such a belief, I have a hard time trusting VW or their products. I suspect I might be alone on that one, and it won't help with sales.

It will take at least a decade to come close to recovery for VW. While everyone designs to the emission tests, VW simply cheated. For them the diesel ship has sailed and they need to go for broke in the US with compelling models and EV technology.

10 year 100K mile warranty
replace all models with a totally unrelated design language from the current cars
replace dumb names with sensical ones
embrace quality, reliability, and durability for once
embrace low cost of wonership and low cost of repairs
kiss the customers' asses

amazing is settlement is >$30k per diesel sold.