Volkswagen May Be Forced To Sell Off Audi's Ducati To Pay DieselGate Fines

VW does not need to sell of anything to pay for the government created TDI mess they have plenty of cash as it is they are considering selling Ducatti so they can focus on their core brands.. even if they sold Ducatti they may get just over a billion which is a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of the TDI mess.

Government created?
Explain yourself.

The EPA designed the emissions qualifications on diesel models to be so strict that they cant be passed without cheating(every diesel in the U.S from other manufactures is having similar issues as VW) because they simply dont want diesels in the U.S as they feel they are worse for the environment which is funny as you can extract a lot more energy out of a gallon of diesel compared to gasoline while polluting less as a whole.

So how did GM, Jaguar/Land Rover, et.al. get approval (post Dieselgate) to sell their new diesel cars and SUVs? The issue as other's have explained, is that diesels spew less CO2, the EPA is concerned about CO2 and greenhouse gases, so diesel makes sense to meet EPA requirements. But diesel spews NOx and particles (like all direct injection ICE vehicles), which are CARB's big concerns. Using catalysts and BlueTec technology diesel can be successfully cleaned up. BUT VW chose not to use BlueTec, which adds cost to the vehicle, but rather deliberately use software to fake just the test procedure. They made the situation worse by advertising "clean diesel" when they knew it was not. Note that the 2015 VW 4 cylinder diesels do have BlueTec in them already, so that they are being tweaked with control software to more aggressively use BlueTEc and made to meet EPA and CARB standards, They are legally offered for sale. The older VW 4 cylinder diesels cannot be fixed and will likely hit the scrap heap.

VW did use BlueTec on some 4 cylinder engines. The Passat always had it, and beginning with the 2015 models they all had it. All of those should be able to meet the requirements after some minor modifications. Might have a slight impact on power and/or performance, but they can do it.

I'm a strong diesel and VW supporter, but I can't accept a claim it was the government's fault. Yes, the standards are over the top and have far passed the point of diminishing returns. But other manufacturers all seemed to decide to follow the requirements. Only VW (so far) has been exposed as outright cheating. Personally, I wish they'd just do what was necessary and make their TDI models meet requirements and offer them again in the US. I would jump on a new 2018 Tiguan with a diesel engine. I'll more than likely get the gas model, but would far prefer a diesel.

there are so few diesels in the U.S in passenger cars that their impact on the environment is nil besides the fact that the VW diesels were the cleaner than ever before funny you mention GM as their cruze diesel suddenly disappeared when the VW situation came about.. coincidence? i think not.. we all know every brand was/is doing it VW just happened to get caught and what makes it worse is people were getting mileage with their TDI's that was exceeding the stickers by as much as 30% and now with the "fix" the mileage is close to what the original sticker said which means they burn more fuel which pollutes more so tell me how that makes sense? The NOx output is so minute in the first place its irrelevant so for the EPA to make the limitation so severe its simply to ruin the diesel market in the U.S as at the end of the day its simply about politics and we all know enough palms get greased(by the big 3) then things will happen to eliminate competition

Chevy Colorado, GMC Canyon, New Cruze and 2018 Equinox all available with diesel.

Owning Ducati is a pointless venture for VWAG. Sell it to Ferrari.

VW played fast and loose with environmental regulations and now they will pay the piper.
BYE BYE, Audi, BYE BYE Lamborghini. BYE BYE, Bugatti
and maybe.....BYE BYE, Porsche!

Bugatti is of dubious value because it's just a side project based in arrogance.

I could see SEAT evaporating.