Former Audi Engineer Testifies That Top Brass Knew Of Dieselgate Cheating a Over Decade Ago

According to a new rumor started by The New York Times, a former Audi engineer has indicated to the authorities that upper management from within the company knew about the issue way back in 2006.

The report states Zacchero Giovanni Pamio’s attorney has come up with statements and evidence in front of German investigators regarding the massive VW Group Dieselgate scandal. Pamio was among the top executives at VW’s Audi brand in the engine development unit, and has reportedly told investigators key Audi managers knew about the diesel engine’s inability to meet U.S. or European emission requirements as early as 2006. If his statements are true, this means the company is still covering its trail and has lied about who knew about the issue or how up the chain of command the scandal went.


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CANADIANCOMMENTS - 8/29/2017 12:33:15 PM

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This will not end well for VAG if true. Jeepers.

hangtime010 - 8/29/2017 1:10:39 PM

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It really seems like dieselgate is more of a danger than the millions of cars on the road that have Takata airbags, which are there to save peoples' lives but is gamble that you can die from if it deploys.
Which is worse?? It's a difficult one IMO.
Well, VAG is pretty screwed. I'm sure they'll go back historically and say that the device "met" the emissions testing requirements of those years.

TheSteve - 8/29/2017 1:42:14 PM

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Is anyone surprised? I'm reading articles in which Dieselgate investigators discovered a highly secured, "secret" VW emissions test site, where such work was performed. The high security was to keep a lid on the unethical and illegal goings on.

mre30 - 8/29/2017 3:11:49 PM

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It is hard to keep secrets for very long...

atc98092 - 8/29/2017 4:52:49 PM

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I'm skeptical. The engines in question were not introducing until the 2009 model year. I doubt they knew that far back they wanted to fudge on the testing. I would expect it was late 2007 or early 2008 they decided to alter the programming.