JAY LENO

THE COLLECTOR

THE BIG STORY of the month, the year and probably the decade is the Volkswagen cheating scandal. The thing I find fascinating about it is that they have admitted the fraud. That’s the difference between German companies and everyone else. When GM had its ignition switch problem or the Japanese had their airbag problem and, going back 40 years to when Ford had the exploding Pinto, it was ‘Oh sorry, we didn’t know what we were doing.’ The Germans would never do that. They’d rather admit to fraud and go to jail than admit they didn’t do it correctly. In Germany, incompetence is a much worse crime than fraud. I think there is actually an upside to this scandal for enthusiasts, at least here in the States. Manufacturers are fighting to keep…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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