Dirty Diesel

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your VW Group dealer, it has been revealed that the Porsche Cayenne 3 litre diesel engine is spewing out much more noxious gas than the public was led to believe. Something like 22,000 are being recalled in Europe due to a cheating mechanism. Porsche said it was taking full responsibility. Nice. The VW Touareg with the same engine is now

Where There's Smoke...

Where there's smoke, there's fire an old saying goes. With corruption sometimes the guilty are exposed. Then there are cases where there is a strong evidence of wrongdoing but proving it is quite another thing. Regarding the latter, it's a situation of smoke being seen but the cause of the fire wasn't proven.

Of course, corruption and dodgy dealing is part and parcel of business. However, when

VW South Africa : Anyone For Polo?

VW is the best selling passenger car brand in the RSA. Its success is based around two models,  - or one - depending on how you define it. The company runs the Polo model plus the previous generation model named the Polo Vivo. Between then they take 77.5% of all the brand's sales! That is a very unusual proportion for one model, even if it is achieved with two generations.

VW hasn't always