Showing posts with label cheat device. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cheat device. Show all posts

Thursday, January 5, 2017

VOLVO IS NO LONGER SWEDEN'S BEST SELLING CAR

VOLVO IS NO LONGER SWEDEN'S BEST SELLING CAR

It was just announced that the Volkswagen  Golf won car of the year in Sweden for year 2016. And yes, it's the  very Scandinavian country where the iconic Volvo brand topped car sales each and every consecutive year for the past 54 years . However, for the very first time in history or Volvo or rather more exactly the same number of  years, the German designed and manufactured VW Golf outsold the Swedish manufactured Volvo in 2016.  Volkswagen Golf's accounted for almost 6% of all new cars sold, whereas the combined sales of Volvo’s V70, S90 and V90 only  constituted a mere 5.7%. But this event of Volkswagen beating Volvo at sales is not entirely unique because it happened once before. Way back in 1962, the humble Volkswagen Beetle knocked Volvo off the top selling spot by outselling Volvo. Be that as it may, Volvo still retains the largest share of the Swedish Car market, sanding at roughly 22 percent, with Volkswagen in a close second position with approximately 16 percent market share.


The smokey Ford Kuga is on fire, literally!

Despite the fallout from its diesel emissions scandal, with its cheating  device, Volkswagen AG as a whole is bouncing back, regaining market confidence after  their pledge to focus on electric power in the coming years. VW Golf is Sweden's top seller and currently their most popular car.  The VW Golf sales are  closely followed by VW Passat as the fifth most popular car, followed by VW Polo as the eight most popular car, followed by the Skoda Octavia as Sweden's tenth most popular car.

Volvo has always been known to be a "very safe car" but the Swedes have lost their national pride when Chinese firm "Zhejiang Geely Holding Group" bought the  iconic Swedish brand —Volvo — in 2010. This is probably the real reason why Volkswagen is gaining ground in Sweden? 

"Talking about safe cars or rather unsafe cars. 
The fiery Ford Kuga and the fiery Ford Everest 
are probably the unsafest cars 
on the roads today".

Ford motor company has contacted all Kuga owners by post, urging them to book their fiery Kuga's into their workshops for a free maintenance check, but not explaining the urgency of the matter. No sooner have they done this, when four more Ford Kuga's burst into flames during the same amount of days. According to Ford, it appears that the issue is limited to their 1.6-litre EcoBoost engine but according to owners somehow their Everest is also affected. About a year ago a Ford Kuga driver was  burnt beyond recognition in Durban,  and to-date as many as 40 Kuga fiery incidents have been reported.


1) Ford Kuga owner leaps from burning vehicle in Durban.
2) A PE family is in shock when their Ford Kuga burst into flames.

3) Husband and wife watched their Kuga burnt out.

A all new Kuga hot-rod in full glory
Kuga with frostbite after bursting into flames
A fiery Ford Kuga making like a Volcano
Peculiarly most of the burnt-out Kugas are white in colour.
If it wasn't for the Original Ford Kuga Mag, this burnt out stack could easily
have been mistaken for a Volkswagen vehicle.
Virtually unrecognizable but is definitely a Kuga
From Ford to ashes and from Ford to dust.
It looks like a volcanic eruption but it's really a Ford Kuga
Ford Kuga front-end totally destroyed
However owner reports say that Fords bursting into flames is not limited to the Ford Kuga  EcoBoost Ambiente but rather prevalent on Ford Everest 3.0 SUV as well.  Ford motor company is facing a huge backlash and a potential class-action lawsuit over Kuga fires because Ford Kuga vehicles owners across South Africa are proressively growing concerned over the spontaneously combustion of their vehicles. Yet Ford Motor Company is still trying to dodge burning issue of recalling their Kuga range. The issue that VW went through during its emission scandal is going to be pale in comparison to what awaits Ford Motor Company because there was loss of life. The pics below are just some of the Ford Kugas that were engulfed in flames.


Ford Kuga making like a chimney
 A completely Toasted Ford Kuga
A Ford Kuga imitating a cable.

Fortunately, and all thanks to God, that Volkswagen vehicles don't burst into flames as often as Ford Kuga's do. Below are some pics of Volkswagen vehicles that suffered the same fate as the cars above.

1) A Volkswagen Polo on fire in Bo-kaap, Cape Town
2) A Volkswagen Polo Vivo caught alight outside the Punjab National Bank in India.
3) A VW Polo hosed down by its owner.


A VW Polo caught alight on the south bound R102 in KwaZulu Natal 
A VW Jetta completely engulfed in flames in Verulam-KwaZulu Natal. 
A VW Polo taking time out.

In a certain sense  every car is a potential  / ticking time bomb, considering it is propelled by highly a inflammable liquid like petrol, or diesel,  or LP gas in the presence of engine oil, and other combustible materials like cloth, foam, pleather, rubber, PVC and paint. With a battery powered high current electrical system capable of igniting electrical fires, through arcing or an electrical short circuits acting as a trigger. And Fuel spillage from a burst pipe on a hot engine presenting another trigger amongst others. This can be equated to storing a box of matches with the gunpowder in the same keg, whiles we rolling on it. 

However, if safety standards are observed to the hilt, accidents will be reduced to an absolute minimum. Case in point, the Samsung S7 with its overheating and self-combusting properties has causes many a house to burn down and likewise many a car has caused its driver severe injuries some of whom burn to death.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

A CALL FOR EMISSIONS TESTING OF ALL MAKES OF MOTOR VEHICLES

A CALL FOR EMISSIONS TESTING OF ALL MAKES OF MOTOR VEHICLES  


By now, virtually everyone who owns a VW, Audi, Skoda or a Seat or those who don't, must  have heard about the Volkswagen AG emissions scandal. A scandal of global proportions  that rocked the entire automotive  industry and affects 11 million diesel powered vehicles as well as some 430 000 petrol powered vehicles, all of which were fitted with the now notorious "cheat device". Initially the Volkswagen management pleaded ignorance about said "cheat device" but later stepped up to the plate, admitting their liability and offering restitution to all VAG vehicle owners directly affected  by the "cheat device"



This excludes you and me and all our fellow VW group vehicle owners who have also been compromised by Volkswagen's exploits, whether it was intentional or not. I'm specifically referring to all VAG vehicle owners loosing value on the vehicles since the scandal  broke, which is still dropping steadily.  According to Volkswagen we would just have to bite the bullet, but is offering to make a once off financial cash/voucher disbursement to all VAG vehicle owners directly affected by the "cheat device". Meanwhile, Governments from several countries are up in arms about their carbon credits, and instituting litigation against Volkswagen for the shortfall on taxation paid by consumers, because of the "doctored emission values.  Scandal mongers have been heckling and spreading rumours that the emissions problem, more than likely affect all of the 127 models of cars produced by Volkswagen. 

However, in my opinion, Volkswagen cannot be the only auto manufacturer that got their emissions figures to wrong, especially considering its global market share and its clout within the automotive industry. It gives the impression that someone out there is not too happy with Volkswagen for whatever reason and decided to set the wheels of blame, revenge, envy in motion. Having said that, there are rumours and allegations that other motor manufacturers used similar software  devices to cheat at emissions. However, none of them have come forward or owned up like Volkswagen did. Is it possible that the Kyoto protocol emission reduction agreements that were discussed over several years then ratified are unattainable, too presumptuous or just impossible to meet? If there is even the slightest truth in that, then all automotive manufactures would fall short of the target. Or is it that out of a class of x, Volkswagen is the only kid that failed. 



Evidently his cannot be true especially considering that German engineering impress and in many cases even exceeds their own expectations.  Based on this assumption, I call for emissions testing across the entire spectrum of motor vehicles, especially American cars because they were renown as gas guzzlers and where there is fire, is obviously a lot of smoke. With COP21 just a month away, it would be in the interest of all vehicle owners to demand that their preferred manufacture submit their cars for emission testing. It would be a great injustice to Volkswagen and VAG vehicle owners if all the manufacturers are guilty and only Volkswagen gets burnt in the process. Add you opinion below if you think that all motor manufacturers emissions figures needs to be scrutenized.


All these Vehicles were emission tested


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Sunday, November 8, 2015

FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU; FOOL ME TWICE SHAME ON ME

VW SHAMED  TWICE SHAME FOR EMISSION CHEATING

Thus far Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. and Volkswagen (VW) as a whole has gone through the mill for the EPA emissions scandal that broke on the 18 September 2015. They have suffered massive third-quarter financial losses. Legal injunctions have compelled them to recall 11 million vehicles fitted with the now notorious 2.0L TDI engine. They are obliged to repair them entirely at their own cost which could take at least two years. They had to set aside some 7 billion Euros as restitution and compensation to VAG vehicles owners whose vehicles will, as a result of the "cheat device", have  diminished performance and poorer fuel economy. They fired their heads of Research and Development and launched an internal investigation into the “rogue software engineers” responsible for fitment of "cheat device". They have even instated a new CEO, Matthias Mueller, the former  boss of Porsche to the helm, to steer them out of the arse mousse  that Volkswagen find themselves sinking into deeper day by day.


The largest Automobile manufacturer in the World.
As if this isn't enough,  US’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just notified Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft of a second breach of clean air legislation. On the 2nd  November 2015, the EPA issued them with a second notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act. This NOV alleges that VW developed and installed defeat mechanisms in model years 2014 through 2016 VW, Audi and Porsche light duty diesel vehicles equipped with 3.0 liter V6 TDI engines. The harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions produced by diesel engines fitted in the 2014 VW Touareg, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne, and the 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L, and Q5, appear to exceed the EPA’s standard by at least nine times. 

3.0 Liter V6 TDI Engine
In their own defence VW emphatically denied the charges of fitting the “cheat device” into its luxury brand of vehicles. However the following day  VW admitted that certain “unexplained inconsistencies” had been found during the testing process for CO2 emissions. VW added that approximately 800,000 vehicles are currently thought to be involved, most of them sold in Europe.  But some of the vehicles now involved have petrol engines, implying that the scale of the second  installment of the emission scandal could be much greater than initially assumed. 

Suddenly the credibility of the “rogue software engineersargument just fades into obscurity. It is just to outlandish, flimsy and too incredulous now that Porsche and other luxury brand of vehicles are also involved. This boils down to down-right systematic manipulation and rigging of emissions test data by VW in order to gain themselves and unfair and an illegal  competitive advantage over its competitors. These latest developments just tarnished Volkswagen’s reputation and future sales even further, perhaps irreparably.  But to regain any sort of confidence and trust from both customers and investors, Volkswagen would have to make some radical changes to its management  and come clean. 

Considering that for the first time Toyota sales has overtaken that of VW.  And that Volkswagen  will forfeit all its CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy)  carbon credits, and have to pay the taxation difference between the lower vehicle tax that  VW’s customers have unwittingly paid and what was actually due. Besides  getting grilled at COP 21 on the 7- 8 December 2015 for fooling the rest of the world twice.  And to add insult to injury, VW sales across all models, including petrol engines sales dropped by almost 10% since October 2015. Credit ratings agencies Moody’s and S&P have downgraded VW and three other major ratings agencies have VW on negative watch considering further downgrades. What a  deal breaker!