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		kuschku on Sept 18, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Volkswagen Is Ordered to Recall Nearly 500k Vehicl... $18b would mean they’d still make profit out of this. And it’s not like only VW did this, every carmaker currently does this. It’s not going to change soon either.

justincormack on Sept 18, 2015 [–]

No, they dont make that much profit per car. It could usefully be a few times higher (punitive damages and criminal charges could do that though).

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