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It's in fact VAG which enjoyed a competitive advantage through cheating. It's completely wrong to portrait them as some sort of victim of a higher eco-terrorist plot. I am well aware that they weren't alone but other's cheating doesn't give anyone a right to cheat as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis44
Word is the jobs are safe.Quote:
Originally Posted by rallyfiend
I am not afraid about the VW Motorsport employees. Even if VW fire them they must easily find a new job in a minute.
Toyota should offer at least one of the VWdrivers a contract. Imagine all the knowledge they are sitting on after testing the 2017 car for almost a year now. Guessing Ogier will go to Citröen and Mikkelsen and/or Latvala starting with Toyota
Wow, I'm quite shocked. Ogier to M-Sport like Malcolm always wanted?
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Originally Posted by Rally Power
Your rants are far better than that troglodyte.
There's substance and passion, not merely an unjustified contempt of everbody and everything in every post for 10 years...
I think luring FX and other senior engineers away could be very important too for the others.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Don’t be naïf; this had nothing to do with consumers rights. Modern wars are taken at the Markets and like the old ones they’re ugly and bloody. VW was another European sitting duck company blown up by the US authorities. Comparing to GM’s faulty ignition process or Exxon Valdez affair anyone can notice that VW and BP scandals damage control were totally ineffective because of American protectionism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis44
VW’s WRC pull out may not be directly linked to dieselgate’s financial burdens, like it has been suggested. The emission scandal repercussions spread widely into many circles of our global society and some of them tried very hard to take advantage. The ecologist lobbies, with vast media connections able to influence public opinion, are among those. VW was fast and massively pressured by opinion makers and politicians* to let down their efficient combustion engines and speed out the development of other technologies, regarded as eco friendly.
This ‘pollution burden’ was probably the main reason for Audi and VW motorsport withdrawals and it may affect other manus and series. WRC needs to get clever and do some hard PR work in order to show everyone this is a sport that deeply respects Nature and effectively helps to preserve the environment.
*http://www.reuters.com/article/us-au...-idUSKCN1280G7
very good point TWRC!Quote:
Originally Posted by TWRC
VW mechanics and engineers... Top people in their departments also without work for next year. Should they be signed by teams it means other workers are without jobs..
And not to forget the car, probably a sophisticated machine never to see the stages. What a waste....