VW Finally Lands 3.0 TDI Agreement

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After a long wait, Volkswagen has reportedly come to an agreement for its 3.0-liter TDI emissions scandal. The settlement for this second Dieselgate wave isn’t official as of the writing of this article, but it supposedly will end up costing VW over $200 million.

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Already, Volkswagen has paid out $2.7 billion for Dieselgate, so another $200 million is like a drop in the bucket. Reuters says the big hangup for this deal was the US government and VW officials haggling over how much to pay vehicle owners for buybacks.

Some of the scandal VW 3.0-liter TDIs will be fixed, but there’s not word exactly how many or which models. It sounds like maybe all owners will have the possibility of selling their car back to Volkswagen. Considering how messy the buyback process has been for 2.0-liter TDI owners, that option doesn’t sound great.

But nobody really knows what fixing the over-polluting TDIs involves. It could reduce fuel economy big time, or cut torque and horsepower considerably.

Maybe since there are fewer scandal 3.0-liter TDIs versus the more popular 2.0-liter TDIs, and Volkswagen has learned something from this messy process, the second wave of the buyback just might go smoothly.

Just don’t hold your breath if you own a 3.0-liter TDI vehicle that’s part of this settlement. Even with everything official, an actual resolution is likely months away.