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![]() ![]() He describes VW's rise from "the people's car" during the Nazi era to one of Germany's most prestigious and important global brands, touted for being "green." He paints vivid portraits of Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piëch and chief executive Martin Winterkorn, arguing that their unremitting ambition drove employees, working feverishly in pursuit of impossible sales targets, to illegal methods. In Faster, Higher, Farther, Jack Ewing rips the lid off the scandal. Consumers were outraged, investors panicked, the company embarrassed and facing bankruptcy.Īs lawsuits and criminal investigations piled up, by August 2016 VW had settled with American regulators and car-owners for $15 billion, with additional fines and claims still looming. Overnight, the company long associated with quality, reliability and trust became a universal symbol of greed and deception. ![]() ![]() When news of Volkswagen's clean diesel fraud first broke in September 2015, it sent shockwaves around the world. Updated with a New Afterword by the Author. A shocking exposé of Volkswagen's fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal. ![]()
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