Never Trust a Volkswagen by Matthew Homsher 9th

Summary: Volkswagen was recently involved in a scandal uncovering that it purposefully lied to consumers for over a decade about the emissions from their “clean-diesel” cars. Volkswagen revealed that almost 11 million vehicles worldwide were deliberately programmed to falsify their emissions output. Volkswagen is the world’s largest automaker and the world’s fifteenth largest company, so the misconduct between producer and consumer is widespread. These cars were marketed as the perfect combination of high performance and environmental responsibility and consumers were deceived, now all will seek compensation for their misplaced decision to buy a Volkswagen. Most auto scandals usually don’t have a large effect on the company responsible; however, Volkswagen will be heavily punished for this misconduct. The company will have to make a commitment to reduce emissions, replace all cars sold with what was originally promised, and work towards an environmental solution for the damage caused. They also have lost trust among many of their consumers and will most definitely suffer huge losses in sales.

Synopsis: Volkswagen is getting what it deserves for lying to its customers. Everything seemed to work out well, but there should be a better solution put in place for other companies that don’t get the punishment they deserve; especially, when consumers so often get the short end of the stick when dealing with these huge corporations.

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