This Aerial Video Puts The Scale Of VW's Buyback Scheme Into Perspective
Around half a million cars are affected by the VW diesel emissions fixing scandal that kicked off in 2015. A huge chunk of the ‘cheating’ vehicles are being purchased by the German car maker as part of an extensive buyback scheme, but that leaves the problem of storage.
It’s unclear at the moment if the buyback cars will be fixed or simply scrapped, so for the time being, they sit unused in parking lots across the USA. One of these is the Pontiac Silverdome stadium, closed since 2013. This aerial footage of the site puts the sheer scale of the scheme and the wider scandal into perspective, particularly when you bear in mind it’s one of several sites, with thousands of cars stored in locations such as the Port of Baltimore and Norton Air Force Base.
These are perfectly useable, functioning and in some cases fun-to-drive cars, so it’s sad to see them sat in this state of limbo, awaiting their fate.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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So…. Who wants to come with me and get some cars?
get a tralier
we are bringing these bad bois out XD
inb4 F&F garage scene with thousands of VW
A 2.0 TDI passat CC full spec in white would be great.
Sure, I’ll find a truck somewhere and a flatbed and we’re fine!
Volkswagen motto:
You can have your car in any color you want. As long as it’s: White, gray, black or red.
Orange colored volkswagens were not affected by the scandal.
I’d have taken a blue one just to annoy them
Can I paint it yellow?
Imagine starting them all up at the same time…
I’m not sure if it’s just an attempt to a dead joke or you don’t really know NOx is not a visible gas. but don’t worry most of the people who make these kinds of jokes don’t.
W A L L - E
What a freaking waste of perfectly good cars. I’d quite happily have a dirty diesel
i wonder if harley davidson will suffer the same!!! or its just another american buy in
Omg…
do you think youll be able to buy them, we own a TDI in australia and they go when you want them to
This is on par with the Scrappage Scheme for perfectly good cars going to waste. But at least in this case, there aren’t iconic classics included
What a waste of precious resources…