Gregory's Server@tom_andraszek https://www.ft.com/content/0c594b02-6f91-4b9d-bab7-11992f116316
Yes it did.
Do you not really think being forced to recall (and fix for free) potentially hundreds of thousands of cars is a punishment?
VW made zero money from it, and all their customers now have a less powerful engine.
Slightly less power/mpg is nothing compared to the pages of "my dpf failed and the dealer wants $1,000 to replace it and also its on backorder" complaints on forums.
Which was a problem before the scandal even then because vw was trying to use a def free system, which is nowhere near as robust and is notorious for failures compared to the def systems competitors used. The fix really stressed it harder.
Slightly less power/mpg is nothing compared to the pages of "my dpf failed and the dealer wants $1,000 to replace it and also its on backorder" complaints on forums.