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Originally Posted by chernaudi
And don't surprised when you see Toyota join them on the bandwagon. And you have to remember it's not only VAG. Daimler already has been in if anything bigger trouble over their scams, and now they and BMW (and maybe also Ford's EU operation and PSA though purchasing GM's former EU operation), and probably others in the EU are being investigated for other things, namely anti-trust and anti-competitive practices.
Not to mention that in the US GM and Chrysler are getting sued for fudging diesel testing on their pick up trucks. I also wouldn't be surprised if there's a similar witch hunt happening in Japan, or of Japanese car makers by the EU and US; Nissan/Renault already got sued in the EU for lying about fuel economy performance.
It's clearly obvious that if costs were less, they might have stayed. If things were better as far as promotion or press coverage were better for the series as a whole, they might have stayed.
I doubt that Toyota want to be out there alone spending $75-100 million on their program with no competition and no ROI either. So don't be surprised if they're gone by the end of next season.
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Does Toyota actually need to spend 75-100 million next year? They know they have the best car, and just a little reliability testing should work fine. Don't need to push the envelope and develop if they don't want to.