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Originally Posted by bella
putting the conspiracy hat on... something to do with discrediting diesel in the mind of the public given its not the most environmentally friendly of fuels and we all still seem to lap it up, to increase demand in petrol to bring the prices back up?
to divide up the vw/seat/audi empire?
any other wild, totally implausible theories?  |
I believe the EU/US Trade treaty negotiations are proving challenging. Perhaps a good time to lob in an Exocet.
Having stopped QE the Americans might welcome a nice external input of compo cash now the BP rape and non-US banking fines seem to be slowing down. Plenty of car manufacturers to go for to keep that game rolling.
There are lots of ways this sort of game could be played out.