Interesting a test the BBC undertook last week, they fitted full emission test equipment to a 2014 EU5 VW Passat 2.0TDI that has the cheat software installed and a 2015 EU6 Ford Focus TDI. Both cars were driven in real world driving conditions including town and open roads. The VW produced 4X the official test NOX and the Ford 5X the official test (albeit EU6 has a much lower NOX limit). 

Perhaps VW are not so much worse than rival manufacturers after all. But the results prove that the sooner the artificial tests are replaced by real world tests the better!


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