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> On top of all that, they’re awful cars.

They certainly aren't.

It depends on what you want in a car. If you're expecting reliability like VW was known for years ago, you may well feel like the newer ones are awful.

> I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised that a company founded by Adolf Hitler behaves in this way.

A leopard never and cannot change its spots.

>I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised that a company founded by Adolf Hitler behaves in this way.

this is pure anti-German hatred and bigotry, Uncle H has been dead for many decades, and there is nothing to suggest that the current VW is still somehow connected to the Third Reich, while ignoring all the alt-right/nazi undercurrent brewing inside the United States among the so called "foundational americans"