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Originally Posted by darcane

Per Consumer Reports (via Jalopnik):
Consumer Reports Finds How Fuel Economy And Performance Drops When VW Diesels Stop Cheating

Great article; I don't know how I missed your post before.

It also says

We’ve already shown you TFLcar’s Volkswagen Diesel test where they claimed a performance drop in up to 15 horsepower and 32 lb-ft of torque.

While it's neat that Tesla can add more horsepower to their cars via an update, it's a relief that there is no such way for VW to force an update on owners existing cars.

I have a feeling that stock ECUs will rapidly increase in value as dealerships sneak in updates when cars come in for an oil change. Perhaps I should be buying up all the junkyard ones now, while they are normal price and available.