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Old 01-16-2017, 10:41 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie View Post
No, the engineers can meet the emissions standards. They just can't do it at the right price point, weight and form factor to satisfy their Board. Assignment 1: Make this diesel pass emissions, report what it's going to take to do it. Assignment 2: Ignore the results of Assignment 1 and just fit the diesel in this car, spending no more than $X, and make it look like it passes emissions.
I probably should have written '... cannot be done simply' instead
About anything can be done if money is not prohibitive.
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