Audi 'lied' about safety testing of vehicles
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#2>witnessed nine out of 10 dealers from around the country falsely claim
Wait? Car dealers lying? The biggest official BMW dealear in my state got a lot of bad press when he sold BMW's that had been in an accident and were repaired as 'PREMIUM Houde Selection' cars...
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#3The BBC title is misleading. The article is clear that it was British Audi _dealers_ that lied about the cars having done the Euro NCAP safety tests.
Re: Audi 'lied' about safety testing of vehicles
#4>witnessed nine out of 10 dealers from around the country falsely claim Wait? Car dealers lying? The biggest official BMW dealear in my state got a lot of bad press when he sold BMW's that had been in an accident and were repaired as 'PREMIUM Houde Selection' cars...
Not that much further
> "Forty-eight of the 50 dealers I spoke to told me directly that it had been put through the Euro NCAP programme and it had a five-star rating."
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#5Title is misleading, it was the dealers.
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#6To those saying "it was the dealers, not Audi" I would say that becoming a dealer (in the UK at least) for a brand like Audi is not a simple matter of just applying to stick the Audi/VW badge up over the door.
Audi have a responsibility to vet their official dealers. It's the expectation here.
So it was the dealers directly, but since they are acting as Audi's representatives, I'd consider Audi to be culpable also.
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#7Title is misleading, it was the dealers.
The Audi trademark is used on Audi dealers and therefore Audi as sensible organisation should check and influence how their cars are represented. To the average consumer there is little or no difference between "Audi" and, for example, "Blade Audi"
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#8Audis in the UK have a persistent safety flaw; it's suspected to be something to do with the glass used in the windscreen (windshield for our US readers). When you sit in the driving seat of an Audi, all other road users become invisible.
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#9Why does the A7 in the picture have an A5 badge on it? Car names in other countries are so confusing.
Re: Audi 'lied' about safety testing of vehicles
#10The BBC title is misleading. The article is clear that it was British Audi _dealers_ that lied about the cars having done the Euro NCAP safety tests.
"Audi's UK head office falsely claimed that the entire Audi range was Euro NCAP safety tested". So not just the dealers?