VW Owners Might Keep Driving Dirty Diesels After Settlement
- Without fix, consumers may buck buyback plan now under review
- Company still faces suits, U.S., German, South Korean probes
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Volkswagen AG is racing toward resolution of more than 1,000 consumer lawsuits over emissions-cheating software, but it may be years before 482,000 polluting vehicles are either taken off U.S. roads or repaired.
Car owners who don’t like those options can pick another that isn’t even part of the deal now up for court approval: drive their diesel Jettas, Beetles and Passats until the wheels come off.