By the way Mr Horn is head of VW Group of America, a subsidiary which besides operating a factory in the U.S. is more or less a distributor of cars for VW and related brands in the U.S.  As other people have said Horn doesn&#x27;t know what&#x27;s going on at VW AG.<p>Also, judging from an earlier article it appears it&#x27;s common to refer to various higher-ups on the product teams as Engineers even though they are quite old and were clearly acting in a managerial or even executive capacity.  When Horn says &quot;software engineer&quot; he&#x27;s making a leap and it&#x27;s the wrong leap.<p>Horn is making these statements after being pressed by members of Congress, he&#x27;s not volunteering these misleading statements.