That&#x27;s not necessarily unreasonable.  They complied with the regulation, which is determined by lab test.  Perhaps the test is defective, but what else were they supposed to do?<p>VW acted in bad faith and clearly exhibited the mentality you describe, but it doesn&#x27;t seem to me that we know enough to determine how these few acted.<p>It does seem apparent the test is fairly useless.  If we want to pursue this type of emissions control, everything I&#x27;ve read suggests that it&#x27;s very possible to hit the marks in real-world conditions at the expense of power and fuel economy.