Martin Winterkorn says "I'm sorry"

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 09/22/2015 at 12:07 • Filed to: None

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Either understand German and be sad/bored or turn on youtube closed captions translate and lessen the sadness of “dieselgate” (comon, couldn’t think of a better name than that?!) with some hilariously bad translations.

spanfucker retire bitch > HammerheadFistpunch 09/22/2015 at 12:08

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Damn son, beaten by the OP.

The Ghost of Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch 09/22/2015 at 12:29

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I know they said it could be 11 million cars world wide but he couldn’t have done this in English? Total German Move

m2m, apex detective > The Ghost of Oppo 09/22/2015 at 14:09

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Ladies and gentlemen,

the irregularities with Diesel engines from our company are inconsistent with everything Volkswagen stands for. Even I do not have answers to all the questions at this time. But know this, we are working to relentlessly clear up the situation (~” background ”). To do this, everything is put on the table right now – as fast, as thorough and as transparent as possible.
We continue to work closely with authorities and government bodies. This quick and comprehensive investigation is top priority. We owe it to our customers, our employees and the public. To make myself clear: manipulation and Volkswagen … this must never happen again.

Ladies and gentlemen, millions of people in the world put their trust in our brands, our cars and our technologies … I am endlessly sorry that we have betrayed this trust. I apologize, in due form, to our customers, to the authorities and to the public for the misconduct.
Please believe me, we will do everything to compensate incurred damage. We will do everything to regain your trust step by step.
In our group, over 600,000 people work to produce the best cars for our customers. To our employees, I say this: I know how much effort and true, great honesty, you put into your work day by day.
I am aware that a lot of things are in question right now, I understand that. It would be wrong to put the hard and honest work of 600,000 people under general suspicion due to the grave mistakes a few people made. Our staff do not deserve this.
With this in mind, we (and I) ask for your trust for the way ahead – we will clear this up. We are working intensively on the necessary technological solutions and we will do anything to keep away damage from our customers and employees.

I give you my word that we will act with the greatest possible openness and transparency.

The best I could come up with off the top of my head.

m2m, apex detective > HammerheadFistpunch 09/22/2015 at 14:33

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Tried translating it on the fly, result posted as reply to Jaxwag3n.

In somewhat related news, the German Federal Minister of Transport (Alexander Dobrindt) looks kind of sort of like a long lost brother of our very own Matt Hardibro.