I assume this deal is no longer going through

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09/22/2015 at 13:30 • Filed to: None

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on the other hand, their diesel shenanigans may have just been a warm up to full participation in the chicanery that is Formula 1.

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Kinja'd!!! Sam > DrScientist
09/22/2015 at 13:32

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Maybe they were just practicing their cheating for F1?


Kinja'd!!! The Ghost of Oppo > DrScientist
09/22/2015 at 13:32

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Yeah I don’t think they are what you would call “cash flush” right now


Kinja'd!!! Raymundo > Sam
09/22/2015 at 13:37

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If they can fool the EPA for six years, imagine the technology they could covertly use in F1.


Kinja'd!!! Sam > Raymundo
09/22/2015 at 13:38

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It would be awesome, really. As long as they weren’t cheating safety requirements. That’s no good.


Kinja'd!!! Raymundo > Sam
09/22/2015 at 13:42

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Do you think VW can cheat death?


Kinja'd!!! Ash78, voting early and often > DrScientist
09/22/2015 at 13:50

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Don’t most carmakers run their F1 teams sort of like how colleges run their sports programs? That is, self-supporting?

I think if VW backs out, it’s for PR reasons and not for actual fiscal problems.

I’m much more excited about all the fun that will come with their Diesel LeMans cars at the next endurance race. Oh, the practical jokery...


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Sam
09/22/2015 at 14:07

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Well, they ARE taking over Red Bull........


Kinja'd!!! DrScientist > Ash78, voting early and often
09/22/2015 at 14:18

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i imagine as such, for running costs, or at least the entire thing may be written off as a marketing expense. but still, they’d have to come up with the capital for the initial purchase.

and at lets say ~$200 million yearly budget, what would that initial price be?

also, with regard to college sports, schools absolutely contribute to their budgets. that’s how the whole title 9 thing got started.


Kinja'd!!! DrScientist > Sam
09/22/2015 at 14:25

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that is what i was implying. :)