He describes VW's rise from the people's car during the Nazi era to one of Germany's most prestigious and important global brands, touted for being green. In Faster, Higher, Farther, Jack Ewing rips the lid off the scandal. Consumers were outraged, investors panicked, the company embarrassed and facing bankruptcy.Īs lawsuits and criminal investigations piled up, by early 2017 VW had settled with regulators and car-owners for $20 billion, with additional fines and claims still looming. Overnight, the company long associated with quality, reliability and trust became a universal symbol of greed and deception. When news of Volkswagen's clean diesel fraud first broke in September 2015, it sent shockwaves around the world. A shocking expose of Volkswagen's fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal.
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