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Today in Cars: Americans Snapping Up Gas Guzzlers
The longtime head of Volkswagen was forced into retirement this week, and the boardroom machinations behind the ouster could have been lifted straight out of an episode of House of Cards. Ferdinand Piech transformed Volkswagen from an unremarkable brand to the third largest automaker in the world.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe longtime head of Volkswagen was forced into retirement this week, and the boardroom machinations behind the ouster could have been lifted straight out of an episode of House of Cards. Ferdinand Piech transformed Volkswagen from an unremarkable brand to the third largest automaker in the world. But it wasn’t enough to prevent a coup from within the ranks of his own deputies. We talk about that and other auto-related news in our regular cars segment.
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The full episode
3 of 4California Emissions Cuts, L.A.'s Green Czar, and 'Misery Loves Comedy'- 0:00Jerry Brown Orders Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cuts
- 11:00L.A.'s Green Czar
- 21:12Today in Cars: Americans Snapping Up Gas GuzzlersYou’re reading this
- 34:20'Misery Loves Comedy'