Audi Was Caught Lying about Safety Testing on a Bunch of Its Vehicles

Audi was caught lying about Euro NCAP safety testing in England.

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If there's one thing we don't want car companies lying to us about its safety. Cars are several-thousand-pound death machines. That's why, even though Audi wasn't required to have its cars Euro NCAP safety tested, we're upset about the company lying and saying it did. 

Undercover researchers found nine out of ten dealerships in the United Kingdom lying about the Audi A5 being safety tested. Six of the dealerships even said the car received five stars. The lies aren't exclusive to dealerships, either. Audi's UK office has claimed all of its cars are Euro NCAP tested, despite that not being the case for the A5, A7, A8, and R8

Audi has apologized and said it had no intentions of deceit. A spokesman for the company said:

"We are now aware that our sales and customer service staff must be more conversant with the Euro NCAP safety test register and specifically the Audi models included on it. We have already begun a comprehensive and far-reaching review of all of our communications and training procedures to ensure accuracy of information on test data provided to our customers."

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[via BBC

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