How far will the fallout from the VW emissions tests scandal stretch?<br /><br /> Until this week the words ‘German engineering’ carried connotations of excellence, expertise, performance and reliability.<br /><br /> Now that good reputation is under threat. The danger for VW – and perhaps the wider car industry – is that information or publicity about vehicles’ technological capabilities will be met with scepticism.<br /><br /> Volkswagen has admitted deliberately misleading regulators and consumers – will they trust the company in future?<br /><br /> The response of two motorists in London was unequivocal.<br /><br /> “With this scandal that’s come out actually no. I can’t trust the information and actually wider form a brand perspective, can I really trust them? I’m not sure anymore,” said one woman.<br /><br /> “I don’t think I’d buy a VW or any German car at all because of the publicity that VW have had,” a male driver added.<br /><br /> Volkswagen in particular has long projected a ‘green’ brand image. It wrote in its last annual report that making
