Reuters had access to a message published on Volkswagen's intranet site in which brand chief Thomas Schaefer admitted partial and early retirements are planned.
I’ve been driving an EA888 powered car in some form or another since 2017 (mk7 Golf, now a B9 A4) and the only issue I’ve had is the Golf having a turbo going out from a bad production batch, replaced under warranty.
Yes and timing chain. I’d rather have the 2.0 gen 3 or later over anything modern Toyota is putting out simply because it has all of the tech refined (reliable) after generations of modernization AND it puts down serious power.
Did they fix the oil consumption issues?
I’ve been driving an EA888 powered car in some form or another since 2017 (mk7 Golf, now a B9 A4) and the only issue I’ve had is the Golf having a turbo going out from a bad production batch, replaced under warranty.
Seems fixed for the Gen 3 EA888
Yes and timing chain. I’d rather have the 2.0 gen 3 or later over anything modern Toyota is putting out simply because it has all of the tech refined (reliable) after generations of modernization AND it puts down serious power.