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BMW Is Showing Full-Screen Ads on Its Cars' Main Dashboard Control Display
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To be fair, the Germans weren't the only ones cheating emissions tests. As far as I've heard, Harley-Davidson used special tunes on their bikes to pass emissions testing. Never heard of BMWs just randomly bursting into flames, though, gotta look into that.
I don't know about US car makers, but I can imagine them having done similar stuff
Don't doubt it for a second, absolutely. There's a reason why BMW scrambling to fix their own little trick. VW just got caught doing it
The have been blowing up for over a decade. This is just the latest recall.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/bmw-recalls-26000-more-vehicles-over-engine-starter-fire-risk/
It's a meme it's so frequent.