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Funny those allegedly explosive tanks only exploded when Dateline NBC rigged them with explosives. It was yellow journalism the likes of CBS claiming the Audi would run off out of control even when the driver had his foot mashed on the brake pedal.

The full report on the 60 Minutes scam:
Civil Justice Memo 18 | Manufacturing the Audi Scare, by Peter Huber

 

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You're probably right, but I'll bet those allegedly explosive gas tanks on those pickups a few years ago met DOT standards.

Yes, those gas tanks did meet standard requirements; Dateline NBC's journalism did not:
Dateline NBC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia