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VW tries to make right with gift cards: Is it too little, too late?
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Nov 9, 2015
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VW tries to make right with gift cards: Is it too little, too late?
Hoping to appease angry owners of VW diesel models, the German automaker is offering gift cards and several years of free roadside assistance.
Logo of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) is pictured on a VW car during the shareholders' annual general meeting of VW in Hanover, central Germany, on May 5, 2015. German auto giant Volkswagen held its first ordinary shareholders' annual general meeting since a bitter power struggle at the top of the company led to the resignation of VW patriarch Ferdinand Piech as supervisory board head. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
Logo of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) is pictured on a VW car during the shareholders' annual general meeting of VW in Hanover, central Germany, on May 5, 2015. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Hoping to appease angry owners of VW diesel models, the German automaker is offering gift cards and several years of free roadside assistance.

Hoping to appease angry owners of VW diesel models, the German automaker is offering gift cards and several years of free roadside assistance. It's just the latest twist in the VW scandal.

, motor critic for the OC Register, joined the show to explain more about what VW is offering, and if this move could help.

To listen to the full interview, click on the blue audio player above.