Don't think VW replaced any of the vehicles in question with BIGGER POLLUTERS. What VW was caught doing was using computer software to lie about the actual pollutants being emitted at the exhaust by using electronic computer controls to bypass emission tests.
A half-million diesel Volkswagen models have been cited for emissions violations. Here’s our handy guide to what’s happening.
www.caranddriver.com
"What happened to all the cars Volkswagen bought back?"
"The cars taken back by VW will either be fixed and returned to customers, resold or destroyed. Over 20,000 vehicles have already been destroyed, Reuters reports. All told, about 350,000 cars in the US have been reacquired by the German automaker."
VW is storing 300,000 cars in 37 massive lots across the US.
qz.com