Just recently 4 more Volkswagen managers standing in front of US courts ... and there is an ongoing political discussion in Germany about how much the car manufacturers need to contribute to upgrade their cars to the standards they claimed they comply with. That's millions of cars and several thousand Euros per car we are talking.
As well - some large court trials going on in Germany to decide whether the car manufacturers are liable to the purchasers of cars if the resale value dropped due to the non adherence of the car to emission standards.
On top of all of these troubles - some German cities with higher air pollution have been forced this winter by court proceedings to close critical routes to non complying diesel cars. This definitely cuts into the resale value of these cars ... not good if you are not allowed to use your car if you need it (e.g. to drive to work).
The fun only started ... lots of uncertainty. This is the reason one can currently buy e.g. a Daimler share with an EPS of above 8 Euros for roughly 50 Euros. Cheap as chips ... if there wouldn't be the risks.
But - as I said - not sure how any of that would impact on TRA's business - unless they might be able to source in Europe some perfectly good and cheap cars to sell in NZ - only trouble would be that the steering wheel is on the other side.