u003cpu003eu003cbu003eA shocking exposé of Volkswagen's fraud by the u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e reporter who covered the scandal.u003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003ciu003eu003cbu003eUpdated with a New Afterword by the Author.u003c/bu003eu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eWhen news of Volkswagen's clean diesel fraud first broke in September 2015, it sent shockwaves around the world. Overnight, the company long associated with quality, reliability and trust became a universal symbol of greed and deception. Consumers were outraged, investors panicked, the company embarrassed and facing bankruptcy.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eAs lawsuits and criminal investigations piled up, by August 2016 VW had settled with American regulators and car-owners for $15 billion, with additional fines and claims still looming.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eIn u003ciu003eFaster, Higher, Fartheru003c/iu003e, Jack Ewing rips the lid off the scandal. He describes VW's rise from "the people's car" during the Nazi era to one of Germany's most prestigious and important global brands, touted for being "green." He paints vivid portraits of Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piëch and chief executive Martin Winterkorn, arguing that their unremitting ambition drove employees, working feverishly in pursuit of impossible sales targets, to illegal methods.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eWith unprecedented access to key players and a ringside seat during the course of the legal proceedings, u003ciu003eFaster, Higher, Fartheru003c/iu003e reveals how the succeed-at-all-costs culture prevalent in modern boardrooms led to one of corporate history's farthest-reaching cases of fraud--with potentially devastating consequences.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eAs the future of one of the world's biggest companies remains uncertain, this is the extraordinary story of Volkswagen's downfall.u003c/pu003e