California alone is a bigger market for VW than all but a couple of countries. sie gefickt werden.
you're forgetting the VW buys back all of the cars option- they sold a car with a certain advertised MPG and HP, if they can't find a fix that leaves those numbers reasonably intact (good luck), I think they're either looking at some combination of a voluntary buy back and a slew of lawsuits. I think anything under warranty will have to be bought back, the older ones are more of a question mark
there's also a chance people won't have the choice- in states where emissions testing is standard, you probably won't be able to register/renew a registration on one. In other states, it probably depends on how much the states/epa cares
