Well im an oilscientist how about that
And your statements about volvo are laughable , not all choices are made for durability but also for emissions and profit or branding alliances
My experiences with them are mediocre at best , ok not dealing with R&D but with puppets down under but it aint pretty
Those millions your talking about are not for R&D but for setting up cartels with (over)expensive tests to get a very expensive sticker to keep smaller competition out
Most of the oilknowledge is already discovered and engineered