At center, Volkswagen's former chairman, Ferdinand Piëch; his wife, Ursula; and Wolfgang Porsche.Credit...Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters There is a long tradition of scandal and skulduggery in the auto industry, but few schemes appear as premeditated as Volkswagen’s brazen move to use sophisticated software to circumvent United States emissions standards. That such a thing could happen at Volkswagen, Ger