The Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors admitted “manipulated emissions tests to present better energy yields,” a fraud involving at least 625,000 vehicles sold in Japan although research will expand abroad.
are involved four models of mini-vehicles with less than 660 cubic centimeters cubic capacities, a very popular category in Japan, of which 468,000 units manufactured by compatriot Nissan (Dayz and Dayz Roox).
the announcement comes at a time when the auto industry is subject to stricter controls, after the German giant Volkswagen admitted having souped-up engines of millions of its vehicles.
“we apologize to all our customers and the other parties concerned, “said the group’s president, Tetsuro Aikawa, during a press conference at the ministry of Transport.
According to press reports, the builder manipulated figures on the tires, thus achieving consumption results higher fuel in five to ten percent than in reality.
“Our Nissan customer has discovered differences between the figures provided and those observed, and has asked that we review,” said the builder in a statement.
“we decided to stop production and sales of the models involved,” he added, and said that Nissan did the same.
Important damage
the announcement of Mitsubishi, shortly before the close of trading, made the action of the group fell more than 15 percent, its biggest drop in percentage since 2004, when the group was in serious crisis.
Mitsubishi Motors now has a better financial health, although it was on the brink of bankruptcy 12 years ago after a scandal of concealment of defects, which violated the law calls for review. The case, widely publicized, caused much damage to the company and among its directors.
Mitsubishi Motors, known for its Outlander and Pajero 4×4 sells around a million cars per year. For the year ended March 2016 end of year, the group expects a volume equivalent to 18 billion euros (20 billion $ 300 million) business. Your results will be released on April 27
The group’s president has warned that these may be affected. “Not a simple problem need time (to assess the impact on results), but something. it is true, is that the damage will be important. “
the internal investigation has revealed that” the testing method used, does not conform with the requirements of Japanese law, it was applied to other models produced by Mitsubishi for the Japanese market. “
” Given the seriousness of these issues, we will also conduct research on products manufactured for foreign markets “, with the help of a” committee integrated only by external experts, “the group said.
This case recalls the Volkswagen scandal, which came to light several months ago. The German group, which owns 12 brands and about 200 billion euros of turnover, confessed last September have souped diesel 11 million vehicles engines worldwide to appear cleaner than they were actually .
The Volkswagen group will probably in 2015 a loss of several billion. This is due to provisions that society should be to address the costs and compensation, not yet encrypted, linked to this “dieselgate”.
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