It's Official: Mitsubishi Has Been Rigging Fuel Economy Tests
Just as the dust was beginning to settle following last year’s explosive VW emissions scandal, it’s emerged that Mitsubishi has also dabbled in economy test fiddling.
Mitsubishi released a statement to coincide with a press briefing this morning, in which it said: “we found that with respect to the fuel consumption testing data, the company conducted testing improperly to present better fuel consumption rates than the actual rates…We express deep apologies to all of our customers and stakeholders for this issue.”
When announcing that it was about to release details of misconduct in emissions testing earlier today, the company’s shares plunged by 17 per cent, wiping out $1.2 billion in the process.
625,000 cars are affected, all of which are only for sale in Asia. The four models that have fallen foul are the Mitsubishi eK Wagon and eK Space, plus the Dayz and Dayz Roox, which are both manufactured for Nissan. The bulk of the cars affected - 468,000 - are the ones made for Nissan, and it’s actually Nissan that discovered and reported the discrepancies originally.
Nissan has halted sales of the Dayz and Dayz Roox in Japan, while Mitsubishi has also suspended sales, and stopped production of the offending vehicles.
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I knew VW wasnt the only one
I wonder if figures for my M3 were rigged…oh no, wait…20mpg is already shocking!
Same here. I’m pretty sure as time goes by, more manufactures are either going to come clean about side-stepping emission figures or ultimately get caught out. Last year BBC tested a 2015 Vauxhall/Opel Zafira which also bypassed an emissions test by detecting it was in a testing setup. Just gonna wait and see how this plays out.
who’s next, GM??? oh wait… their cars need to start first
My gm starts…..
Oh wait its got a flat battery
JESUS
prays that Mazda isn’t doing this too
No rotary, no problem. cries in Japanese
Based on the small size of their engines, I don’t think this will be a problem. The way their Skyactiv engines get such good mileage is because Mazda found a way around engine knocks and raised the compression really high, which allows for better fuel economy
like Volkswagen, like Mitsubishi
Subie wins!
omg MCM aint gonna be happy about this. T005XY is even worse now.
Fortunately, I can confirm we have no rigged fuel economy tests at Disklok.
Apparently a disklok can improve fuel economy. Is that true?
#CheekyDisklok, you’re back at it with your great jokes!
No, you probably used a unicorn’s horn to reinforce your products…
Lol how the hell do you put your cheekiness on topics unrelated to car security. #legend
Cheeky disklok. :P
Im sure all those Subaru owners with fully built engines are furious that their car isn’t as economical as the salesman said…
I don’t understand.. Anyone who owns a subaru already knows that their car gets terrible mileage..
Trolling game is strong in this comment section
Bring back the evo and Mitsubishi might make some money back.