Mitsubishi Has Been Rigging Emissions Tests Since 1991
Last week’s revelations about Mitsubishi’s emissions test cheating activities already looked serious, with over 600,000 cars affected and $1.2 billion wiped off the company’s value as a result, but it turns out the scandal goes much deeper than that. Mitsubishi vice president Ryugo Nakao admitted today that the company’s “improper testing” - which gave more favourable results for its vehicles - has been going on for around 25 years.
At a press conference in Tokyo he said: “for the domestic market, we have been using that method since 1991…But we don’t know the number of models.” The news gave Mitsubishi’s share price another kicking, with a further 10 per cent drop bringing the total loss to 50 per cent.
Previously, it was thought that only four models - all sold for the Asian market - were affected: the Mitsubishi eK Wagon and eK Space, plus the Dayz and Dayz Roox, which are both manufactured for Nissan. It was actually Nissan which discovered and reported the emissions discrepancy.
It’s currently unclear what the repercussions might be for Mitsubishi, other than the painful drop in the company’s value.
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Comments
I feel like Bugatti has found a way to cheat them as well..
Do people really care apart from environmentalists? It’s not that thanks to VW and Mitsubishi all wildlife is dying and we are next..Cars are not that big issue like everyone is saying.
Mitsubishi’s going bankrupt…
Fork it, they are circling the drain anyways.
Rekt
Um….. Who cares?
You know they’re not the first ones but do you really care?
most used in kei cars they said
But but, VW is the only bad guy. I wonder what the EPA will have to say about that if models affected were sold in the US.
I hope this is the end of Volkswagen-bashing and the start of some thinking about what really could be changed in the car industry.