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MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts)
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 04:45 AM Apr 2016

Mitsubishi Motors admits falsifying fuel economy tests

Source: BBC

Mitsubishi Motors has admitted falsifying fuel economy test data for more than 600,000 vehicles.

Shares in the Japanese car maker closed down more than 15% after it made the announcement.

Mitsubishi, Japan's sixth-largest car maker, sold more than one million vehicles last year but has less than 1% of the UK market.

The company said it has stopped making and selling the vehicles and had set up an independent panel to investigate.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36089558

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Mitsubishi Motors admits falsifying fuel economy tests (Original Post) MowCowWhoHow III Apr 2016 OP
back in the day i had a plymouth champ and a dodge colt both made by mitsubishi dembotoz Apr 2016 #1
They didn't so much falsify the data as fudge the testing conditions.. EX500rider Apr 2016 #2
Mitsubishi Motors manipulated mileage data on electric car: Sankei Eugene Apr 2016 #3
How many more will there be? Blue_Tires Apr 2016 #4

dembotoz

(16,808 posts)
1. back in the day i had a plymouth champ and a dodge colt both made by mitsubishi
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 09:21 AM
Apr 2016

Seriously 2 of the very best cars i ever had.....bullet proof reliable (at least until i rolled the champ) wonderful mpg.

for some damn reason the brands got dropped by chrysler which was the last mopar i bought.....
and as a separate brand, they never caught on....

EX500rider

(10,849 posts)
2. They didn't so much falsify the data as fudge the testing conditions..
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 02:55 PM
Apr 2016

...by over inflating the tires during the test run. The data was correct, the car was just set up with the tire overinflated.

Eugene

(61,899 posts)
3. Mitsubishi Motors manipulated mileage data on electric car: Sankei
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 10:49 PM
Apr 2016

Source: Reuters

Business | Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:16pm EDT

Mitsubishi Motors manipulated mileage data on electric car: Sankei

Mitsubishi Motors Corp manipulated fuel economy data on an additional model other than vehicles already disclosed and may have also misstated data on four other models, the Sankei newspaper reported on Friday.

Japan's sixth-largest automaker this week admitted it had overstated the fuel efficiency of 625,000 cars, sending its share price plunging and prompting a raid by Japanese authorities on one of its facilities.

Mitsubishi had said there may be more models that used the same test methods that violate regulations, but it did not elaborate.

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The Sankei said that Mitsubishi had also manipulated fuel economy data on the i-MiEV electric car, which is also sold overseas. The Sankei said the RVR, Outlander, Pajero and Minicab MiEV models were also suspected of using illegal test methods.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mitsubishimotors-regulations-idUSKCN0XJ00B
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