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Mitsubishi Motors Triples Number of Models Tainted by Efficiency Ratings Scandal
Mitsubishi Motors Co., which admitted in April to falsifying the fuel efficiency ratings of four minicars in Japan, also exaggerated the ratings for eight other models, sources tell The Nikkei.
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Mitsubishi Motors Co., which admitted in April to falsifying the fuel efficiency ratings of four minicars in Japan, also exaggerated the ratings for eight other models, sources tell The Nikkei.
Japan’s transport ministry could announce the expanded list as early as today. The ministry launched its own investigation into the cheating shortly after the scandal began four months ago.
MMC initially suspended sales for three months of four minivehicle models: two sold under its brand and two marketed by Nissan Motor Co. The resulting sales slump and wave of bad publicity cut MMC’s first-quarter operating profit 75% and generated an extraordinary loss of 126 billion yen ($1.2 billion).
The company is likely to halt sales in Japan of the added models for two or three weeks until it can revise product catalogs to state the correct fuel economy ratings. MMC also may be forced to compensate owners, The Nikkei says.
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