Bill to toughen punishment for fuel-data falsification gets OK from government
Following cases of false reporting by domestic automakers, the government Friday signed off on a bill to toughen the punishment for fuel-data falsification by automakers, including a drastic increase in fines. The bill, which the government hopes to see passed during the ongoing Diet session, ...
Domestic output for eight Japan carmakers fell 3.2% in October
The combined domestic output of eight major Japanese automakers fell 3.2 percent in October from a year earlier to 743,086 vehicles for the first decline in three months, according to data from major automakers. Six of the eight carmakers reported declines, with Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s ...
Mitsubishi Motors used improper fuel economy data on over 10 older models: sources
The firm reveals it used improper fuel economy data on more than 10 models that are no longer being sold.
Mitsubishi Motors books ¥19.1 billion charge over fuel efficiency scandal
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Wednesday added a ¥19.1 billion special loss to its fiscal 2015 earnings due to the recent fuel efficiency manipulation scandal. The automaker is expected to provide compensation for gas expenses to owners who purchased the cars in question and will also return ...
Suzuki Motor Corp. joins the list in admitting mistakes in measuring car fuel economy, saying its system is unapproved.
Mitsubishi Motors fuel efficiency scandal may have been organized from top down
It’s learned that a product development head consented to data fabrication in consultation with a testing subsidiary manager.
How a confession turned into ¥237.4 billion bargain for Nissan
Two days before Mitsubishi Motors Corp. went public with news it had overstated the fuel economy of its cars, Chairman Osamu Masuko visited Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn for a mea culpa. It did not take long for talk to turn from an ...
Stricken Mitsubishi Motors in talks with Nissan over ¥237 billion stake
Nissan Motor Co. is in talks to take a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors Corp., the automakers said Thursday.
Nissan in talks to own third of scandal-stung MMC for $1.8 billion
Nissan Motor Co is in advanced talks to take a roughly one-third stake in Mitsubishi Motors Corp with a $1.8 billion investment, as Mitsubishi struggles with a fuel-economy data scandal, two sources said. If the ¥200 billion deal goes through, Nissan, Japan's second-largest automaker by ...
MMC mulls compensation for parts makers stung by mileage scandal
Mitsubishi Motors might compensate parts makers left in a lurch by its decision to suspend an Okayama minicar plant linked to its fuel-efficiency scandal.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s fuel economy testing fraud has hit its partner Nissan Motor Co. in domestic showrooms, with the latter automaker posting a steeper plunge in April minicar sales and overall market share. Nissan's minicar deliveries tumbled 51 percent last month, as the nation's second-largest ...
Government to do its own tests on Mitsubishi vehicles as performance scandal widens
The transport ministry will begin collecting data on four models next week and announce the results in June.
