M'bishi used noncompliant fuel economy testing method for past 25 yrs

M'bishi used noncompliant fuel economy testing method for past 25 yrs

Tetsuro Aikawa, president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., apologizes during a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Tokyo on April 26, 2016, after submitting to the ministry an investigation report about manipulation of fuel economy data for the company's four minicar models. The automaker admitted it had collected data to calculate fuel economy using a method that does not comply with Japanese standards since 1991. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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