Gov't finds fuel economy of M'bishi cars worse than advertised

Gov't finds fuel economy of M'bishi cars worse than advertised

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman Osamu Masuko (C) receives instructions from transport minister Keiichi Ishii (L) at the ministry in Tokyo on June 21, 2016, with MMC President Tetsuro Aikawa bowing by his side. The transport ministry said it has found that the fuel economy of four minicar models produced by the automaker was up to 16 percent worse than their catalog figures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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