Scandal-ridden Bigmotor reborn as new firm

Scandal-ridden Bigmotor reborn as new firm

Shinjiro Tanaka (R), president of Wecars, a new firm that took over the troubled used car dealership Bigmotor Co.'s main businesses, attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 1, 2024. The president vowed to make Wecars' operations transparent following the high-profile insurance fraud scandal, as it runs about 250 outlets with a workforce of 4,200.

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