Mitsubishi Falsify Fuel Economy Tests

[TangoElite]

Something to take the heat off Volkswagen

 

I wonder who is next?

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36089558

[Spring]

Wha another scandal so soon after VW dieselgate.

Never expected Japs to also resort to this, CEO to hara kiri??

Edited April 20, 2016 by Spring

[Ahbengdriver]

didn't know Mitsubishi makes cars for Nissan.  Outsourcing !

 

so...Harakiri? (KBW say one)

[EricChan]

who else does mitsubishi make cars for? Hmmm 

[Kusje]

Wah lau. My lancer EX affected or not?

 

Been driving it for almost 9 years. Can I claim them for fuel?

[Baal]

Digress.  How Jap is Nissan now?  43.x% owned by Renault & the same angmo CEO overseeing both Renault & Nissan.

Nissan on the other hand only owns 15% Renault shares & has no voting power.  

[Benarsenal]

who else does mitsubishi make cars for? Hmmm 

 

In Japan all the carmakers make cars for each other. Like one big brotherhood partnership.

Wah lau. My lancer EX affected or not?

 

Been driving it for almost 9 years. Can I claim them for fuel?

 

I think affected cars only JDM models (looks like so far).

 

I also driving Lancer. Aiya live and let live lah. 

[Fuelsaver]

Smthg comforting for Korean bashers - Hyundai oso kena such stuffs too.

 

Dunno what or who can be trusted nowadays..

[Raychay]

Did Mitsubishi make the Nissan Sunny cos my old car was drinker 

[1fast1]

[Count-Bracula]

Nissan pichar their lobang!

 

Hoo hoo hoo! Nissan! Nissan! . , , Sunny!!

[Vinceng]

Anyway driving Mitsubishi Attrage managed to achieve the manufacturer's claimed mileage of 20.8km/l ?

[Albeniz]

So now, what is the true fc of Attrage?

[Kangadrool]

I am not at all surprised. In fact I suspected long time ago it is so, especially small cap cars with boxy shapes and on auto tranny. These three factors just make terrible efficiency.

 

 

Edited April 20, 2016 by Kangadrool

[Benarsenal]

Aiya, we should all know that manufacturer claimed fuel consumption figures are not really achievable in the real world. The figures are obtained in optimised conditions in laboratory.

 

For fuel economy, always remember the slogan, "Results may vary". There's so many factors that affect fuel consumption. 

[Fcw75]

Even Nissan NV200 engine is from Renault. Nothing is straightforward nowadays.

[Watwheels]

This is peanuts compare to their earlier scandals...yes, scandalsssss.

 

Year 2000

 

Mitsubishi Motors admitted today that it had systematically concealed customer complaints about tens of thousands of defective automobiles since 1977.

The admission by Mitsubishi, Japan's No. 4 automaker, came a month after its top executive had denied accusations that it had covered up problems that included faulty fuel tanks, clutches, crankshafts and brakes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/23/business/mitsubishi-admits-to-broad-cover-up-of-auto-defects.html

 

 

Year 2004

Their bus & truck division, FUSO.

 

Mitsubishi Fuso Bus & Truck Corp. became embroiled in another defect-coverup scandal Thursday.

The automaker said design flaws in parts for its large vehicles had been systematically concealed instead of subjected to recalls, resulting in a series of accidents, one of them fatal.

The coverups were carried out between 1996 and 2000, when Mitsubishi Fuso, as it is now known, was the truck and bus division of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., company officials said.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2004/05/21/national/fresh-coverup-scandal-rocks-mitsubishi-fuso/#.VxgjAEdWrRg

 

 

Falsifying fuel economy tests. I think they are not the only car maker what did this.

 

 

[UncleAtas]

Only those manufactured cars for Japan lah.

 

Doesn't concern the rest of the world