An internal investigation at Mitsubishi has found that employees had intentionally falsified fuel economy data for some of its models since 1991, the company has announced.

Mitsubishi are the latest motor company to become embroiled in a scandal involving rigged emission levels on its’ cars.

Mitsubishi says it has found evidence that employees intentionally falsified fuel mileage test data for several models of vehicle.

A major Japanese corporation will offer a landmark apology for using American PoWs for forced labour during the Second World War.

Andrew Purcell (Mitsubishi) is likely to be the barometer of the pace on Sunday’s Willie Loughman Forest Rally, the first round of the Valvoline National Forest Rally Championship.

Eoin English has his preconceptions about electric vehicles shattered by the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV SUV

IT IS an unusual one this week and no doubt about it. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV — that’s Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle to you and me — is a strange beast indeed, but that does not mean it is a bad one.

OVER the past 25 years or so, the history of the Mitsubishi Motor Company has been a chequered one to say the very least.

WE have often rabbitted on about those vehicles which — although hugely popular — are essentially guilty of falsely misrepresenting themselves as being something completely different.

NO MORE than many observers, I was completely taken aback when the Nissan Leaf won last year’s prestigious European Car Of The Year title, becoming the first electric car to do so. It was not that this innovative and in some ways ingenious machine did not deserve the title, but I felt it was far too early in the development of the modern electric car to secure such a high honour.