Mitsubishi embroiled in scandal involving rigged emission levels

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

Shares in Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) fell 15% this week after the automaker admitted to falsifying fuel economy tests affecting about 625,000 mini-cars it built for its own brand and for Nissan Motor (NM).

None of the applicable cars are sold in Europe, but to the end of March 2016, MMC had sold 157,000 units under its own brand and supplied 468,000 to Nissan. MMC said it developed the cars and was responsible for obtaining the relevant certifications, so conducted fuel consumption testing. During development of the next generation of mini-car models, Nissan examined the fuel consumption rates “and found deviations in the figures”.