Mitsubishi Motors mileage overstated by 16% says Japan's government

Japan’s government has said Mitsubishi Motors overstated mileage on its vehicles by up to 16%, but stopped short of slapping further penalties on the company.

The transport ministry said the figure came from its own mileage tests to look into cheating by the Japanese carmaker on its minicar models, tiny cars eligible for tax breaks in Japan and reputed to deliver very good mileage.

Mitsubishi Motors acknowledged recently it had systematically inflated mileage for eK minicar models, as well as other models.