Mitsubishi sets up committee to investigate fuel economy scandal – report due in about three months

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has announced that it will establish a special investigation committee to look into the recent fuel economy scandal that has affected the company. Recently, the carmaker admitted to manipulating fuel economy tests on four kei car models, after Nissan unraveled the issue.

The new committee will focus on three main acitivites – uncover the facts surrounding the issue, investigate the existence of other improper conduct similar to the matter and analyse the cause of the matter with suggestions on how to prevent any recurrences.

External experts outside MMC will be appointed as members, so as not to harm the independence and neutrality of the committee. MMC is also considering the following as experts with technical knowledge to participate in the investigation – Keiichi Watanabe, Yoshiro Sakata and Genta Yoshino, all of which are attorneys at law.

The committee will perform its investigative duties for about the next three months before preparing a report based on the results obtained. MMC will disclose the report in a timely manner once it is ready.

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Gerard Lye

Originating from the corporate world with a background in finance and economics, Gerard’s strong love for cars led him to take the plunge into the automotive media industry. It was only then did he realise that there are more things to a car than just horsepower count.

 

Comments

  • Industry-insider on Apr 26, 2016 at 5:29 pm

    cheating MMM. woohoo

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  • If P1 was still associated with Mitsu, whether this issue related to P1 or not, bashers wud bash count over 9000.

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    • stasta on Apr 27, 2016 at 2:04 pm

      because proton has taken 12 billion malaysian taxpayer money. therefore we all feel we have a stake and a right to comment.

      how much subsidies has malaysian taxpayer contributed to mitsubishi ?

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      • B-Unggul on Apr 27, 2016 at 3:24 pm

        Taken 12 billiontaxpayers money, are you sure?

        Heck, even previous softloans had been paid full, or the MITI won’t keep their mouth shut i presume?

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