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Car maker concedes fuel testing fraud

Tetsuro Aikawa, its president, said an investigation was continuing, suggesting that more irregularities might be found.

 

The company's share prices  have seen a 50% drop since the scandal errupted.

So much remained unknown that it was uncertain how the company would react, he said.

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It was not clear how many cars were affected.

Mr Aikawa said he did not know why employees resorted to rigging fuel economy tests to make mileage figures seem better.Mitsubishi had repeatedly promised to come clean after a huge scandal 15 years ago that involved a systematic cover-up of vehicle defects.The inaccurate mileage tests involved 157,000 of its eK wagon and eK Space mini cars, and 468,000 Dayz and Dayz Roox vehicles produced for Nissan. All were sold in Japan only.

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