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Unbelievable, yes... but more cases of flawed fuel efficiency test in vehicles.
Japanese automaker Suzuki announced today that it has found "discrepancies" in its fuel
and emissions testing. But it has denied cheating.
The scandal comes within hours of the president of another carmaker Mitsubishi stepping down
over that company's fuel scandal. Kim Mok-yeon has the details.
Osamu Suzuki, the CEO of Japan's fourth largest car manufacturer, has offered a public apology
on Wednesday, for using a different fuel efficiency testing method for 16 car models.
He said that the testing method they used was not in line with official regulations
in Japan, but said that new test results showed that there was no need to modify the data.
"We deeply apologize for not abiding by existing regulations when carrying out tests. However,
we have been able to determine that our company's fuel efficiency results have no problems,
and we have also notified the Ministry of Transport about our findings."
Suzuki said the improper testing method dated back to 2010 and that around 2.1 million vehicles
in Japan have been affected. The latest news is causing a severe damage
to the credibility on global carmakers as it comes just a month after Japan's Mitsubishi
Motors accepted that it falsified fuel economy data for its vehicles for more than 2 decades.
The firm's president Tetsuro Aikawa has announced that he will officially resign from his post
next month. Last year, Germany's Volkswagen admitted that
it used cheating devices on 11 million diesel vehicles to meet emission rules.
Meanwhile, Korea has accused Japan's Nissan Motor earlier this week for manipulating emissions
for its Qashqai diesel sport utility vehicles and called for a recall and suspension of
sales. The carmaker however denied the allegations.
Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang News.