三菱汽車承認篡改燃油經濟性測試數據

Mitsubishi Motors has admitted it deliberately altered testing data to show better fuel consumption rates for four of its mini-car models sold in Japan.

三菱汽車(Mitsubishi Motors)已承認自己故意更改了測試數據，以證明其在日本銷售的四款微型車具有更低的耗油率。

Japan’s sixth-largest automaker said it will halt production and sales of the four affected models, including two supplied to Nissan. The four models are the ek Wagon, eK Space, Dayz and Dayz Roox, involving about 625,000 vehicles.

這家日本第六大汽車製造商表示，將暫停這四款受影響車型——其中包括兩款供應給日產(Nissan)的車型——的生產和銷售。這四款車型是ek Wagon、eK Space、Dayz和Dayz Roox，總計涉及約62.5萬輛車。

“We offer our deepest apology,” president Tetsuro Aikawa said at a packed news conference. “We will get to the bottom of why this misconduct was carried out.”

三菱汽車社長相川哲郎(Tetsuro Aikawa)在擁擠的新聞發佈會上表示：“我們致以最深的歉意。我們將對造成這起不當行爲的原因一查到底。”

The company will set up a committee to look into the issue consisting of outside experts, he added.

他還表示，三菱汽車將成立一個委員會來調查此事，委員會將由外部專家組成。

An internal investigation, triggered by questions raised by Nissan, found that the company’s testing method did not comply with requirements under Japanese law.

三菱汽車展開的一次內部調查發現，該公司的測試方法並未遵守日本法律的規定。這次內部調查是由日產方面提出的問題引發的。

Mitsubishi Motors said the improper testing method was carried out for vehicles sold in Japan, and that it will also investigate cars sold in overseas markets.

三菱汽車表示，這一不當測試方法只用於在日本銷售的車輛，但公司仍將調查銷往海外市場的車輛。

Shares in Mitsubishi Motors fell the most in more than a decade on Wednesday, dropping 15 per cent after the Japanese carmaker called the press conference.

週三，在三菱汽車召開新聞發佈會後，這家日本汽車製造商的股價下跌了15%，跌幅創十多年來之最。

The global auto industry has been rocked by scandals over the past two years, first with the mass recalls prompted by concerns over airbags made by Japanese firm Takata, and subsequently by Volkswagen’s admission last year that it had cheated US emissions tests.

過去兩年全球汽車業不斷受到醜聞的衝擊，先是日本高田(Takata)製造的安全氣囊存在的問題引發大規模召回，然後是去年大衆汽車(Volkswagen)承認在美國尾氣檢測中作弊。