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Mitsubishi Motors admits manipulating fuel-efficiency tests

Shares plunge; carmaker to set up committee of external experts and publish results of probe expeditiously

Published Wed, Apr 20, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Tokyo

JAPANESE carmaker Mitsubishi Motors Corporation on Wednesday admitted that it manipulated pollution test data in more than 600,000 vehicles, after reports of misconduct sent its Tokyo-listed shares crashing earlier in the day.

The company said it would halt production and sales of the affected vehicle models - mini-cars sold in Japan - and launch a probe into cars sold overseas.

The embarrassing admission comes in the wake of a massive pollution-che…