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TOKYO, Dec 21, 2023 (AFP) – Shares in Japanese auto titan Toyota dived Thursday as a rigged safety test scandal builds at subsidiary Daihatsu, and after it recalled a million vehicles in the United States over airbag safety concerns. Daihatsu said Wednesday it would suspend domestic and overseas shipments of all its vehicles in light of an independent panel’s report that found it had been manipulating tests as long ago as 1989. Toyota expressed its […]
TOKYO, Dec 21, 2023 (AFP) – Japanese officials on Thursday started an on-site inspection at the headquarters of Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu, the transport ministry said, after an investigation found it had rigged safety tests and was forced to suspend all shipments of its vehicles. The independent probe found the malpractice dated back to 1989 and led Toyota to express its “sincere apologies” and pledge to carry out “a fundamental reform”. The panel was set up […]
TOKYO, Dec 20, 2023 (AFP) – Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu said Wednesday it will suspend shipments of all car models currently in production both at home in Japan and abroad, following new revelations about its rigging of safety tests. “Daihatsu decided today to temporarily suspend shipments of all Daihatsu-developed models currently in production, both in Japan and overseas,” the auto titan said in a statement following a report by an independent panel. The panel was […]
