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The head of Japanese auto giant Suzuki says the company has found "discrepancies" in its fuel and emissions testing... but denies cheating.
The admission came a matter of hours after the president of Mitsubishi Motors resigned over his company's emissions scandal.
Kim Mok-yeon has the latest.
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
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