{"id":22107,"date":"2017-02-14T06:50:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T06:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=22107"},"modified":"2017-02-14T06:51:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T06:51:09","slug":"south-korea-sues-nissan-over-mileage-claims-probes-bmw-porsche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/south-korea-sues-nissan-over-mileage-claims-probes-bmw-porsche.html","title":{"rendered":"South Korea sues Nissan over mileage claims, probes BMW, Porsche"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSouth Korea sues Nissan over mileage claims, probes BMW, Porsche<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tSouth Korea sues Nissan over mileage claims, probes BMW, Porsche:- South Korea has sued Nissan Motor's (7201.T) South Korean unit alleging that the Japanese car maker manipulated the fuel economy test results of its Infiniti Q50 sedan, a government official said on Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe ministry is also investigating BMW (BMWG.DE) and Porsche on a similar matter, the official, Koh Sung-woo, told Reuters.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has launched a probe into Nissan after a criminal compliant was filed by the transport ministry, a spokesman at the office said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMakers of imported cars, which have surged in popularity in recent years in South Korea, have been facing growing scrutiny following Volkswagen's (VOWG_p.DE) emissions-test cheating scandal.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLast month, the environment ministry banned the sale of 10 models of Nissan, BMW and Porsche after the car makers were found to have fabricated documents on emissions and noise-level tests. The models banned include BMW's X5M and Porsche's Cayenne and Macan models.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe transport ministry has been expanding the probe into whether the three car makers have falsified documents on fuel economy tests of the 10 models as well, Koh said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tKoh said Nissan overstated the fuel economy of the Q50 so that it is 3.4 percent higher than the actual test result.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"They manipulated the test results of the car to make the fuel economy look better," he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNissan Korea said it reported "some inappropriate problems" in certification documents to authorities last year, saying the errors were caused by the misconduct of a manager at the company.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"We express sincere regret over those issues," a spokeswoman said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA BMW spokesman in Seoul said the company has not been notified of the probe, while a Porsche spokesman in Seoul did not have immediate comments.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe complaint adds to the troubles in South Korea for Nissan, which is already accused of cheating on emissions of its Qashqai diesel model.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLast week, a South Korean court sided with the government which had said the Japanese automaker used a so-called defeat device in its Qashqai sport utility vehicle to turn off its emissions reduction device during regular driving.<\/span><\/span><\/span>
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\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-south-korea-autos-mileage-idUSKBN15T0GD<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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