2024-01-29 17:42:36
The global auto giant will not launch a recall campaign, but its reputation risks being damaged. 284004673/Björn Wylezich – stock.adobe.com
DECRYPTION – The Japanese manufacturer announced that it was suspending the delivery of around ten models, nine years after the “Dieselgate” shock.
Nine years after the shock of “Dieselgate”, this scandal caused by Volkswagen, which had installed software rigging polluting emissions on millions of diesel vehicles, Toyota is in turn splashed by “irregularities” concerning around ten diesel models. The image of the president of Toyota Industries, Koichi Ito, leaning forward in the “saikerei” position to show his apologies, gives an idea of the seriousness of the facts.
Toyota Motor said on Monday that it was suspending deliveries of around ten models, including the Hilux pickup, the 4 × 4 Land Cruiser 300, the Fortuner and Lexus LX500d SUVs, and certain vans, all equipped with the engines Diesel in question. The manufacturer says it has noted irregularities in the certification tests of Diesel engines developed by its subsidiary Toyota Industries (Tico). During these tests, the power of the three Diesel engines in question was measured by software different from that used for their production…
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