Mitsubishi Motors denies fraud in German probe over illegal emissions defeat devices

TOKYO (Reuters) – Mitsubishi Motors Corp (T:) said on Thursday there was no reason to believe it had committed fraud as suspected in a German investigation into the Japanese automaker over illegal emissions defeating devices used in its diesel vehicles.

In a statement, Mitsubishi, said that the 1.6 liter diesel engines subject to the investigation, including its control system, were manufactured by France’s PSA Group (PA:).

The Japanese carmaker is the latest manufacturer to be investigated on suspicion of hiding illegal levels of pollution following a regulatory clampdown on toxic fumes triggered by Volkswagen’s 2015 admission that it had cheated emissions tests.

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