The latest example of the trend surfaced Wednesday when Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) revealed that it lied about the fuel economy of at least 620,000 so-called "microcars" sold in Japan.
"MMC conducted testing improperly to present better fuel consumption rates than the actual rates," a company statement said. "The testing method was also different from the one required by Japanese law. We express deep apologies to all of our customers and stakeholders for this issue."
Executives who held a press conference to discuss the false mileage rates bowed low to apologize and vowed to investigate the matter."The wrongdoing was intentional," Mitsubishi Motors President Tetsuro Aikawa said. "It is clear the falsification was done to make the mileage look better. But why they would resort to fraud to do this is still unclear."

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