According to Reuters, an independent committee has conducted an investigation into Daihatsu following the brand’s admission in April that they had manipulated side-impact safety tests on 88,000 compact cars. The majority of these cars were sold under the Toyota name.
In a press conference on December 20, Toyota announced the decision to halt the shipment of all Daihatsu batches. Furthermore, a press release from Toyota confirmed that the investigating committee also suspects that Daihatsu may have tampered with environmental performance data.
These latest revelations reveal that the extent of the scandal is much larger than initially estimated and could have implications for the reputation of car manufacturers in terms of quality and safety.
Daihatsu is the small car manufacturing brand under Toyota and produces popular keicar models in the Japanese market. This safety scandal also has an impact on certain models from Mazda and Subaru sold in the domestic market, as well as some Toyota and Daihatsu models in foreign markets.
Based on Toyota’s data, Daihatsu has manufactured 1.1 million vehicles in the first 10 months of the year, with nearly 40% of them being sold in foreign markets. During the same period, Daihatsu has sold approximately 660,000 vehicles worldwide, accounting for 7% of Toyota’s sales volume.
On December 20, Toyota stated that the affected models include vehicles for Southeast Asian markets such as Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Vietnam, as well as countries in Central and South America like Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Uruguay…
Trang Nguyen (forum.autodaily.vn)
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