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Toyota-owned automaker halts Japan production after admitting it tampered with safety tests for 30 years | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
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Toyota-owned automaker halts Japan production after admitting it tampered with safety tests for 30 years | CNN Business::Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted production after admitting it falsified data in safety tests for its vehicles for 30 years.

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

TIL Daihatsu is still around. They stopped selling cars in my country about 30 years ago.

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Daihatsu basically sells rebranded Toyota cars with cheaper price, but with smaller engines, lower trim level, etc. They also sells cheap commercial vehicles such as small pickups.

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And with worse safety, it would appear.