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Nissan faces South Korean fine over 'faked' emissions results | |
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Nissan has been accused of manipulating emissions tests for its popular Qashqai model by the South Korean government. | |
The allegations follow a probe of 20 diesel car models by the environment ministry. South Korea said it found a so-called defeat devices had been fitted to the Qashqai. | |
It plans to fine the Japanese car manufacturer 330 million won (£195,000; $279,920) and sue the head of Nissan's Korean operations. | |
Nissan has denied any wrongdoing. | Nissan has denied any wrongdoing. |
Nissan is the second car manufacturer to have been found to use the so-called emissions cheating software after Volkswagen admitted cheating emissions tests in the US across its range of models in September. | |
And last month, Japanese car manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors admitted to having falsified fuel efficiency test data for decades. | |
Nissan is set to become Mitsubishi's biggest shareholder after agreeing last week to buy a 34% stake in the company. | Nissan is set to become Mitsubishi's biggest shareholder after agreeing last week to buy a 34% stake in the company. |
The South Korean government has called for the recall of hundreds of Nissan vehicles. | |
In a statement Nissan said: "Nissan Motor has never illegally manipulated any vehicles we have produced so far and used defeat devices in those cars." |