Toyota Admits Rigging Safety Tests

Toyota subsidiary, Daihatsu admits rigging Safety tests. Models affected are the Toyota Yaris Ativ (known as the Vios in the Philippines) the Toyota agya/perdua axia (known in the Philippines as the Wigo)

88,000 cars are affected in total, 76289 units of the Vios and 11,834 units of the Wigo.

Daihatsu admits it rigged the crash tests by modifying the inner lining of the front seat door to minimize the risk that the door interior could break with a sharp edge causing injury.

Toyota Chairman, Akio Toyota has apologized and promised an investigation into the matter.

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