What happened to that car, which is highly evaluated by various places due to strong sales: Looking back on the week of the automotive industry (page 1/2)

Cold days continue.Thank you for the week.By the way, traffic accidents are continuously nationwide.News of various accidents, such as contact with pedestrians on roads without sidewalks, mistakes on pedals, collisions with cars parked on the street, and collisions during traffic congestion.I would like to ask for a safe driving again, commuting, work, or driving in private.

Speaking of the news of this week, the production and sales of mini vehicles at Mitsubishi Motors and Nissan Motors are suspended.The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports.At the end of November, Nissan employees discovered that Mitsubishi's "EK Space / EK Cross Space" and Nissan's "Luke's" had abnormal airbags and seat belt test data.It seems that the data is "not satisfying the national standard value" (Nikkei).It has been reported that the cause is a test device or a part.

Mitsubishi Motors and Nissan Motor are planning, developing, and designed light vehicles through the joint investment company "NMKV".NMKV celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2021.NMKV's mini cars have started with Nissan "Days" and Mitsubishi's "EK Wagon" released in 2013.In 2014, Nissan "Days Rukes" and Mitsubishi's "EK Space" and "EK Space Custom" were released.

Since then, as the development of a new model of a mini car, the problem of the fuel consumption measurement test for Mitsubishi was discovered in 2016.It has been found that other car manufacturers have problems with the fuel efficiency measurement test, and I think many people remember the flapping at that time.

Overcoming such events, EK Space / EK Cross Space and Luke have made a full model change in 2020, and Days and EK Wagon / EK Cross in 2019.Not only that, it was highly evaluated as a car in various situations, including the Good Design Award, the RJC Car of the Year, the Japan Car of the Year, and the Japanese car assessment JNCAP.

Nissan's Luke's is also selling well.Looking at the selling ranking by car name for light passenger cars, Luke's sales in January to November 2021 were 5th, 30th year -on -year..It is about 84,000 units up 3 %.It is aggregated separately from Days.

By the way, the top of the same ranking is Honda's N-BOX, 3 from the same period of the previous year..Even though it is 9 %, 175,000 units are 175,000, the second place is Suzuki's Spacia 4.123,000 units decreased by 6 %, 3rd place is Daihatsu Tanto 11.1006,000 units decreased by 5 %, 4th place is Daihatsu's move 9.It was 86,000 units, down 0 %.

At the moment, there is no official announcement of this week's news from Mitsubishi, Nissan, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, but I am very worried about what is happening.We will send a light car that sells high ratings while overcoming the problem, and in the future, we will also refrain from putting light EVs (electric vehicles) in the future, so I personally hope that the positive accumulation so far will not be impaired.I am thinking.