VW Damaged Trust in Auto Industry, Japan Car Group Chairman Says
- Japan Auto Manufacturers Association chairman `disappointed'
- Trade group head Fumihiko Ike also is chairman of Honda Motor
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Volkswagen AG compromised consumer trust in the auto industry by equipping its diesel engines with software that cheated emissions tests, the chairman of Japan’s car manufacturers’ trade group said.
“This one company’s deeds has damaged trust in the auto industry,” Fumihiko Ike, head of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association and chairman of Honda Motor Co., told reporters Thursday at a press conference in Tokyo. “I find it hard to understand how it happened and am disappointed by what they did.”