Thursday, January 24, 2013

Honda scolds Kia over fuel-economy debacle

A Honda senior executive took a swipe at Hyundai-Kia for inflating fuel-economy claims on several models.

"It lowers the level of trust customers have for our industry," said John Mendel, executive vice-president automobile sales at American Honda Motor Co. Inc.

Carmakers must never "betray the trust of our customers and society," Mendel said during a speech to the Automotive News World Congress, held recently in Detroit.

In November, automakers Hyundai and Kia admitted that their fuel-economy ratings of 13 nameplates from the 2011-13 model years were inflated.

That accounted for about 900,000 sold vehicles.

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