Daihatsu and Toyota halt shipments of 64 models after certification scandal

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (Daihatsu) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced on Wednesday that they will temporarily suspend shipments of all Daihatsu-developed models currently in production, both in Japan and overseas, after an investigation revealed widespread procedural irregularities in the certification process. The investigation, conducted by an independent third-party committee chaired by Makoto Kaiami, found…