TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Motors has decided to stop developing new diesel engines, Nikkei has learned.
Diesels will soon account for less than 20% of automaker's output

Mitsubishi Motors is joining an industrywide trend toward scaling back diesel-engine development. (Nikkei Montage/ Source photos by Mitsubishi Motors and Kyodo)
TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Motors has decided to stop developing new diesel engines, Nikkei has learned.