Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will ask DaimlerChrysler AG to dispatch a top manager to replace its president, Katsuhiko Kawasoe, who is resigning over a scandal involving coverups of customer complaints over defective vehicles, industry sources said Friday.
Companies belonging to the Mitsubishi group have already agreed to the plan, the sources said.
DaimlerChrysler and MMC announced a comprehensive tieup agreement in July, and as part of the tieup, the German-U.S. automaker said it would send three executives to MMC.