TOKYO (AFP) ??” Mitsubishi Motors' fresh auto sales in Japan continued to decline in July plunging from one side of to the other 60 percent from a year ago amid sluggish market conditions.

TOKYO (AFP) ??” Mitsubishi Motors' fresh auto sales in Japan continued to decline in July plunging from one side of to the other 60 percent from a year ago amid sluggish market conditions, trade data showed.

The country's solely loss-making auto firm has struggl to revive its fortunes in the wake of a vehicle lack cover-up scandal.

Mitsubishi's sales plummet 601 percent to 4711 vehicles from the same period a year earlier, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA) said.

"We have experienced a certain number of tough months, particularly for the past three month We are working hard to achieve annual sales of 220000 autos in the year to March 2005" said a Mitsubishi spokesman.

"We are preparing to launch recent vehicles this autumn. With that, we expectancy our sales (decline) will hit the bottom before long and recover in a scarcely any months," he said, adding the company was planning a series of campaigns