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AutoTrader.com
Created in 1997, Atlanta-based AutoTrader.com is the Internet's
ultimate automotive marketplace. As a leading resource for car
shoppers and sellers, AutoTrader.com aggregates millions of new,
used and certified pre-owned cars from thousands of dealers and
private sellers and provides expert articles and reviews.
AutoTrader.com, which also operates the AutoTraderClassics.com auto marketing brand, is
wholly owned by AutoTrader Group. Additionally, AutoTrader Group
owns Kelley Blue Book (KBB.com) as well as three other companies that
provide a full suite of software tools that help dealers and
manufacturers manage their inventory and advertising online: vAuto,
HomeNet Automotive and VinSolutions. AutoTrader Group is a
majority-owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises. Providence Equity
Partners is a 25 percent owner of the company and Kleiner Perkins
Caufield & Byers is also an investor. For more information,
please visit autotrader.com.
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Microsoft/MSN
Autos
MSN Autos is the easy-to-use, comprehensive, online automotive
resource for researching, buying and owning cars. More than 6
million people visit MSN Autos each month, making it one of the
most popular car research sites on the Web. MSN Autos features
detailed information on approximately 10,000 new and used models,
giving consumers the ability to research and compare vehicles of
virtually every make and model. The helpful Decision Guide tool
allows users to find cars based on their lifestyle needs or
specific car must-haves if they don't already have a specific make
and model in mind. Expert reviewers report on the newest models,
while more than 600,000 consumer-generated reviews provide
real-world perspective on thousands of vehicles. In addition, the
site includes more than three million used-car listings, along with
valuable insight into emerging technologies/trends and timely
auto-related event coverage. Vehicle research aside, personalized
tools deliver regularly updated traffic information as well as the
lowest fuel prices across the country. With its broad range of
features and services, MSN Autos continues to be one of the Web's
leading automotive destinations for comprehensive vehicle
information, useful tools and valuable industry insight. See autos.msn.com.
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Panasonic
Automotive
Based in Peachtree City, Georgia, and with Detroit-area operations
located in Farmington Hills, Mich., Panasonic Automotive Systems
Company of America is a division company of Secaucus, New
Jersey-based Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal
North American subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation. (NYSE: PC) of
Osaka, Japan, one of the world's leading developers and producers
of innovative digital and other electronic products for consumer,
business and industrial use. Panasonic Automotive Systems Company
of America also acts as the North American operating company of
Panasonic¹s Automotive Systems Company of Japan, which coordinates
global automotive industry systems and components operations. For
more information on Panasonic Automotive, please visit: panasonic.com/business/automotive.
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Schaeffler
Schaeffler is a world-renowned supplier of precision automotive
components for engines, transmissions and chassis applications, as
well as a leading manufacturer of rolling bearings and linear
products.
With our INA, FAG, and LuK brands, we put all of our skills and
expertise into products which we believe provide solutions to the
central automotive engineering challenges: reducing fuel
consumption and emissions, improving active and passive safety
systems, as well as delivering greater driving comfort. As a
reliable systems partner, Schaeffler possesses all of the key
competencies necessary to meet these challenges. Together with our
customers, we are hard at work developing tomorrow's solutions -
today.
To serve the North American automotive market, Schaeffler operates
a 78,000-square-foot North American Automotive Tech Center in Troy,
MI. This facility employs 150 engineers and technicians and houses
a 30,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art test lab. Schaeffler's North
American headquarter is located in Fort Mill, S.C., with
manufacturing facilities in South Carolina, Missouri, Ohio, Canada
and Mexico. For more information, please visit schaeffler.us.
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