Counterfeiters Costing Automakers and Suppliers Billions in Lost Sales

Increasingly brazen counterfeiters have graduated from manufacturing fake brake pads made of sawdust to producing knockoffs of company logos, dealership designs and even entire vehicles

Drew Winter, Contributing Editor

March 22, 2007

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Increasingly brazen counterfeiters have graduated from manufacturing fake brake pads made of sawdust to producing knockoffs of company logos, dealership designs and even entire vehicles.

Hear Ward's AutoWorld Editor Drew Winter's latest take on the auto industry in his weekly report on Detroit's WJR radio:

Counterfeiters Costing Automakers and Suppliers Billions in Lost Sales

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Drew Winter

Drew Winter

Contributing Editor, WardsAuto

Drew Winter is a former longtime editor and analyst for Wards. He writes about a wide range of topics including emerging cockpit technology, new materials and supply chain business strategies. He also serves as a judge in both the Wards 10 Best Engines and Propulsion Systems awards and the Wards 10 Best Interiors & UX awards and as a juror for the North American Car, Utility and Truck of the Year awards.

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