February/ March 2002
Highlights
- Auto Parts Businesses Threatened
with Proposition 65 Lawsuits
- Pep Boys Selects PrimeTemp for Air
Conditioning Line
April/May
2002
- Sears Pays $63 Million to End
Battery Investigation
- Ford to Restructure and Expand Parts
Distribution
- Dana Forms Traction Technologies
Group
- Two Aftermarket Leaders Make Top Dollars
June/July
2002
- B-43 Booster Club to
Dissolve
- AutoZone Sales Increase 61%
- Federal-Mogul May Cut Marketing
Staff
- Keystone Automotive Acquires Perfect
Cooling
August 2002
- Chinese Companies are Dumping
Windshields in U.S.
- Truck-Lite Acquires Signal-Stat Lighting
Products
October 2002
- Nissan to Offer High-Performance
Aftermarket Parts Under NISMO Brand
- Johnson Controls to Buy Varta Battery
Business
- Exide to Supply Electric Car
Company
November
2002
- California Changes Kit Car
Regulations
- Industry Firms File Chapter 7
December 2002 /
January 2003
- Toyota Introduces Advantex Parts
Brand
- Meineke to Enter Southern California
Market
- Court Postpones CARB’s
Zero-Emissions Vehicle Mandate
- Custom Wheels Gain in Popularity
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