[urq] One lawsuit against manufactures might help us - manufacturers had to share parts specs.

[Ado Sigal]

No chance Steve, most independent parts suppliers work under that policy 
from those days, but small volume parts specific to Ur like trims, 
clips, wings etc. one would have to finance the tooling to get the parts 
made. That is our problem, and Audi is the only one that can help, since 
they own all those tools.

Regards,

Ado




steven j wrote:

>In the USA 15+ years ago I read that manufactures
>either were not allowed to share part specs with their
>own replacement part division - or they had to share
>their part specs with competitors.  This was some kind
>of unfair competion lawsuit that claimed the
>manufactures had an unfair advantage in the
>replacement part market.    My recollection is fuzzy. 
>  If anyone knows more about this - it might open the
>door on lower prices for group buys or parts runs. 
>
>Back in the early 80's car stereo companies won a
>similiar  non-competitive complaint ,  which forced
>manufactures to sell cars without stereo system.  This
>lawsuit might have been for only a few year - I don't
>notice anyone today complaining about having to get a
>car with a OEM stereo system. 
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