2020 saw over 1.7 million counterfeit parts confiscated by a single brand, raising concerns that the Australian motorist could be facing increasing risks on our roads. In a recent statement Daimler head of Legal Product Intellectual Property Florian Adt said over 550 raids had shown an increase in the volume of seizures with online vendors …
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Over AUD$10 million in counterfeit vehicle parts have been seized in the United Arab Emirates this year to date for just one automotive brand. Representing solely faked Toyota parts, the released figures follow five seperate raids in 2019, coordinated by Al Futtaim Toyota and the UAE Government. Primarily consumable service items, the counterfeit parts seized …
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries is urging Australians to click cautiously following the release of research showing up to 60 per cent of online search results connect consumers with retailers selling counterfeits. A quarter of search engine queries in automotive parts and four other sectors returned potentially harmful sites in the first three results, …
The automotive industry is issuing an urgent alert on counterfeit parts after large batches of spark plugs purchased online have been confirmed as fake. Placing vehicles at great risk of major damage, 60 per cent of the hundreds of spark plugs purchased in trap buys are verified frauds, passing off low quality materials and inferior …
INDIA: The counterfeit auto parts black market has surpassed the growth of car and motorcycle sales, according to a report by The Times of India. Doubling in size in just five years, India’s AUD$4.5 billion plus counterfeit car part market is considered a major road safety risk. Despite legislative efforts and brand enforcement by OEM …
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The counterfeit car part market is booming. To protect drivers and their brand, car makers engage Brand Protection Officers, to identify and shut down counterfeit crooks. The below originally appears on the Porsche Website, telling the story of one brand protection team, dedicated to hunting down part pirates and eradicating counterfeit car parts. “Porsche owners …
Brutal vehicle testing endured by proving ground engineers is celebrated in a new campaign by automotive industry initiative Genuine is Best. Launched during Road Safety Week, the spotlight is on the beleaguered posterior of Vehicle Dynamics Technician Keith, working at Holden’s Lang Lang proving ground. Proving grounds; elaborate top-secret test sites where vehicle makers test …
For Road Safety Week, the Galmatic crew run you through a how to for keeping your cool in traffic This year National Road Safety Week and Mothers Day align, and with these tips from the Galmatic gals you won’t just reduce your risk on the road, you will put a smile on your mum’s dial …
Are you one of thousands with a hail damaged vehicle? Or recently had a bingle that saw you getting acquainted with your local smash repairer? Feel like corners might have been cut repairing your car? Galmatic break down their six easy steps to making sure your vehicle was repaired correctly with genuine parts, using the …
Three decades and 500,000 kilometres later, Dottee’s Prelude is still good as new. 1988 was Mark Avis’ third year as a junior salesman, selling cars at Robert Lane Honda. It was a good year, and he was quickly making a name for himself. There wasn’t anything remarkable or unusual during his sale of a new …
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