Official Sponsors

Official Sponsors


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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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Opportunity Detroit
Presenting Sponsor of The Gallery



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Pandora
Official Music Provider