PRESS COVERAGE

PPI PRESS RELEASE 2006 OEM-SUPPLIER STUDY, June 4, 2007

• "Suppliers rank GM Higher", Free Press, June 4, 2007

• "Suppliers: GM better, rivals not", Detroit News, June 4, 2007

• "GM Ascends From Supplier Relations Cellar", WardsAuto, June 4, 2007

"Dodge clips pitch to add reach", The Detroit News, April 11, 2007

"Ford heads off supplier problems", The Detroit News, February 26, 2007

"Mercedes moves U.S. purchasing to Stuttgart", The Detroit News, February 26, 2007

"Snarls delay Ford supplier plan", Motor & Euquipment Manufacturers Association, January 22, 2007

"Annual Study Says U.S. OEMs Have Poorer Working Relationships with Suppliers", MEMA Daily Headline News, July 25^th 2006

"Fewer taking advantage of automaker's employee discounts", Detroit News, July 8, 2006

PPI PRESS RELEASE 2006 OEM-SUPPLIER STUDY, June 12, 2006

• "Carmakers' SRM efforts start to pay off", Supply Management, June 28, 2006

• "Chrysler's new idea: Money-back guarantee", Detroit News, June 22, 2006

• "U.S. Automakers Still Struggle With Small Suppliers", Fox News, June 19, 2006

• "Suppliers See Improvement with GM, Ford", The Car Connection, June 14, 2006

• "Suppliers See Improvement with GM, Ford", The Car Connection, June 14, 2006

• "GM, Ford seen making nice with suppliers", CNNMoney.com, June 12, 2006

• "GM, Ford supplier relations improving: survey", The Boston Globe, June 12, 2006

• "Study Shows Suppliers Still Prefer Toyota, Honda, but Ford and General Motors Are Improving", PR Newswire, June 12, 2006

• "Paul W. Smith's Interviews - Planning Perspective CEO Discusses OEM-Supplier Study ", WJR, June 12, 2006

• "U.S. carmakers improve supplier ties", Free Press, June 12, 2006

• "Big 3-supplier relations thaw", The Detroit News, June 12, 2006

"A new way to pay purchasing execs", Automotive News, December 5, 2005

"For Big 3, a bleak November", Automotive News, December 5, 2005

"Lear, DCX fight is a trend", Free Press, December 3, 2005

"Business Leaders, Economic Experts Unsure Of GM Plant Closings' Impact On Arkansas Jobs", Springdale Morning News, November 22, 2005

"Health-Care, Job Cuts at GM Bad News for Suppliers", In.com, October 19, 2005

"Delphi's troubles have deep roots", Detroit News, October 10, 2005

"Ford Motor makes peace with suppliers", Automotive News, October 3, 2005

"Ford to slash vendors of key parts", Detroit Free Press, September 30, 2005

"Ford to slash supplier ranks", Detroit News, September 30, 2005

"GM rolls out plan to improve supplier relations", Associated Press, September 23, 2005

"Delphi's Miller Aims High as Hopes Rise Co Won't File", Dow Jones, September 23, 2005

"Opportunity knocks for Canadian parts suppliers", Auto Plant, September 2005

"Good relationships with automakers pay off for suppliers", Detroit News, August 9, 2005

"New DCX leader Zetsche proved his mettle during chaotic period at Chrysler", AutoWeek, August 1, 2005

"Visteon workers OK Ford bailout", The Detroit News, June 7, 2005

PPI PRESS RELEASE 2005 OEM-SUPPLIER STUDY, May 31, 2005

•   "Parts suppliers in agreement: It's hard to trust GM", Detroit Free Press, May 31, 2005

•    "GM-Supplier relations erode", Detroit News, May 31, 2005

•    "Suppliers bet on the transplants", Automotive News, May 31, 2005

•    "Survey: Suppliers Cite Poor Relations With Detroit's Big 3", Dowjones Newswires, May 31, 2005

•    "Auto parts makers relations with GM worsen - study", Reuters News, May 31, 2005

•    "Auto Suppliers Trust in GM at Low Level", Associated Press Newswires, May 31, 2005

•    "Lousy relations with suppliers penalize Big 3", Automotive News, June 6, 2005

•   "GM's And Ford Suppliers Are Very Unhappy; Honda And Toyota Fare   Better",  Industry Week, June 6,2005

•    "Treat your suppliers well", Automotive Design and Production, volumn 11, June, 2005

•    "Building Trust: OEMs Still Don't Get it", Corp Magazine, Summer 2005

"Chrysler's quality commandos: Team of 80 inspectors to target supplier plants that produce faulty parts", Autoweek, May 11, 2005

"GM pushes its suppliers to tap China", Detroit News, April 7, 2005

"GM moves up launch of mid-sized SUVs", Automotive News, March 28, 2005

"Toyota aims to satisfy its suppliers", Automotive News, February 21, 2005

"Big 3 market share dips to all-time low", Detroit News, January, 6, 2005

"Squeezing suppliers can cost automakers, study says", Crain's Detroit Business, January 3, 2005

"Bashing suppliers damages Big 3's market position", Automotive News, January 3, 2005

"Big 3 pay price for bad supplier relations", Automotive News, December 27, 2004

"Suppliers get GM access, automaker gets exclusivity at show", Automotive News, October 19, 2004

"Sayonara, Big Three", Injection Molding Magazine, October, 2004

"US Suppliers Shift R&D, Investment and Support to Japanese Automakers", BODY ENGINEERING, Fall, 2004

"The Myth of Independent Greatness", Automotive Design & Production, September, 2004

"Zetsche to suppliers: 'Adapt or die'", Detroit News, September 2, 2004

"Car Companies, suppliers urged to improve relations", Detroit Free Press, September 2, 2004

"Wagoner says automakers, suppliers must end hostility", Detroit Free Press, September 1, 2004

"Supplier Partnerships provide a Competitive Edge", Industry Week, September, 2004

"Detroit Still Can't Kick Its Habit of Ever-rising Auto Incentives", Investor's Business Daily, August, 16, 2004

"PPI PRESS RELEASE 2004 OEM-SUPPLIER STUDY", July 30, 2004

• "Rift harming auto industry", Detroit Free Press, August, 5, 2004

• "Suppliers favor Japanese automakers", Detroit Free Press, August 3, 2004

• "Why Big 3-supplier relations are in the toilet", Automotive News, August 3, 2004

• "Ford, GM could borrow tips from Japanese on how to treat suppliers", Detroit News, August 3, 2004

• "Gulf widens between Big 3, suppliers", Automotive News, August 2, 2004

• "Study: Parts Makers Prefer Japanese", The CarConnection.com, August 2, 2004

• "U.S. Auto Parts Suppliers Shift Loyalties", Forbes, August 2, 2004

"Ford suppliers still feel pain", Automotive News, May 17, 2004

"New Rules Could Strain Ford's Ties to suppliers", Detroit News, February 17, 2004; pp.B1+

"OEMs & Suppliers: Can These Relationshps Be Saved?", Corp Magazine, Winter 2004; pp.40-43.

"Domestic Disconnect - Supplier and domestic OEM communication failing while Japanese turn up the talk", Automobile Industries, June, 2003; p. 56

"Big 3 must heed their awful place in supplier hearts", Automotive News, May 19, 2003; p. 12

"New Annual Index to Track Automotive OEM - Supplier Working Relations", Afermarket News, May 13, 2003; p.1

"Suppliers Relations with GM, Ford continue to Slip", Autobeat Daily, May 13, 2003; p.1

"Study shows suppliers unhappy with GM, Ford", Chicago Sun-Time, May 13, 2003, Financial; pp. 51.

"Annual OEM-Supplier Working Relations Study From Planning Perspectives: Domestic Big 3 Not Changing, Japanese Big 3 keep improving", The Auto Channel, May 12, 2003.

"Survey: Suppliers' preference for Japanese automakers rises", Crain's Detroit Business, May 12, 2003; p.31

"Suppliers prefer Japanese", Automotive News, May 12, 2003; p. 1

"Auto Supplier Move Closer to Assembly Lines", Assembly magazine, May 7, 2003.

"Suppliers: Friend or foe?", Purchasing Magazine Online, Feb 6, 2003.

"U.S. suppliers tap foreign automakers for growth", Automotive News, November 12, 2002; web article

"Parts makers getting choosy about the deals they chase", Automotive News Europe, September 23, 2002; p.1

"Warranty cost allocation", Autobeat Daily, September 17, 2002; p.3

"Suppliers aren't keeping up with price cut demands", Autobeat Daily, September 12, 2002; p.1

"Mortgaging the future", Automotive News, September 9, 2002; p. 1

"Survey: Squeeze Helps Strain the Supplier-Automaker Relationship", Focus (Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association; Research Triangle Park, NC); Summer 2002

"GM aims to improve supplier ties", Detroit News, August 8, 2002; p. 1C.

"Big 3 Lags in Supplier Relationships", WARD'S AutoWorld, August 2002; p. 18.

"The pain of late changes", Automotive News Europe, July 15, 2002; p. 6.

"Covisint is feeble and doomed, professor says", Detroit Free Press, July 11, 2002; p. 6C.

"Parts makers' trust in automakers falls", Detroit Free Press, July 11, 2002; p 1C.

"Japan leads supplier relations", Detroit News, July 11, 2002; p. 4B.

"Toyota, Honda lead in supplier relations", Autobeat Daily, July 11, 2002; p. 2.

"Ford, parts makers head for talks", WARD'S AutoWorld, July 2002; p. 10.

"Ford scans parts for savings; 1,000 engineers scramble to make cuts, keep quality", Automotive News, June, 7, 2002

"Ford challenges suppliers to improve, but they blame automaker's late changes", Automotive News, June, 6, 2002

"Quality quandary", Automotive News, June 3, 2002; p. 8.

"Ford scans parts for savings", Automotive News, June 3, 2002; pp. 1,35.

"Survey points finger at Ford", Detroit Free Press, May 30, 2002; pp. 1C+

"Suppliers say For is it own worst enemy on quality", Autobeat Daily, May 30, 2002; p.1

"Ford, Suppliers Having a Tiff", The Car Connection, May 30, 2002.

"Supplier Survey Suggests Ford Pushes Cost Over Quality", The Auto Channel, May 30, 2002.

“Suppliers say Ford is partly to blame for quality problems", Canadian auto news, May 29, 2002.

"Study: Suppliers fire back at Ford", Automotive News Online, May 29, 2002.

"I told you so: Chrysler will turn profit, Zetsche says", USA Today, April 12, 2002; p. 10B.

"Toyota raises the ante", Bloomberg Markets, November 2001, pp.101-104.

"Price vs. quality," Editorial", Automotive Engineering International, September 2001.

"Taking a knife to parts costs penny-wise and pound-foolish: report", Canadian Auto World, August 27, 2001; p. 24.

"Survey: Auto suppliers ailing", The Ann Arbor News, August 6, 2001; p A5.

"OEM cost-cutting demands hurt supplier quality", Autobeat Daily, July 24, 2001; p. 1

"Auto parts quality wanes", Detroit News, July 24, 2001; p. 1C

"Suppliers: Automakers will get what they pay for", Automotive News, July 23, 2001; p. 30.