Automobile After Market Industry

• AllData - ALLDATA is a publisher of electronic automotive repair information. Repair facilities nationwide use ALLDATAs Diagnostic and Repair Database to fix cars faster and more accurately.
• Autobody Online - Autobody Online contains information on collision industry technology, including various products and services.
• Autobody Pro - Autobody Pro is dedicated to autobody professionals: painters, welders, prep specialists, owners, jobbers and the manufacturers, sales staff and reps.
• AutoInc.'s Shop Management Software Guide - AutoInc.'s Shop Management Software Guide is the most anticipated and requested issue of the year. A popular addition to the AutoInc. Web site, the shop management system software guide is now provided online, along with a company directory of software manufacturers.
• AUTOMEC - International Autoparts, Equipment and Service Trade Fair (AUTOMEC) features the autoparts industry, with approximately 1,200 exhibitors from over 35 countries displaying the latest technologies, innovations and trends to 62,000 local buyers and about 3,100 international traders from around the world.
• Automotive Recyclers Assoc. (ARA) - Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) has represented an industry dedicated to the efficient removal and reuse of automotive parts, and the safe disposal of inoperable motor vehicles since 1943. ARA services approximately 2,000 member companies through direct membership and 3,500 companies through Affiliate Chapters worldwide. ARA is the only trade association serving the recycling industry in 19 countries around the world.
• CIECA - Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) is a voluntary membership association created in 1994 to assist auto physical damage repair professionals in the use of information technology for electronic commerce.
• Global Finishing Solutions - Global Finishing Solutions a leader in spray booths and spray booth technology
• IATN - International Automotive Technicians' Network (IATN) is the world's largest community of automotive technicians, repair shop owners and other allied service professionals. The iATN Mission of Excellence is to promote the continued growth, success and image of the professional automotive technician by providing a forum for the exchange of knowledge and the promotion of education, professionalism and integrity.
• Just-Auto - Just-auto.com is a Web portal servicing the information requirements of the automotive industry.
• Mo-Clamp - Mo-Clamp, originator of the "self-actuating clamp", offers 300 different clamps, chains and accessories for the collision repair technician. Take a look at their online catalog or order Mo-Clamp promotional items from promotional information page. See how their products are made and used in the tech tips page or obtain information regarding distribution and ordering products on the order page.
• MyPartsShop - Mypartshop.com provides instant requests for 150 auto part types for vehicles 1965 to present. With over seven million parts and 325 locations nationwide, the site is updated by each supplier daily and can provide consumers 50-90% off retail prices.
• NASTF - The National Automotive Service Task Force (NASTF) is a not-for-profit task force established to facilitate the identification and correction of gaps in the availability and accessibility of automotive service information, service training, diagnostic tools and equipment, and communications for the benefit of automotive service professionals.
• National Auto Body Council (NABC) - National Auto Body Council (NABC) is a not-for-profit organization committed to the goal of improving the image of all dedicated professionals in the collision repair industry.
• RTI Tecnologies, Inc. - RTI Technologies, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of quality automotive service equipment. RTI's lines include A/C service-refrigerant recycling equipment, on-the car brake lathes, laser wheel alignment systems, coolant service equipment, and strut spring compressors. Visit RTI's Web site to view their equipment catalog and past issues of RTI's monthly newsletter, The RTI Report.
• SystemOne Technologies - SystemOne Technologies designs, manufacturers, sells and services the industry's most powerful parts cleaning technology for the automotive, fleet, marine, aviation and industrial markets. SystemOne's patented recycling process delivers crystal clear solvent on demand, every day and eliminates hazardous waste. They provide national sales/service and offer a free, no obligation trial.
• The Collision Industry Conference (CIC) - The Collision Industry Conference (CIC) is an impartial forum for discussion of national issues affecting the automobile collision repair industry.
• Trim-Gard - Trim-Gard is a manufacturer of automotive bodyside, wheel well and door edge moldings. Their products are used by paint and bodyshops, professional installers and retailers and is a recognized leader in the Automotive After-Market Industry. This site offers extensive product information and a vehicle application guide.
• Wurth West Inc. - Wurth West Inc. is the largest distributor of fasteners, tools and chemicals in the world. An international company in business for 50 years with distribution in over 60 countries, Wurth is a supplier of the automotive, cycle, truck and bus industries. They offer a full product range of hardware, electrical supplies for both domestic and import vehicles. The highest quality product line in the industry. Wurth is known for their customer service, technical information, professionally trained representatives and schedule call cycle.

Automobile Consumer

• AllAutoNet - AllAutoNet.com is an automotive portal offering world-class content and functionality. AllAutoNet provides consumers and businesses a venue to search for automotive products and services with quick, easy and specific results.
• AllExperts Auto Repair - AllExperts Auto Repair has veteran auto and truck mechanics that are there to give you free answers to your detailed one-on-one questions about repairing every major brand of car.
• Auto Guide - AutoGuide.net is your directory to the online automotive community. Search from thousands of links to websites on anything for cars, trucks and motorcycles.
• Auto Repair 2000 - Find auto body & repair shops, repair manuals and more...
• AutoHotline - AutoHotline.com links consumers to dealers, and dealers to dealers, wholesale and retail. AutoHotline's Web site provides easy-to-use new & used car inventory search, parts locator, repair advice, auto news.
• AutoWeb - Autoweb.com puts informed, motivated buyers in touch with an exclusive network of the highest-ranking dealers in the U.S. and Canada. A recent poll by USA Today/Intelliquest also named Autoweb.com the best car buying service on the World Wide Web.
• Car Care Council - Car Care Council is an information source of automotive maintenance and repair information. Site includes: maintenance tips and information, Car Care Newspaper Supplement, maintenance tips via radio, The C.A.R. Radio Show and much more.
• CarDetective - CarDetective.com provides comprehensive used vehicle reports with everything you need to know before you buy a pre-owned automobile: critical evaluation, title searches, complaint and recall summaries, what you should pay, crash test data, and much more.
• CarPrices - CarPrices.com offers information on new and used car prices and reviews, insurance quotes, financing and warranty information and automotive classifieds. Find out the history of your vehicle in the Car Title Check section.
• Edmunds Automobile Buyers Guides - Edmunds Automobile Buyers Guides provides comprehensive information on performance, reliability and fair market price on vehicles; and rates them on individual categories. Research original wholesale prices and current values on new and used cars and trucks.
• EPA's Green Vehicle Guide - EPA's Green Vehicle Guide helps you choose the cleanest and most fuel-efficient vehicle that meets your needs. The guide rates environmental performance when the vehicle is in use.
• Kelly Blue Book - Kelley Blue Book is your guide when you are ready to buy a car. We will give you the information you need to make informed choices, whether you are buying a new or used car; selling or trading in your own car. At kbb.com all New and Used Car pricing reports are free to car buying consumers.
• LifeCars - The Kidney & Urology Foundation sponsors the Lifecars Program. Consider donating your used car to support the Kidney & urology Foundation of America, dedicated for over 50 years to helping the 70 million Americans who suffer from kidney and urologic disease. Get a tax deduction and help save a life!
• Luxury Car Network - Luxury Car Network is the worlds largest listing of pre-owned luxury cars, sports cars and sports utility vehicles for sale. Search their inventory and look at consumer information; youll find thousands of vehicles from which to choose. Each vehicle is listed according to geographic area, make, model, year and price.
• U.S. Auto News - U.S. Auto News provides informative reports on the latest technological advances in the industry, including thousands of current Web site listings and links. If it's "automotive or related" you can find it in U.S. Auto News!
• ValuParts - Valuparts provides instant requests for 150 auto part types for vehicles 1965 to present. With over seven million parts and 325 locations nationwide, the site is updated by each supplier daily and can provide consumers 50-90% off retail prices.

Automobile Legislative

• Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair (CCAR) - Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair (CCAR) is a partnership of industry, education and government, in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Design for the Environment. CCAR's virtual repair shop is designed to help automotive service professionals better understand their environmental responsibilities.
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - EnviroSenSe: Assisting Pollution Prevention Implementation allows those implementing pollution prevention programs or developing research and development projects to benefit from the experience, progress and knowledge of their peers. This site includes a pollution prevention forum for all levels of government, researchers, industry and public interest groups.
• FedWorld - FedWorld was introduced by The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) in November 1992 to help with the challenge of accessing U.S. Government information online. The goal of FedWorld is to provide a one-stop location for the public to locate, order and have delivered to them, U.S. Government information.
• GAO Report on Motor Vehicle Safety - GAO Report on Motor Vehicle Safety is the United States General Accounting Office report to Congress on its studies of the safety of aftermarket crash parts and recycled airbags. The report also analyzes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's regulatory authority over aftermarket parts and airbags and its ability to identify and remove those parts determined unsafe.
• OSHA - Occupational Safety And Health Administration (OSHA) Web site, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Labor.
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Web site includes announcements and events; search recalls, complaints and service bulletins, or submit a complaint.
• The U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of the National Ombudsman - The U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of the National Ombudsman fosters a federal regulatory environment that's "small business friendly." The Ombudsman is a liaison between small business owners and federal government agencies with regulatory authority.

Automobile Restoration

• Aftermarket Online - Aftermarket Online was developed as an industry-standard service, Aftermarket Online is designed to provide easy access to the automotive and truck parts aftermarkets Internet-accessible information. Aftermarket On-Line provides website hosting facilities for industry associations, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and other aftermarket organizations -- providing aftermarket users with a convenient method of accessing industry-specific information.
• Automotive Industry Planning Council - Automotive Industry Planning Council is a national advisory group of industry leaders, vocational/technical educators, and educational policy makers whose mission is to promote communication, cooperation, and excellence in automotive service training programs.
• Automotive Leadership Institute (ALI) - Automotive Leadership Institute (ALI) offers the most comprehensive solutions and products for independent repair owners in business training, development, planning and implementation. ALI is dedicated to training today's auto service leaders and conducts seminars that help auto shop owners meet the challenges of business management, service delivery, new technology, marketing and customer relations.
• Automotive Management Institute (AMI) - Automotive Management Institute (AMI) provides and promotes practical business management education tailored to the automotive service industry. AMI was established to answer the demand for continuing education tailored specifically for the business needs of the automotive service industry. The Institute offers the Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) designation, the first business management accreditation exclusively for the automotive service professional. Visit the AMI Web site for course information.
• Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) - The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Web site offers information on certification courses, NATEF, racing and other automotive repair industry topics.
• AutoPersonnel - AutoPersonnel.com provides staffing services for all automotive-related positions: management, technicians and body repair people.
• AutoShop101 - Autoshop101 provides automotive training support for automotive technicians, students and teachers. Online ASE style practice tests, technical articles and online tutorials are provided.
• Bergwall Productions - Bergwall Productions offers Internet courses, books, videocassettes and CD-ROMs for automotive technicians seeking study guides for ASE certification tests. Courses contain up-to-date information and practical hands-on demonstrations. In addition to the complete line of ASE Test Preparation materials, the company's SHOPTALK series provides technicians with the skills-based training needed to service today's vehicles.
• Council for Advanced Automotive Trainers (CAAT) - Council for Advanced Automotive Trainers (CAAT) is an automotive technical and technician training organization, providing training programs, information and networking resources for automotive trainers and professional technicians.
• Environmental Development Corp. - Environmental Development Corp. develops environmental/safety guides for vehicle maintenance operations and training programs for technicians. A training video service is also available.
• Horizon Training - Horizon Training offers management classes throughout the US for Automotive Repair Shops. The classes are designed to increase profits through increased productivity and efficiency. Participants learn skills and systems which can be implemented immediately to reduce stress and to give the automotive repair shop owner control over his/her business.
• I-Car - I-CAR is an independent, not-for-profit technical training organization. All I-CAR activities focus on helping the collision industry achieve a high level of technical training.
• Management Success - Management Success delivers seminars and training exclusively designed for automotive repair shop owners. The "How to Increase Profits" is an informative and entertaining two-day seminar designed to open your eyes to the real profits that can be had in an automotive shop and give you real management help that you can take back to the shop and use. Visit this site and take the Black Hole Test to receive a no-cost, no obligation analysis of your shop by a trained consultant.
• Melior Inc. - Melior Inc.'s sole business is teaching automotive diagnostics through its Web-based courses, field trainers and on-site courses for fleets, manufacturers, auto dealers and independent repair shops. The company is associated with the Professional College of the Melior Institute.
• R.L.O. Connor & Associates Inc. - R. L. O'Connor & Associates, Inc. has been presenting well attended management workshops throughout North America for owners and employees of automotive repair shops since 1988. Participants of these workshops learn skills and systems which can be immediately implemented, and will bring immediate results in the areas of business control, staff acquisition and retention, efficiency, and profits. Many of the workshops are approved by the Automotive Management Institute (AMI) for credits towards becoming an Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM).
• Vale National Training Centers - Vale National Training Centers has over 50 years of experience training auto damage estimators. Their Web site provides online descriptions of their Auto Estimators courses for beginners and registration. A simple e-mail form allows readers to contact Vale for a complete course catalog or registration assistance.
• Veejer Enterprises - Veejer Enterprises offers training programs on troubleshooting electrical and electronic systems in auto, truck and heavy equipment.