GM, Autobytel to test car sales on Net

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Autobytel.com has started a 90-day regional pilot program for General Motors (GM), where online users searching a GM brand through Autobytel's Web site would be given a list of inventory at local dealerships and a special price for the vehicle. The dealers would determine the special price for each vehicle, to avoid accusations that GM is setting prices unfairly. Mike Devereux, director of business development for e-GM, said the automaker started the pilot program because consumers say they trust an independent Web site by a 3-to-1 margin.

On-Line Information Services, Automobile Manufacturing, Alliances, partnerships, Videotex & Teletext Svcs NEC, Domestic-Make Autos, Internet services, General Motors Corp., Online information services, Domestic cars

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88 deaths linked to recalled tires

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Federal investigators announced on Aug 31, 2000, that they had received of reports linking 88 deaths to the failure of Firestone tires. Complaints about the tires filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration jumped to 1,400 from 750 on Aug 15, 2000. Injuries linked to the tires climbed to 250 from 100. Firestone recalled 6.5 million ATX, ATX I and Wilderness AT tires, most of them found on Ford Explorers, on Aug 9, 2000, due to tread separation problems.

Legal issues & crime, Tire Manufacturing (except Retreading), Passenger Car Tires, Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire L.L.C.

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