EU CAR REPAIRERS STILL CONCERNED OVER MANUFACTURER TECHNICAL INFORMATION DROUGHT
May 1st, 2007
BY ALAN OSBORN, in LondonEUROPEAN Union (EU) auto repair firms have criticised formal pledges by four automobile manufacturers to provide access to their technical data saying that vital information is still being withheld. The four manufacturers - DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, General Motors and Fiat - were ordered by the European Commission earlier this year to improve repair firms' access to their technical data following findings that information supplied in respect of the Mercedes-Benz, Smart, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Toyota, Opel and Vauxhall brands was ...
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