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Win meeting with

Hołek!

Gather points in 3 Special Sections

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Detailes in Gala News and on pages 3 and 4.

AIR-CONDITIONING TIME OILS, SEALS, CHEMICALS

TRUCK MARKET NEW ITEMS, ADVICES, TRAININGS

BUSINESS & EDUCATION YOUNG HR

TA BLE O F CO NTENTS

A WOR D F ROM TH E BOARD C U R R E N T E V E N TS

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Supplements: Technical supplement: ABS System - part 2 Personalized card for Garage Masters’ Gala with car-key Leaflet: Motorbike financing

Bimonthly WIADOMOŚCI Inter Cars SA Address: Inter Cars SA ul. Gdańska 15, 05-152 Czosnów Tel.: +48 22 71 41 425, +48 22 71 41 743 www.intercars.com.pl Editor-in-chief: Joanna Król Editing team: E. Banasiak, G. Putkiewicz, M. Zmysłowska Co-Editors: P. Babraj, P. Bok, T. Borek, M. Ciesielska, M. Cybulski, M. Gałczyński, A. Fąk, S. Jankowski, S. Koniec, P. Kaczmarek, P. Kowalski, M. Latawiec, R. Małek, J. Niezgoda, K. Nowak, P. Nowak, D. Panek, I. Sar, P. Stasiak, M. Turski, P. Urbaniak, M. Wiśniewski, P. Więch, J. Więckowski, S. Wysocka, D. Zawadka.

Design: Pogotowie Graficzne Montage: Studio Yelow Robak Wojciech Correction: Karolina Kuczyńska Cover: Studio Yelow Robak Wojciech Printing: www.drukmillenium.pl Translation: FCE Training Centre; fce_tc@o2.pl Marketing office: J. Król, tel. +48 22 71 41 420, Joanna.Krol@intercars.eu Maria Zmysłowska, tel. +48 22 71 41 446, Maria.Zmyslowska@intercars.eu Emilia Banasiak, tel. +48 22 71 41 425, Emilia.Banasiak@intercars.eu Grzegorz Putkiewicz, tel. +48 22 71 41 743, Grzegorz Putkiewicz@intercars.eu

Dear Readers, The Race continues. I mention this event once again, although in February we prepared for you special issue of magazine which was only about Garage Masters’ Gala.

We are continuing the topic of our greater promotion, which will be finished in May. But beforehand I recommend and encourage to get familiar with special campaigns which we called Special Stages. For the most active customers, special rewards were prepared, which this time are not in the form of any material things. The winner will get… emotions and extreme experiences, because the meeting with unique personalities will for sure be full of them – with Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Krzysztof Oleksowicz, Maciek Oleksowicz and Bartek Ostałowski. I am sure that the time spent with them will be priceless and will remain a long lasting experience in memory of the winners. Information about those meetings and accounts of the meetings will be presented soon on www. icms.eu (a webpage dedicated for Garage Masters’ Gala). Those of you, who do not know about our promotion or still hesitate about it or have questions regarding the rules, please visit: www. intercars.com.pl/wydawnictwa firmowe.

There are also new sections of our magazine, which I strongly recommend to our readers. Inter Cars S.A. is one of very few aftermarket spare parts distributor in Europe, which has its own testing laboratory. Thanks to any tests performed in the lab, we can be sure that we are delivering only top quality goods to our customers. About how it is all done, and what it means for the end user, we will be informing you regularly in our new section called “Laboratory”.

Customers of truck market should look for important and interesting information in “Truck Market” section, in which we are presenting new products, technologies, and technical advices, as well as a schedule of trainings for mechanics repairing commercial vehicles. We will try to deliver a portion of fresh information regarding this market segment, because we do care about further development of Inter Cars S.A. in this area as well as our bimonthly magazine.

Best Regards, Joanna Król

Cover: Subaru STI. A car used during the meeting by winners of special stages.

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A WOR D F RO M TH E BOARD

Spare parts for trucks

Witold Kmieciak, Boar Member of Inter Cars SA

Dear All!

ders on this market segment.

Truck market, which I have been responsible for since the beginning of this year in Inter Cars S.A., after a breakdown in 2009, slowly, but at a stable pace is recovering and rebuilding.

That is why we are training our sales representatives and sellers, so that they are able not only to perform sales, but to be advisors for mechanics in choosing parts for repairs. Besides that, we are also developing our Technical Competence Centre, so that we are able to help garages cooperating with us solve problems they meet when repairing vehicles.

Despite the difficulties which appear in economy of Europe, Polish transport and dispatching companies are trying to serve as many freights as possible in whole Europe, western as well as eastern. Thanks to good cost optimization, our forwarders have no competition in their market segment. That is where we can see a chance to

Thanks to cooperation with renowned spare parts manufacturers Inter Cars S.A. has access to the most modern technologies and trainings,

The offer of spare parts for trucks in Inter Cars S.A. is constantly developed so that our customers can have full comfort of realization of repairs and that they can be sure that they have a reliable partner, which is able to satisfy their needs generated by their operational activity. make our position stronger. Despite quite big differences between passenger car market and truck market, some solutions used for supporting garages can also be used for truck ones.

I have in mind trainings, complete sets for standard repairs, investment contracts. It is true that these elements are already present in the offer for our customers from truck market, but we would like to verify them from the point of view of those of our Customers, who are service provi-

which are organized in cooperation with them.

Those manufacturers set the most modern trends in automotive industry development, because they are responsible for more and more complicated orders from car manufacturers. The offer of spare parts for trucks in Inter Cars S.A. is constantly developed so that our customers can have full comfort of realization of repairs and that they can be sure that they have a reliable partner, which is able to satisfy their needs gene-

First summaries Analyzing agency MotoFocus have prepared a forecast of sales results of spare parts aftermarket distributors in Poland, for the last year.

The biggest companies participated in the analysis, which in total are 85% of automotive aftermarket. Thanks to such wide market research it is possible to present a real picture of spare parts aftermarket.

The value of sales revenue of spare parts distributors naturally reflects the situation of mechanical garage services market. As we know, the market works in a typical way for connected vessels – lower sales revenue of distributors means lower demand for spare parts from servicing garages. This in turn can be caused by lower number of customers or their will of saving – buying cheaper products or even buying used pars, which very often come from black market.

From estimation made by MotoFocus we can assess that 15 biggest spare parts distributors on passenger cars market in 2012 recorded sales revenue of 1,717 million Euro, a decrease of 1.4% in comparison to previous year. A bit worse is situation on truck aftermarket. 15 biggest distributors specialized in this area reached 434 million Euro turnover, a decrease of 3.3% year to date. More current information and market analysis available at: MotoFocus.pl/Rynek.

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rated by their operational activity. Our aim is to reach such position in truck market, as we have now in passenger cars market.

Detailed information regarding our activities are published in different magazines. In current issue of Wiadomości IC you will find several pages only about truck market and spare parts for trucks. We are also cooperating with industry press and motorization portals, in which we are signalling our presence, stressing availability and wide range of goods, and since 2nd April you can also visit updated webpage www.truck.intercars.com.pl.

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Win a meeting with

Hołek Complete information about Great Race were delivered to you in special issue of Gala News, also available on-line. If something is not clear, you must visit webpage www.icms.eu. You are also welcome to watch films connected with Garage Masters’ Gala which are at: http://icms.eu/Media. Soon you will find there a film which is an invitation to March meeting with our Stars!!

Special Section Drivers: Krzysztof Oleksowicz with Krzysztof Hołowczyc...

www.icms.eu Watch a film with Krzysztof Hołowczyc.

SPECIAL SECTION 1 PASSED On 28th February the first Special Section of Great Race was finished. 15 winners are awaited by not less emotions in real racing cars.

Soon they ones who gained the bigger number of points in the race will have a unique weekend. On 22-23 March they will take part in automotive meeting with Motointegrator racing team: Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Krzysztof Oleksowicz and Maciek Oleksowicz. The following cars will be waiting there for them: Subaru Impreza STI, Nissan Skyline, Nissan Skyline R33 and BMW M3 E46.

First the participants will have to undergo a special training led by professional instructors and contestants, and after a dose of theory, they will start practical part of the event with guaranteed dose of adrenaline. Each laureate will have a chance to try his best driving a sports BMW and feel the emotions of controlled skidding with Grzegorz Staszewski. But main and most important attraction, full of adrenaline and emotions, will be a co-drive with Hołek, Krzysztof and Maciek Oleksowicz, and also with Bartek Ostałowski. So it seems to be a day full of unforgettable events, which will remain in memory of participants for a long time. Of course we have also prepared special souvenirs on this occasion in the form of unique racing packs and film relations.

You are more than welcome to take part in the remaining two Special Sections, which will last from 1st till 31st March and from 2nd till 30th April. Within these periods, purchasing

Participants of Special Sectionswill be able to get monthly one of 150 racing packs.

E-issues available at: www.intercars.com.pl

the products of manufacturers listed in the rules (see http://icms.eu/Regulamin) you will collect points calculated in the same way as those collected in the Great Race contest. 15 best in each Special Section with the highest number of points will take part in next motorization meetings with our Stars! The meetings will take place on 26-27 April (for Special Section 2) and 17-18 May (for Special Section 3).

Besides visiting webpage and Gala News, we also recommend reading PR newsletters, which you get on your e-mail address at least once a week. It is worth reading them, as there are some details regarding the contest in them. If you prefer telephone contact, call us on 0 801 80 20 20. You can always ask your IC sales representative for more information, and we are sure that he will deliver them to you with pleasure.

…and Maciek Oleksowicz with Bartek Ostałowski

Where to look for information about Gala?

• Gala news • Webpage www.icms.eu • Gala newsletter • Contact with Sales Representative • Infromation from call center

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REWARDS IN GREAT RACE 500 invitations to Garage Masters’ Gala. Three laureates with the highest scores in each category (garage, shop with garage and truck market) will win cars: 1st place – ŠKODA Octavia, 2nd place – ŠKODA Rapid, 3rd place – ŠKODA

Investment in environment Inter Cars S.A. bought shares in Partslife, environment protection and recycling process management service provider.

Fabia. Each participant of Gala will have a chance to win in lottery: 3 purchase vouchers worth 10,000 PLN, ŠKODA Octavia Combi RS or one of two ŠKODA Octavias founded by Castrol and Bosch.

How time flies…

In the second part of February the fourth season of Show Car Free Training Programme started, realized by Inter Cars S.A. Trainings in Ełk, Jędrzejów and Starogard Gdański are already finished. Between 11th and 15th March the silver Show Car stays in Suwałki. The trainings will be performed in the following places: Gorzów Wlkp., 18-22.03; Warszawa, Annopol branch, 2-6.04; Rybnik, 8-12.04; Wieliczka, 15-19.04; Lublin, 22-26.04; Gdynia, 6-10.05; Legionowo, 13-17.05; Bydgoszcz, 20-24.05 and Radom, 27-31.05.

This year our partners prepared the following trainings:

CEO Inter Cars SA, Robert Kierzek and Daniel Grub, key account manager Partslife

“Cooperation with Partslife will enable Inter Cars to reduce greatly the cost of waste management” – said Daniel Grub, key account manager Partslife. “Next step will be implementation of solutions designed for service garages and improvement of energy efficiency of the company.” Inter Cars S.A. plans to increase its engagement in issues of environment protection. Garage chains Q-Service and Q-Service Truck which operate in Poland are over 500 members. Adding to this Perfect Service chain, Inter Cars associates almost 1,000 garages, which in the future can gain on solutions offered for waste management.

Partslife plans to be present during the Exhibition Fair of Spare Parts, Tools and Garage Equipment, and by this to reach garages in Poland. Currently Partslife has 28 shareholders, the most important players of independent automotive aftermarket. Partslife is one of the leading German companies dealing with waste management and recycling of industrial waste.

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• Bosch - Sensors’ diagnostics and influence on engine work. Symptoms and diagnostics and repairs of modern brake systems.

• ContiTech - Timing systems and supporting systems in passenger car engines.

• Denso - automotive air-conditioning systems.

• Febi - Toe-in and suspension technology in trucks.

• Hella i Hella Gutmann - Engine management sensors; Basic diagnostics; Air-conditioning – diagnostics and servicing and automotive lighting.

• Lauber - Product-technical trainings.

• Mahle - engine products – OE quality in aftermarket; Knecht filters – best way of lengthening engine life and Mahle turns on turbo-charging – about new products in our product range.

• Mobil - requirements for engine oils regarding new EURO norms.

• Ruville - repair and diagnostics procedures.

• Wahler - Engine temperature control and regulation and NOX in exhaust gases.

• Inter Cars - car installations, tuning – offer presentation.

Technological partner

After last years’ success and great interest of customers and branches, Bosch company continues its individual training programme in black Show Car Truck, which already has visited Sochaczew and Częstochowa. Soon it will come to Tychy, 12-15.03, Białystok, 19-22.03 and Głogów, 26-29.03.

Training topics: • Sensors’ diagnostics and influence on engine work. Malfunction symptoms.

• Diagnostics and repairs of modern brake systems.

• Car diagnostics.

• Direct injection of petrol (FSI) on example of VW group.

• Bosch ESP systems.

• Diesel particle filters.

• Diesel fuel feed systems.

NEW SEMITRAILER In April the new training semitrailer for black truck will have its premiere. Chassis made by Feber company, whereas ETIS company is responsible for realization of hydraulic system of opening container. Modernized Show Car will have a tour on the brake of April and May in Lithuania and Latvia.

In next issues of Wiadomości IC we will be informing you about the dates of trainings and their topics in the second half of 2013.

Visit us at www.showcar.intercars.com.pl.

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Częstochowa for the beginning On 7th January 2013 in Practical Training Centre in Częstochowa there was an official inauguration of II edition of Young HR programme.

Interest in the event was much bigger than expected by the organizers.

“Young HR” is developing and reaching wider and wider audience. It was clearly visible during grand opening of cooperation with new partner in Częstochowa. All invited guests arrived. On the list were, inter alia: Town Mayer, Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk, Inter Cars S.A. CEO, Robert Kierzek, Education Vice Administrator of Silesia district, Tadeusz Żesławski, Director of Education Department of Częstochowa City hall, Ryszard Stefaniak.

Chairman of Education Board for the City of Częstochowa, Elżbieta Kunicka and representatives of city companies, Inter Cars branches, programme partners and media.

BUSINESS AND EDUCATION – COMMON PURPOSE

Such a big interest shows that authorities of Częstochowa City took the project really seriously and they can see the great need of development of vocational education. Speeches delivered during the event confirmed this fact.

The President of the city stressed that cooperation between business and education is very important. As he graduated a technical school himself, he confirmed that from his own experience he can now say that theoretical knowledge from school does not always match with reality that people meet when graduating their schools. He also declared full support from authorities of the city for “Young HR” programme, as a programme which can help young people find work after graduating schools.

Education Administrator also stressed the need of adapting education to the needs of labour market. In his speech he quoted a report performed by Ministry of Education, which shows clearly that current system of vocational education does not perform well.

Students participating in the survey also marked that knowledge passed by teachers is not given in a proper way and does not match current reality. Programs such as “Young HR” are a response to this lacks, are a kind of connector between the school and the industry. So another advantage of the programme is not only delivering the devices for the schools, but also

President of Częstochowa Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk and CEO Inter Cars SA Robert Kierzek sign cooperation contract.

trainings for the teaches.

Next the President of the Board of Inter Cars S.A., Robert Kierzek gave his speech. He mentioned a really important matter of social responsibility of business. He said that not only making money is important, but also positive influence on the surrounding society. By similar initiatives entrepreneurs can change the industry standards to better. That is why “Young HR” is not only emergency help for schools, but also long-term investment on which the whole industry will gain.

SUCCESSFUL INAUGURATION

After speeches, gathered guests were shown a presentation about the project and its basic assumptions and a film about Inter Cars S.A. presenting its history and business activities.

There was also official signing of contract of cooperation by Inter Cars S.A. CEO, Robert Kierzek and President of Częstochowa, Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk. Robert Kierzek also got a statue rewarded to Inter Cars S.A. for being education friendly company, and thanksgiving letter.

For the closing of the ceremony, students of Practical Training Centre presented a special

program, which met great interest from the viewers, especially male students.

All participants agreed that the event was successful. The most optimistic is such a big interest of local authorities, education authorities and local media. Thanks to this we know that “Young HR” is going the right way.

13 EXPO IN SEPTEMBER 6-8.09.2013 • Bemowo Airport in Warsaw • Weekend with industry professionals • Almost 200 exhibitors of spare parts, tools and services for garages • New products, new technological solutions • Advices, trainings and presentations • On the stage: stars, music and numerous attractions with rewards More information in next issue of Wiadomości IC. You are more than welcome!

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That is why young people need to be given the same knowledge as professionals, to let them easier find their place in motorization. Currently we are providing trainings about timing systems, but we are thinking of broadening our offer. As you know ContiTech is a company operating in many areas of automotive industry, that is why we can offer a lot of our experience to young people.”

Below comments can be a prove of positive reaction of participants.

Dariusz Humaj, Practical Training Centre Director in Częstochowa “I think that inauguration was really successful and everything went according to plan. The number of participants proves that interest in vocational education is growing. It makes us even more happy that city authorities with Mr President are open to new initiatives and projects connected with education. In Częstochowa there are different initiatives, actions and campaigns which are meant to improve the level of education. That is why Częstochowa is a good place for “Young HR” programme. We are sure that help and support of Inter Cars S.A. will be used properly. The equipment we have received will help our students to develop their qualifications, and we are really happy with this fact.”

Krzysztof Kuenstler, Schaeffler, Luk Ina Fag Group “When we found out about “Young HR” programme, at once we decided to take part in it, because it fits perfectly our plans. Within “Young HR” we are dealing with trainings regarding all products in our product range, such as clutches, timing systems or bearings. We are really happy with cooperation, as everybody gain in this project, that is Inter Cars, suppliers, students, schools and the whole market. Young people are more open to knowledge and easier accept modern solutions than older mechanics, who already have some habits of their own. That is why we can raise future mechanics in the most modern standards.”

Krzysztof Fabisiak, Denso “Denso have supported “Young HR” since 2012, when we performed first trainings within the programme. For us it is a great chance to share our knowledge and to present our product range to young fans of motorization, who are already working or soon will be working in servicing garages all over Poland. Because of this reason our presence in the programme is an important part of building Denso brand awareness among potential customers.

But the most important are participants of this trainings, who during free of charge and optional meetings have possibility of gaining precious technical information about the products, their operation, diagnostics and ways of repairing.

Last year’s trainings show that the need of gaining additional, advanced technical knowledge is very big among all the participants - bigger and bigger popularity of „Young HR” programme confirms all this.”

Jacek Sozański, ContiTech “We have joined the programme because it fits perfectly to policy of our company. Everyone can see that such actions are really needed on our market. But still there is too big difference between what is taught at schools and market realities.

Changes in law regulations

Krystian Nowak

Till 15th March each year there is an obligation of delivering to suitable Marshal Office a report saying what was done with used batteries collected from individual retail customers.

The duty applies to waste owner, in compliance with art. 200 of law regulation dated on 14th December 2012 about waste (Law Journal 2013 no. 0 position 21). Someone having dangerous waste, and used batteries are one (160601), must deliver to Marshal Office a collective report including kind of waste and quantities, ways of managing the waste and installations and devices which are used for recycling and disposal of dangerous waste.

DISCHARGE FROM OBTAINING PERMIT In compliance with law in force dated December 2012, there are two kinds of permissions for collecting the waste and for disposing the waste, within which you need to include information about kind of waste generated and handled. The right minister of economy in cooperation with the right minister of environment will issue a regulation which will settle the kind of waste and quantity of waste which will be a subject to discharge for obtaining a

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No report or delay in delivering the report to suitable office is a subject to fine of between 500 and 8,000 PLN. permit and the method of waste recycling and disposal which must be used in case of dangerous waste – also detailed conditions for waste recycling taking into consideration kind of waste and potential threats for the environment when processing the waste. But for today no such resolution has been published.

In compliance with Paragraph 232.1. permits for collecting waste and permits for recycling or disposing waste issued on the basis of current law in force become suitable permits for waste collection and waste disposal, as understood in compliance with law in force. But the permits for collection and disposal and recycling of dangerous waste, issued on the basis of previous law regulations, keep validity for the

time for which they were issued, but no longer than for two years from the date of new regulation coming in force.

Person responsible for coordination of collecting used batteries is Krystian Nowak, tel. +4822 714 1973, mobile: 665391315.

Collective reports about waste for 2012 must be prepared on previous report forms: http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20071010686&min=1 (To be delivered to Marshal office). http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20102491674&min=1 (Internal document)

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Motointegrator & Hołowczyc join forces Since the beginning of 2013 Krzysztof Hołowczyc is an ambassador of internet platform Motointegrator.pl. As a sportsman stemming from car racing, he perfectly fits the character of the brand, which is strongly connected with motor-sports.

“I met Motointegrator at the very beginning of its existence. In September last year I took part in Master Race as their driver during Inter Cars Motor Show, and several weeks later, during 69 Rally Poland we made a team with Krzysztof Oleksowicz, owner of Inter Cars S.A.” - says Krzysztof Hołowczyc - „Since the first contact with Motointegrator and Inter Cars I could feel the passion and enthusiasm of people creating them. Now I am glad that I will take part in the process of building a very dynamic and innovative brand, which is so close to my automotive passion. I hope that together we will manage to change the internet market of automotive services in Poland”.

Motointegrator is an internet platform which makes it possible to purchase spare parts, tyres and accessories and make an appointment for assembling them in over 5,000 garages all over Poland. Since the premiere of the platform on 1st September 2012, webpage www.motointegrator.pl have been visited by over 3 million users. This score makes it the first among automotive internet shops.

“For us, as a new brand on the market, cooperation with Krzysztof Hołowczyc is a chance for reaching a wide audience. Hi is a personification of the idea we wish to promote. Many times he has proven how much work you need to do on your way to success, and ambition and fair play are for many years associated with his person. This is just the direction of Motointegrator.”

Such summary of decision was given by Krzysztof Soszyński, vice-president of Inter Cars S.A. The brand also performs social activities connected with communication on Facebook portal - www.facebook.com/MotoIntegrator and on blog – www.300kucy.pl.

That is where Motointegrator fans and blog readers will be able to have direct contact with popular Hołek.

You can watch an interview with Krzysztof Hołowczyc, where he talks about Dakar, accident, safe driving and of course about Motointegrator: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro_WYdzIbS4&feature=youtu.be

Closer to every garage

To m a s z B o r e k

Motorcycle spare parts in car branches.

Beginning season brings new possibilities for motorcycle partners of Inter Cars S.A. The company decided to increase availability of spare parts and running parts for motorcycles, which now besides specialized Inter Motors chain will be also offered in “car branches”.

Another result of reorganization of sales system of motorcycle spare parts is motorbike certification, that is additional special trainings for sellers who were till now serving customers regarding passenger cars market. Thanks to such solution, on each area of Inter Cars S.A. branch, the contact with sales representative

will now be adapted and tailored to the needs of motorbike market. The main advantages are not only wide range of goods from several world known suppliers, cheaper private brands, but also full and complete garage equipment and investment support. Full information about the offer and trading possibilities will be delivered by sales representatives working on the area of particular Inter Cars branch.

will be easier and faster. Development of motorcycle chain will be supported by full logistic system and wide range of operation of Inter Cars S.A. distribution chain. Several trained sales representatives dedicated for contacting demanding customers of motorbike industry have already started their work in the field, and in branches all over Poland you will find more and more sellers trained from motorbike product range. Full engagement of “car branches” in selling motorbike goods is not everything.

Distribution model, which fits perfectly car industry and works with success for Inter Cars,

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Passenger bad, trucks even worse In 2012 in total 270,584 new cars were registered and 645,524 used ones. A decrease of 1.54% and 1.32% year to date.

No more faulty cars on Polish roads?

The government is planning to make technical controls stricter in order to eliminate faulty cars.

MotoFocus agency performed an independent survey among garages regarding clutches.

Mechanics were asked a question if they have special tools for disassembling and assembling self-adjusting clutches. It turned out that over half of specialists do not have such equipment in their garages.

According to SAMAR report the year 2012 was the worst as regards sales of new passenger cars in Europe since 1995, when the volume of sales did not even reach 12 million pieces. This shows that tendency in Poland reflects the general tendency in Europe. Nothing seems to show that this year is supposed to be better.

According to European analysts the year 2013 will be closed with less than 11.8 million passenger cars registered.

Much worse is the situation on truck and commercial vehicle market. In 2012, 42,154 new commercial vehicles were registered with weight up to 6 tons and 60,868 used ones. A decrease of 8.69% and huge 16.18% year-on-year.

Changes in control system for cars are supposed to eliminate faulty cars, which are dangerous for safety of road users in our country.

As “Gazeta Prawna” wrote, currently in Poland only 2% of cars do not pass technical controls, when average age of a car is 15 years. In Scandinavian countries, the fleet is younger, and 25-30% of cars do not pass controls, in Latvia this number is event up to 50%. Such a good result of controls of Polish cars make us suspect that most of controls are only a fiction.

In Ministry of Transport, special work group have been created, which is supposed to work out recommendations for law changes regarding technical controls of cars. The changes are e.g.: to put a sticker on plates, which will inform about up-to-date technical check, increasing the penalties for driving without valid

So over 11 thousand less used commercial vehicles were sold in comparison to previous year. Similar situation is when talking about cars of more than 6 tons. In 2012 in total 16,216 new cars were registered and 22,019 used ones. Year-on-year decrease of 3.25% regarding new trucks and tremendous 20.66% decrease in sales of used cars, which seams to be a big problem It all results from crisis in transport industry. High fuel prices, large fiscalization and bureaucracy and general market slowdown influence this market segment.

Source: SAMAR “Analysis of current market trends. December 2012”.

control, and the amount of fine would depend on the period of time during which the vehicle had no valid check. The Ministry also announces obligatory CCTV cameras in control stations and bigger penalties for dishonest technical controllers.

Implementing new law regulations is supposed to change the current system completely and heal it. As NIK report from 2011 shows, one of the biggest problems in road safety is bad technical condition of cars. Also in 2011 cars which did not pass technical controls we 1.88% out of 6.3 million cars which were controlled at 1,754 control stations and controlled

by Transport Technical Inspection.

Source: „Gazeta Prawna”

Do you have equipment to change self-adjusting clutch?

The number of cars equipped with self-adjusting clutches is constantly growing, they can be met more and more often in lower class cars. Clutches of this kind were for the first time mass used in cars 18 years ago – such cars must for sure be repaired in independent garages. In order to perform a repair of self-adjusting clutch in compliance with guidelines of a manufacturer, you need to have a suitable equipment. It turns out that 53.5% of garage representatives participating in the survey of MotoFocus said that they do not have equipment for fixing clutches.

The number of garages which have equipment for self-adjusting clutches is bigger in larger towns than in smaller ones, but it is still

just 7% difference – so generally, no matter where the garage operates, the competition regarding changing self-operating clutches is not big.

Advantages of having tools for self-adjusting clutches.

Because of much bigger number of these type of clutches used in modern cars, investment in device should pay-off really in a short time.

The cost of purchasing a professional device should also not be a big expense for the garage (prices of such devices are around 1,000 PLN).

More information and market analysis available at: MotoFocus.pl/Rynek.

In order to see the current offer of professional tools for clutch servicing, please visit our new webpage www.warsztat.intercars. com.pl/narzędzia/ specjalistyczne/narzędzia do obsługi przeniesienia napędu.

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After a successful year 2012, 4x4 group invites to three events: - 3-5 May in Żagań, - 28-29 June in Stalowa Wola, - 20-22 September in Nowy Sącz.

For professionals, for amateurs

4x4 Group is an experienced and qualified team of people who deal with automotive industry, mostly with off-road and tuning. Races organized by them were visited by e.g. Dakar participants, i.e.: Grzegorz Baran, Józef Cabała, Marek Dąbrowski, Łukasz Łaskawiec, Darek Żyła and Adam Małysz. This year there will be three events within 4x4 Series. First of them is Baja Żagań Master Race, 3-5 May in Żagań. Polish Championships qualifying round for conte-

stants with racing licence and qualifying round for Cross Country Poland race. This is a new cycle of off-road races for amateur drivers, but organized in compliance with all international standards and sports regulations.

Next meeting is Baja Carpathia in Stalowa Wola, 28-29 June. During this time there will be qualifying round for European and Polish Championships for off-road cars, motorbikes

Replacement car

and ATVs and next issue of Cross Country.

Third edition of Off-road Rally Poland will take place during Nowy Sącz Master Race, 20-22 September.

Each route of the race is set to be 150 km daily. Besides sports emotions, our guest will be welcomed by car fleet, concerts, contests and many other attractions.

Iwona Szyłak

In cooperation with authorised car dealers of such makes as: Škoda, Ford, Toyota, Fiat, Peugeot and Lancia, Inter Cars S.A. have prepared for its customers an offer with special conditions of lease finance to purchase cars.

LEASING ? CREDIT? NO PROBLEM! By most customers Inter Cars S.A. is associated mostly with spare parts for cars, garage equipment, etc. … and this is correct association, but probably not many people know that we also have above mentioned assortment, but together with possibility of financing it.

LEASING Purchasing garage equipment, our Customers have possibility of taking advantage of factory leasing with special conditions, offered by two

of leasing companies that we cooperate with.

Our employees can prepare offers with initial payment at just 10%. Together with the Customer they can prepare a special seasonal schedule of repayment and can also help to collect all the necessary documents.

CREDIT When purchasing from our branches, ask our sellers about possibility of hire purchase. Directly in Inter Cars S.A. branch you can sign a credit contract, with no special requirements,

Modernity & tradition

At the end of January, journalists representing automotive industry magazines visited Johnson Controls battery factory in Zwickau.

Factory in Zwikau is over 100 years of tradition.

In 2002 AGM battery production line was launched – during the first year 600,000 batteries were manufactured. Constant investment and increasing production capacity resulted in production capacity of 4.2 million batteries per year, and in 2015 this number is supposed to increase up to 6.6 million. According to plans,

in the nearest future the factory will be the biggest in the world AGM (Absorbent Glass Mat) battery manufacturing plant – innovative technology for cars with Start-Stop system, which ensures lower fuel consumption and emission of CO₂.

Journalists taking part in the conference had the chance to see the process of manufactu-

an ID is all you need.

It is worth to notice that when purchasing a car in leasing system, the leasing company does not require any special financial documents, and initial payment is just 10% of value of the car. Besides this fact, purchasing the car in leasing system gives possibility of refinancing the purchase with one of numerous investment programmes. To get detailed information about available cars and leasing offer, contact one of sales representatives all over the country.

ring as well as development plans of Johnson Controls for the coming years, and service programme designed especially for car garages: Varta Start Stop Service Program. New image of Varta brand was presented as well: changed logo, new catchphrase: “Sure start is Varta battery” and new webpage, which provides fast and user friendly browsing, wide information about products and services.

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Current www pages All projects and initiatives of Inter Cars S.A. work much more efficient in virtual world and improve their webpage offering new solutions for their customers.

At the end of last year two new web services were launched: www.perfectservice.pl and www.q-service.com.pl. Both garage chains associate almost 1,000 garages. On both portals the Customer can find nearby garages in his area and make an appointment there by means of user friendly web application.

Also Garage Equipment Department finally has new webpage, http://warsztat.intercars. com.pl/. The page was created from the very beginning using new engine and new technology called Responsive Web Design. Besides traditional model of browsing the page on a computer, when designing the portal developers focussed on possibility of getting to wider audience. The page can be easily used on several mobile devices with different resolutions and sizes of screen, such as: smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc.

Complete sets

for engine overhaul Especially for customers, who deal with engine repairs, on webpage www.czescisilnikowe.intercars.com.pl we are publishing so called overhaul sets.

They are to help in fast and easy presentation of spare parts used for popular engine repairs. The sets include all basic products for main repair and for performing less complicated engine repairs – starting with engine head and its parts, through crankshaft system, all seals and gaskets and ending with timing elements. Sets provide information about current prices of parts, availability, basic information from manufacturer, about use, OE numbers, cross references and photos. In easy and simple way you can buy selected elements via IC-Shop.

In case of lack of parts in Inter Cars S.A. stock, you can make individual order. The

offer is designed mainly for garages who deal mostly with engine repairs. This tool should also be helpful for customer service and sales of spare parts, shortening servicing time of engine specialists. Visit us at www.czescisilnikowe.intercars.com.pl, where we are constantly adding new engine repair kits. More information: Zbigniew Dzido, zbigniew.dzido@intercars.eu, mobile: 669 970 071.

Check your place By visiting webpage www.icms.eu and www.vip.intercars.com.pl you can check your results for the next VIP Club cycle, which lasted since September 2012 till the end of January 2013. On the first page you have to choose “ranks” and log-in using customer number and password to IC Katalog. Besides current information about Garage Masters’ Gala, each VIP-Club member will be able to find information about gathered points.

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At home & abroad Świdnica Branch

Świdnica and nearby towns. ul. Bystrzycka 13, 58-100 Świdnica Tel.: +48 74 850 0070 Fax: +48 74 850 0079 E-mail: ic.swi@intercars.eu Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 8.00-18.00, Saturday: 8:00-14:00

NEW LOCATION OF ŚWIDNICA BRANCH

As we announced in the previous issue of IC Wiadomości, in January this year a branch in Jędrzejów started operating. Full address: ul. Kolejowa 2, 28-300 Jędrzejów E-mail: ic.jed@intercars.eu Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 08:00 - 17:00, Sat.: 08:00-13:00

Wodzisław Branch

KUTNO BRANCH

Branch in Świdnica has been operating for 2 years now. In December 2012 the branch changed its location. Currently it operates at 13 Bystrzycka Street. The branch moved to a new building with large and comfortable parking lot, which ensures comfort of work for sellers and parking places for customers. On the first floor of branch there is also a large conference room, which will host technical trainings. Till now, Customers could only participate in trainings in Wrocław or Jelenia Góra.

First training in new place already took place in February.

Three sellers of parts for passenger cars and one seller of parts for trucks are working in the branch. Also two sales representatives are at customers’ dispose. Drivers deliver goods several times during the day to customers from

NEW BRANCH

Also branch in Kutno moved to a new place.

Current address: ul. Grunwaldzka 3, 99-300 Kutno tel.: +48 24 254 54 30 fax: +48 24 253 60 40 E-mail: ic.kut@intercars.eu Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 08:00 - 18:00, Sat.: 8:00-13:00

Kutno Branch

SOCIAL EVENT IN RYBNIK GROUP End of 2012 in Rybnik Group was full of events for Customers. In November there was a social meeting in Rybnik, whereas in December there were events in Wodzisław Śląski and Jastrzębie Zdrój. Meeting with Customers from Wodzisław took place in the branch whereas Customers from Jastrzębie had fun in bowling alley. This way we wanted to thank our Customers for cooperation during previous year.

Inter Cars Lietuva nominated to „Gazele“ awards For the ninth time now in Lithuania „Gazele awards” granting took place. Within nominated companies was Inter Cars Lithuania. The company was nominated in category of “The fastest growing company in Vilnius Region“.

Nominated companies were taken from those ones, which according to journalists of „Verslo Žinios“(Business Daily Paper) are a good example of successfully developing companies of Lithuanian industry. Although economic situation in Lithuania in previous years was not favourable for development of companies and the number of companies nominated to “Gazele” award got much smaller (fastest growing small and medium Lithuanian companies), the number was still impressive.

On 25.01.2013 in Vilnius, the elite of Lithuanian business and the best prospering entrepreneurs from whole Lithuania met. Prestige and importance of the event was increased by presence of President of The Lithuanian Republic, Dalii Grybauskaitè. Criteria of nominating companies to “Gazele” awards are one of the most strict in Lithuania. One of the main criteria for nominating were the transparency and availability – the companies had to reveal all information about all their activities.

The event was visited by Ms President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitè.

On opening of the event, nominated companies and guests were welcomed by Ms President Dalii Grybauskaitè and sponsors of the project. Unfortunately, this year, Inter Cars Lietuva did not manage to win the first place and main prize. But the nomination itself proves that the direction taken by Inter Cars LT is the right one and also gives a great example to other Lithuanian companies dealing with delivering goods and services for end users.

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Best on the market!

Please read about our most interesting promotions. All offers can be found also in Promotional Newsletter, which you get in a new form.

Terms of next Special Sections: SS 2: 1-31.03 SS 3: 2-30.04

Till 31.03.13 or till stock lasts, promotion for brake cleaners in collective packaging with very attractive prices.

We are starting with reminding you about Great Race which lasts till 15.05.13. The finale of this promotion is Garage Masters’ Gala in Karpacz. During the Great Race we encourage you to take part in so called Special Sections, that is monthly campaigns during which you can get additional points and attractive rewards. Bosch and Castrol products are especially promoted.

Racing event with Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Krzysztof Oleksowicz and Maciek Oleksowicz is waiting for winners. Moreover, the participants of Special Sections will have a chance to win one of 150 racing packages prepared especially for this occasion. Racing packs will be given to Customers who gather the most points in each Special Section. More about this promotion has already been written in Gala News (February 2013) and in this issue on page 3.

Take part in great contest LUK INA FAG, which was organized especially for garages that buy from Inter Cars distribution chain. We have prepared rewards, thanks to which you will be able to deliver top quality services for your Customers, and your garage will gain prestige. Winning garages will be rewarded with replacement cars – Volkswagen UP! with air-conditioning and sets of tools. Each garage, big or small, can find and choose interesting reward for themselves.

Promotion lasts till 31.10.13. More to be found at www.promocja.LuKINAFAG.pl

Promotion for Sachs, Lemforder and ZF Parts products.

Winners of each section will have a chance of taking part in Co-Drive with Bartek Ostałowski and Krzysztof Oleksowicz.

Have a look at our promotional offer for professional washing and cleaning devices for industry. Together with Nilfisk-Alto company we have prepared for you several products with attractive prices.

For motorcycle servicing garages we have prepared special set of products in the form of a first aid kit.

Promotion includes selected references from the following product groups: batteries, oils, filters, spark plugs, drive chains, tyres, sprockets, drive belts, bike accessories. Main advantages of the promotion are cash discounts and also long credit, even till May 2013.

Only till 30.03.13, purchasing light bulbs made by Bosch for minimum 1,000 PLN net, you will get a special bulb cabinet for FREE!

All promotions can be found in our Promotional Newsletter sent from address: Biuletyn.PR@intercars.eu In new version of the newsletter you will find user friendly menu in the form of list of categories, thanks to such solution you will easily get to the promotions which you are mostly interested in. More information and details about promotion to be found at www.intercars.com.pl or from your local sales representative.

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