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Increasingly brazen counterfeiters have graduated from manufacturing fake brake pads made of sawdust to producing knockoffs of company logos, dealership designs and even entire vehicles.
Hear Ward's AutoWorld Editor Drew Winter's latest take on the auto industry in his weekly report on Detroit's WJR radio:
Counterfeiters Costing Automakers and Suppliers Billions in Lost Sales