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Garage Masters’ Gala Connecting two worlds

Business & education of young HR Win INVITATIONS TO GALA IN KARPACZ

KORA, KOT, KAZADI SEE THE STARS LIVE

12 CARS TO WIN

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Bimonthly WIADOMOŚCI Inter Cars SA Address: Inter Cars SA ul. Gdańska 15, 05-152 Czosnów Tel.: 22 71 41 425, 22 71 41 743 www.intercars.com.pl Editor-in-Chief: Joanna Król Editing Team: E. Banasiak, G. Putkiewicz Editors: A. Andraka, M. Bartnik, T. Borek, Ł. Ciecierski, M. Ciesielska, A. Fąk, M. Giersz, P. Grzyb, D. Kochański, S. Koniec, M. Latawiec, R. Małek, M. Michalczyk, M. Mihaliček, J. Niezgoda, K. Nowak, D. Panek, M. Pałyga, K. Pawlik, M. Peciak, I. Sar, F. Smoliński, P. Stasiak, P. Szymański, D. Waliszkiewicz, S. Wysocka, D. Zawadka, R. Zwierzchowska.

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Garage Masters’ Gala has been prepared for you for 5 years now.

Year by year we are trying to offer you more and more attractive events and rewards.

This year, the total value of rewards reached 1,500,000 PLN and 12 cars to win! 9 of them will go to Customers who have reached the best trading results, and next three will go to Customers who qualified to Gala. It is enough for them just to be there, and the card you have received in February issue of Gala News and of course some luck in the lottery.

The promotion was started in January and it lasted till the middle of May. In this time we have created for you a special webpage www. icms.eu, on which we have been putting all the information regarding Gala, rules of the promotion and current events. On the webpage you could see your points and place in the ranks. I strongly recommend you to check your final score, thanks to which you will know if you get the invitations to Karpacz and if you have the chance to win one of the cars or money reward.

But before we meet at Gala, we want to summarise our three motor-sport meetings, which were additional rewards in the contest. Inter Cars has been trying to build positive relations with Customers, by connecting business with binding events in an interesting and creative form, that is why we are even more happy of the fact that 100% of invited guests were present at special sections. This shows great interest and involvement from your side. When talking to winners of each special section I have heard many positive opinions about such interesting form of spending time. It turns out that many of you are willing to change traditional “sitting meetings” to sport, emotions and meeting famous people of sports world, which can guarantee interesting experiences and increased dose of adrenaline.

We recommend you seeing our photo-relation from these meetings, which is very limited in the printed version of the magazine, because of very little space, but much more can be found after logging in at www.icms.eu.

Wishing you many positive experiences and valuable winnings at Garage Master’s Gala, I also encourage you to keep up with your sporting and business activities.

So see you all in Karpacz!

Marketing office: Emilia Banasiak, tel. +48 22 71 41 425, Emilia.Banasiak@intercars.eu Grzegorz Putkiewicz, tel. +48 22 71 41 743, Grzegorz Putkiewicz@intercars.eu

Best Regards, Joanna Król

Cover: Photos from motorization meetings SS 1, SS 2, SS 3 Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą and Mikołajki/Tałty photo. T. Wilczkiewicz.

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CURRENT EVENTS

of Great Race in Karpacz!

Garage Masters’ Gala is an event in Polish automotive industry, which is one of a kind, totally intended for Customers of Inter Cars S.A. It is a form of thanksgiving and a reward for the most active ones. Year by year the event gets bigger and bigger and offers its participants attractions on the highest level.

At weekend between 14th and 16th June we are meeting with laureates of the promotion in Karpacz, but before this happens, lets summarise our Special Sections, which were really very popular among our Customers. Just like in real car races, also in “Great Race” the contestants had a chance to gather points in general classification, but also in Special Sections.

This year the rules of the promotion were

constructed in such a way, that not only the biggest had the chance to win, but also smaller garages, because Special Sections were concerning smaller product groups. Several Customers with the highest turnover in particular months won meetings with our sports Stars: with Krzysztof Hołowczyc (in the middle), Maciej and Krzysztof Oleksowicz and with Grzegorz Staszewski (on the left) and

Special Sections are additional promotion campaigns which accompanied the “Great Race”, in which you could win possibility of participating in motorization meeting with Krzysztof Hołowczyc and other famous people of motor sports. Within the “Great Race” there were three Special Sections. Each of them lasted for a month. The first one started on 1st February and the other two on 1st March and

Bartek Ostałowski (on the right).

Meetings within SS1, SS2 and SS3 took place twice at the airport in Nowe Miasto upon Pilica river and nearby Mikołajki in Masuria. Each time we had different weather conditions, other surface of the road, so each of the meetings was different and one of a kind, that is why we have called them three seasons of the year: Winter, spring and summer, and you can see it perfectly in the photos and 2nd April. Every month 15 people took part in such event (6 from films. garage and garage-shop category and 3 from truck market).

Meetings of laureates took place: on 22-23 March 2013 (SS1) in Nowe Miasto upon Pilica river 26-27 April 2013 (SS2)Mikołajki/Tałty 17-18.May 2013 (SS3) in Nowe Miasto upon Pilica river

NOWE MIASTO UPON PILICA RIVER, MARCH

In sport race in BMW car, the winners were: I place Adam Sarbinowski, II place Filip Małecki, III place szymon Budzyński

During each Special Section, the laureates could watch drift shows performed by Grzegorz Staszewski – experienced participant of Polish Drift Championships and phenomenal Bartek Ostałowski. His phenomenon is that, although he has no hands, because he had lost them in a road accident, he can drive his car with his feet, and he is the only driver partnerzy promocji with no hands, but with a racing licence valid worldwide.

During these three Sections, the drift-cars had also very different riding conditions. This had only proven that there are no limits for Grzesiek and Bartek and that nothing can stop them in realizing their passion. partnerzy strategiczni

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The winter weather conditions were used for teaching driving skills. Snow, ice, snowdrifts, all this was waiting for the laureates, but thanks to practical tips from professional instructors they could learn controlled skidding and driving in special weather conditions. The biggest attraction was a co-drive with Krzysztof Hołowczyc, thanks to whom our Guests could go through snow-covered airport lane with speed exceeding 200 km/h!

- Many of them were stunned with full control of the car at such speeds. For me it is great fun to get into a racing car and drive on such terrain. I met lots of interesting people, who I hope had great time and a lot of emotions, because I had a lot of them! There were moments when I was driving over 200 km/h on a snowy road, and I think this was a dose of adrenaline for everyone. There were some long straights, but also several techDrift SS I - fantastic loud sound coming out of a hangar, in which two drift cars were driving at the same time, multiplying experiences. Our Guests could feel and see the whirling dance of two cars, Mazda RX7 and Nissan Skyline, and their meetings were full of fast turns, controlled skidding, wheels loosing traction and smell of burning tyres.

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Subaru Impreza STI N14

The participants of Special Section had a chance to win one of 150 racing packages prepared especially for this occasion.

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Maciej Roszkiewicz Art. Zbyt Sp.j.

I liked the most driving a BMW and fair sport competition. I can recommend such meeting to all other Customers! nical turns. We had great fun, but at the same time Customers of Inter Cars could touch this sport not from the “street”, but in professional and safe way – this is how Krzysztof Hołowczyc comments the meeting.

MIKOŁAJKI/TAŁTY, APRIL In spring weather, on off-road racing tracks of Masuria, each of the participants could try their possibilities and skills driving Subaru Impreza WRX under supervision of professional and skilled instructors, who gave tips how to use maximum possibilities of the car. The event was even more unique, because it took place on a real Special Section of famous Rally Poland.

The participants were divided into four groups.

Special rewards for: (from the left) Tomasz Pera (ZUH Elżbieta Pera), Leszek Garnec Bosch Service Serwis Samochodowy, Krzysztof HołowThanks to this all of them could take advantage czyc, Arek Fijałkowski (MAHLE Polska Spółka z o.o.) of all attractions offered, such as learning sports driving, Leszek Garnec, Bosch Service watching drift shows, but I race in the Gala, but real emotions most of all to have a co-driare here! Such meetings make sense and this mobilizes us to work harder. ve with Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Maciek and Krzysztof Oleksowicz. This gave our Guests the biggest doze of adrenaline, because the drivers were going through the narrow roads with speed of more than 200 km/h!

– I am happy that Drift SS II – the car I was driving was Nissan Skyline R34 with racing-drift specification, which was you could feel the prepared for drifting as well as for so called: “time attack”, that is breaking records. The car has real motor sport- said over 400 Hp, and the engine comes from Toyota Supra. Currently it is the best in the world engine Krzysztof Hołowczyc for drifting. We even had two daredevils, who set by the steering wheel and tried to drift, and they to the participants – made it in a quite interesting way. you were driving on a Special Section of Rally Poland. By roads Marcin Graczykowski, ZTUH ALBOR Lots on which go the same of exciting experiences and numerous intereracing cars, the top sting turnings. A shot of adrenaline, I need to drivers of racing dri- get over it. Great experience!

Wojciech Trębecki, Volvo Tech This was the first time I was on such event with Inter Cars and this direct contact with motor sport was something I really liked.

vers and what is more, in cars which really take part in these races. This year we will be visited

by Robert Kubica himself. This will be emotions, and for you unforgettable memories! - he added.

NOWE MIASTO UPON PILICA RIVER, MAY 2013

Nissan Skyline R34

The last SS took place in favourable summer conditions. All attractions took place on the lanes of Nissan Skyline R34 former airport, and our Guests could see from passenger’s seat the drift show of Grzegorz and Bartek, learn from BMW sports driving instructors, sit on driver’s seat of replica of Lotus Super 7 140 Hp and modern Lotus Exige 220 Hp. The icing on the cake turned out to be full of Drifting is driving in controlled emotions and full of spe- skidding. We need to force the car ed co-drive with Krzysztof to skid and keep it going that way, so that we know, which way the car is supposed to go. The driver needs to know where the car is supposed to go.

AKTUALNOŚCI

Tomek Szukała, AutoTech Great meeting, active and sport, without typical sitting meetings. Super!

Drift SS III- This time at the airport in Nowe Miasto our experts had more possibilities. They gained huge speeds on straights just to take sharp turns and skid on the apron. Almost with no limits, the only limit was the time and will of each of the laureates. Everyone wanted to see how it is to sit next to multi Champion of Poland in drift.

Ferrari F360 Modena

Hołowczyc and commemorative photo.

A surprise, which we prepared for some of our guests, was a piece of luxury in the form of driving Ferrari

F360 Moderna 400 Hp. At the end of the event, the winners got cups, which were handed in by co-founder of Inter Cars S.A., Krzysztof Oleksowicz, who is also a great fan of motor sports. We will see him in action during Rally Poland in replica of Subaru Impreza WRC. More information on page 6.

After sport emotions, there is time for celebrating the finale of the Great Race, that is Garage Master’s Gala. Visit our webpage

Zbigniew Haraś, Moto Raw I liked going by Lotus, but there is still the icing on the cake – a co-drive with Krzysztof Hołowczyc in Subaru!

www.icms.eu, where you will find all the information regarding attractions and the programme of the event. Additionally the Gala participants will be welcomed by special Gala News Magazine and multimedia kiosks, where in an easy way the Guests will be able to check all the details of the event.

Lotus Exige Photos: Tomasz Wilczkiewicz, Michał Tołczyk, Miguel Gaudencio

13EXPO Lucky thirteen Inter Cars S.A., like each year, invites all Customers and Suppliers to take part in Inter Cars EXPO of Spare Parts, Tools and Garage Equipment.

13th Fair will take place on 6-8 September 2013 in Warsaw at Bemowo Airport.

The first day of this event will traditionally be dedicated for the biggest Customers of Inter Cars S.A. and representatives of media. During the Fair, in special business zone, you will be able to see the offer of spare parts, tools and garage equipment prepared especially by Inter Cars and almost 200 exhibitors. This will be a great chance to see most modern products and technological news. The participants will be guaranteed comfortable conditions for trade talks, establishing business contacts and negotiating business deals. The exhibition, like previous years, will be presented on area of over 20,000 m˛, what makes Inter Cars EXPO the biggest event of this kind in Middle-Easter Europe. Besides booths of Exhibitors, presentation of new products and technological solutions, our visitors will be awaited by numerous product and technical trainings.

Inter Cars EXPO is also a unique place where business is joined with passion for motor sports. That is why there will be lots of shows such as drift, stunt, car races, bike shows, Dragster shows and many others. Besides this, the guests will be awaited by lots of attractions, surprises and exciting contests. More information soon on dedicated webpage: www.13targi.intercars.com.pl

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Be like Colin McRae

Imagine that suddenly someone comes into your office and says: - Listen, maybe we will build a WRC car? There are millions of questions in your head. - What is it supposed to be, how expensive, what is deadline? Before I even realized what task I have to fulfil, on my desk there was a piece of paper, on which Krzysztof Oleksowicz wrote: - I order: a WRC car, 1 piece.

When you hear “Impresa” you can only think about… Hundreds of keywords in your head: Mica Blue, Golden wheels, Colin McRae, boxer, turbo. Your ears can hear the sound of a flat twin engine, even before your eyes can see the blue shape of the body coming out of the bend in the road, just to disappear behind another bend a second later. This is normal, Impreza WRC from the years 1997-1999 was a car, with which you could fall in love, it could even be a platonic love, you could be obsessed with it so much, that even your ringtone was the

sound of this unique engine.

In order to listen and see the primitive and simple, but original shape of two-door sedan with a coffee table on the boot you did not need to spend all your salary to go to one round of World Championships. At the end of 90’s, WRC Impreza cars in the hands of Leszek Kuzaj and Krzysztof Hołowczyc were also driven on Polish Special Sections.

14 years later, thanks to Krzysztof Oleksowicz, Impreza will come back to Polish (and not only) special sections. In Fast Forward – Maciek Oleksowicz’s team, the dream of Krzysztof is now being realized – grown up, fully-fledged racing car “dressed” in two-door body of Subaru Impreza. Thanks to Proto class, which was launched with this year’s rules of RSMP, we will not have to go to Lithuania or to Czech Republic, to check how this invention manages on Special Sections.

The story about the car was told by a man, who replied to a sentence “let’s build a WRC”: “chal-

Proj. D. Kalamus

Rafał Rezler Krzysztof Oleksowicz

lenge accepted”. We are talking about Wojtek Palacz, who deals with supplying spare parts and selling them, and logistics of the team in Fast Forward group. Wojtek is also engaged in constructing and developing racing cars. The concept of replica of Impreza WRC was developed together with mechanic and Subaru specialist – Wojtek Kossak. The description of this car in next issue of Wiadomości IC.

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New quality

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In April, new Show Car semitrailer was presented for the first time, currently it is being checked “on the battlefield”, going through Europe.

First Customers to see the semitrailer and experience its exhibition-training area were Customers from Inter Cars Latvia and Lithuania. In May, Show Car visited Hungary, Croatia and Romania. New Show Car has no special beginning, but it started work on its full capacity.

Semitrailer with hydraulic system of extending, made by Etis company, leader on Polish market of constructing special, superstructure bodies. The chassis was delivered

by FEBER company. Semitrailer consists of two rooms, main and technical. Main room and VIP room are extended hydraulically to the sides, what makes its cubature much bigger.

Training room in the main area takes 40 comfortable seats, 60 inches presentation screen with 3D technology, Soundbar sound system and 6 wireless speakers system installed in the ceiling. On inner walls there are 14 presenters with LED lighting which shows 100% colours and authentic content of graphic content.

The floor in the trailer is made of special composite with anti-slip features. The ceiling and walls are made of Dibond composite, which imitates the effect of steel.

Very interesting thing is Etis patented system

of opening and closing the stairs, thanks to which when extending the semitrailer, the stairs automatically come to a ready-to-use position. The VIP room is equipped with comfortable sofas, Bosch refrigerator, the most modern LED TV with separate multimedia system to perform separate presentations.

Another interesting thing is outer covering of the semitrailer. It is a polymer with honeycomb structure, which characterizes top resistance to weather conditions, but its weight is 3 times lower than standard used outer layers.

Moreover new Show Car is equipped with water and wastewater system, air-conditioning and independent power generator.

The time of extending the training room to its full operating size is just 15 minutes.

Customers of Inter Cars in Poland will have the chance to see the new semitrailer soon, during Garage Masters’ Gala in Karpacz.

Show Car in Rybnik

In May, Show Car visited Hungary, Croatia and Romania.

The time of extending the training room to its full operating size is just 15 minutes.

Katarz yna Pawlik

Between 8th to 12th April, at the premises of Rybnik branch, Show Car together with “Helmet Testing Centre” were present”.

ding diagnostics of braking system, air-conditioning, engine sensors, suspension toe-in, etc. This shows that our Customers are TydzThe week started with trainings for stu- LAPO Racing Team had their own exhibition. willing to constantly improve their technical dents of vocational schools. For the whole The team deals in professional training of qualifications.

Monday, the students had possibility of bro- racing contestants and preparing and serviadening their knowledge regarding moto- cing carting vehicles. Visitors could get infor- In “Helmet Testing Centre” there were also rization. On interesting examples, qualified mation about mechanics in carting sports. lots of bike fans. For the whole week bikers employee of the branch was presenting mo- Training participants could see a professional could test and buy the helmet of their dredern solutions and diagnostic testers, thanks CRG cart with Rotax engine and LAPO time ams. This is second such initiative in Inter to which young people could find out that measuring system.

Motors Rybnik, which year by year is getting car mechanics are not just limited to “hum- Next days of trainings were very popular more and more popular among Customers. among mechanics, during the whole week mer” operations.

Next to Show Car, professional carting team over 200 people took part in trainings regar-

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Garage mini-barometer MotoFocus portal collected opinions from representatives of garages operating in central and north-eastern Poland. Not treating gained opinions as the “voice of whole industry”, we would like to present the most interesting results.

Garages from north-eastern Poland in almost 50% declare that number of Customers in 2012 was the same as in 2011. Almost 39% recorded increase of turnover in their garage. Maybe the cause of such situation is the specifics of the region – high unemployment. Very likely, many people commute to work using their own cars. Interesting findings come from meetings with garages in central area of Poland, where almost the same number of garages declare a decrease in number of customers as declare and increase in number of customers. Here the cause of no increase in number of customers can be accounted by the fact that many people started using public transport, especially in Warsaw and surrounding areas.

LESS CUSTOMERS – HIGHER PRICES

Źródło: MotoFocus.pl

In harder times, when there are less Customers, price increase can be “a shot in the

offered and keep up to date with the most modern solutions in automotive industry.

In both regions almost half of respondents knee”. On the other hand it can be a temp- declared increase of investments in 2012 in tation to compensate for the loss of income, comparison to 2011. Forecasting investment which is connected with smaller number of in current year, garages in both regions have customers. What approach to this question the same opinion, and 45% think that thehave analysed garages? ir investment will increase. This may result The analysis showed that in 2012 in north- from the awareness that in more difficult -eastern area the price for repair services time limiting investment is not a good solupractically did not change in comparison to tion, because development of the industry 2011 (95.3% of respondents). forces having suitable technical devices.

In central Poland, the situation was different, because 1/5 of respondents declared a price GREY ZONE, AUTHORISED SERVICES AND increase for their services. We wish to re- DUMPED CARS mind that in this region 1/3 of respondents Asking mainly about factor influencing busideclared a decrease in number of customers, ness activities in a negative way, the responso maybe this was the way of compensating dents from both regions listed spare prices losses and increasing income. We may ask appearing in the market with much lower a question, maybe higher prices for wor- prices, that is grey zone. Entrepreneurs from king hour combined with rising fuel prices north-eastern region also point at the procaused thet motorized Customers moved blem of low rates and late payments (13.9% from their own vehicles to public transport? of respondents). Among garages from norGenerally the prices for thern region there is also a problem of techworking hour in 2012 nical advancement of cars, which causes the need of constant technical training of emdid not change. ployees and investing in devices.

TIME FOR INVESTMENT Garages also notice increased activity of AuDevelopment of the thorised Services, in north-eastern Poland company is much con- 53.6% of respondents pointed to this pronected with investment, blem and in central Poland 44.7%. which must be made in order for the company to develop and broaden the scope of services

Mixture of knowledge and excitement On 15th April the great promotion called Road Show finished, 1,000 invitations for Customers of Inter Cars S.A. were the rewards.

The idea was simple. Within period from 2nd January till the middle of April you needed to purchase products for passenger cars or trucks made by 3 brands: Sachs, Lemforder and ZF Parts. The reward for reaching high turnover was participation in training and racing cycle of events all over Poland.

The laureates met in four places in Poland: At the airport in Kamień Śląski, on the racing track in Poznań, in Academy of Safe Driving in Toruń and on Race Course in Warsaw. The participants were divided into 5 groups, thanks to this each of the laureates had a chance to take part in all attractions, such as:

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• Comparable driving in VW Golf with working and with broken shock absorbers.

• Very exciting training with Jorg van Ommen – vice-champion DTM in Germany

• Contest on a go-kart racing track.

• Safe driving training in racing cars.

• DTM car driving.

The Customers could also learn about selling techniques and technical aspects of Happy Customers of truck market. dual mass flywheels in Golf III during a techKamień Śląski - 15.05.2013 nical training. All trainings were organized in a very attractive way, engaging participants and encouraging them to broaden their take place on 11th and 12th June in Warsaw. knowledge. Next meeting for customers of CV and passenger market took place on 23rd and 24th May in Poznań, and next will

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Bountifulness online

Departments and projects of Inter Cars S.A. are operating more and more actively online. The number of new or updated web services is the best proof.

On 2nd April a new webpage www.truck. intercars.com.pl dedicated for Customers from CV market started working. You can find there information about truck offer of Inter Cars S.A., company magazines, information about servicing garages chain and trainings. The webpage is user friendly and easy to navigate.

Staying in the same market segment, FEBER company, daughter company of Inter Cars S.A., manufacturer of semitrailers, also has new webpage. New, clear and user friendly webpage www.feber.com.pl is for everybody who is still thinking about possibility of purchasing or renting a semitrailer. More about these internet services in “Truck Market” part, pages: 35 – 36.

Lately webpage www.szkolenia.intercars. com.pl has developed a lot as well. You are more than welcome to visit our updated subpages with multimedia and photo galleries. Especially recommended is a subpage about “Young HR” programme, where you will find films from opening and inauguration in each city where the programme works, as well as necessary information abo-

ut the programme. Besides this, our Customers can check available trainings and enrol on-line.

It is also worth visiting http:// sklep.intercars.com.pl where you can find special spring promotion, in which you can purchase summer tyres in special price, as well as oils, bike accessories and Thule roof-racks.

New at www.intercars.com.pl is a module, which displays promotional offers from Garage Equipment product range.

Although the Great Race has already finished, the dedicated webpage www.icms. eu is still active and you can find there a lot of interesting materials and information. In multimedia part you can find a lot of films from Special Sections. It is also worth visiting the webpage to check current information about attractions, which will take place during Garage Masters’ Gala.

Change points to vouchers Since April 2013 there is a possibility of changing IC Premia Plus points to purchase Vouchers to Inter Cars S.A. The value of one voucher 50 PLN is 6,000 points. The vouchers are valid till the end of December 2013.

Purchase voucher is a full value form of payment in Inter Cars S.A. distribution chain all over Poland. We also wish to remind you that starting from 20th May 2013 points gathered two years before will start becoming void. This means that from now on, each point gathered on your account will only be valid for two years.

So if you have a lot of points on your account, and they will soon be out of date, it is worth changing them to purchase vouchers as soon as possible.

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Invited by Editing Team of Wiadomości IC is trying to be where anything interesting or valuable is going on in automotive industry. From the beginning of this year we have been present at the following events.

YOUNG HR

Our editors are present at each event within this programme. Till now we have visited schools in Częstochowa, Białystok and Nowy Sącz, and as a result we have prepared wide accounts of these events in automotive press.

28.05 we are also visiting CKP in Siedlce, as a part of the programme. Text and film materials prepared by our team can be found at www. szkolenia.intercars.com.pl. (page 12)

Comma GP2 Barcelona Races on Circuit de Catalunya is the final gate to get to F1 racing. Those who went from GP2 to F1 include: Hamilton and Rosberg (Merce-

des), Perez (McLaren). On 6th March our team was invited to presentation of a new racing car in Comma group(Carlin team) driven by Jolyon Palmer and to press conference connected with this event. (page 64) In first half of June we will visit an event on race course in Warsaw, which will be a sumSS 1, 2 and 3 resulted in lots of relations in mary of promotion for products made by: this issue and on www.icms.eu. In coopera- Sachs, Lemforder and ZF Parts. The particition with OMProduction we have prepared pants will take part in driving training with films, which can be found on above webpage. Jorg van Ommen – DTM vice-champion in Special edition of these movies, as a kind of Germany or learn safe driving in racing cars. commemorative souvenir, were sent to parti- (page 10) cipants of this event. (page 2-4)

SPECIAL SECTIONS OF GREAT RACE

Sachs Road Show

Telematics: a chance or a threat?

Telematics is a possibility of sending and receiving information by cars via satellite connection system. Without suitable law regulations it can become a tool which will be very useful for drivers, but it may also become a tool which will clean pockets and wallets of drivers.

Telematics are very popular among many drivers right now - one of its most popular tools is every automotive navigation system. It is natural that its functions are developed in the future with new features, such as sending information between the cars about, e.g. free places for parking – one driver leaves a parking place, the other one gets information about a free place. Also new are systems automatically informing emergency services in case of an accident (eCall – Emergency Call). Right now such system works in e.g. Subaru model called ISR. No-one questions its usefulness, as human life may depend on it.

But absolutely new feature is bCall (breakdown Call – calling for help in case of a car breakdown). Thanks to telematics a modern car is able to inform about error codes recorded in OBD system not only the owner of the car, but also the manufacturer. What is more, the manufacturer can remote read all error codes and data from the computer and delete recorded information or perform software update, also when the car is not in use. In case of finding a malfunction or even possibility of a malfunction (e.g. low oil pressure, transforming into emergency mode of the engine), telematics will direct the driver to the nearest authorised service station. It is not difficult to imagine a

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situation in which a driver will suddenly receive an information: Malfunction, go to authorised service station “XXX”, when he will be really much closer to an independent garage, which he would probably prefer to use. But the system will not let us do it – only a particular authorised garage will get the information about the malfunction detected in our vehicle.

This is a direct threat for free competition on the market – says Alfred Franke, SDCM Chairman. It may even be the basis of a blackmail of the dealers by the manufacturers: If you don’t adapt to our rules and guidelines, we will not send cars to your garage. That is why it is so important to take legislation steps to regulate the rules of operating of automotive systems as open systems, to which access will be granted also for an operator of an independent aftermarket having a device with wireless communication system and suitable software.

FREE COMPETITION Currently these systems have a closed character, i.e. access to information is only granted for car manufacturers. This limits the free choice of Customers: it is outrageous that the car forces the driver to go and use a particular repair garage, just like a jacket, from which a button fell off cannot force its

owner to go to a particular tailor. We also need to take into consideration the fact that thanks to open systems in the cars, each driver will be able in the future to install such applications as he needs, and not only those which cost a lot and are made available by car manufacturers.

For the free access to automotive systems in vehicles fight an organization called AFCAR, supported by European organization associating car dealers (CECRA) and FIGIEFA association, and in Poland – by Automotive Spare Parts Distributors Association. First successes are already reached: European Parliament suggested European Commission the need of opening automotive systems in vehicles. Unfortunately, this is just a beginning of a long and difficult way. The bill went for internal consultations, during which all the parties are supposed to present their arguments for and against.

Source: SDCM

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Inter Cars Publications The basic source of information for our Customers are IC NEWS and webpage of Inter Cars Group. But it is worth remembering that besides these, we are also preparing other publications which are dedicated to particular topics.

Gala News is a special edition of IC News which is only dedicated to Garage Masters’ Gala and promotions connected with it. The first issue was published in February this year and was distributed to Customers just like the regular issue of IC News. The second issue will be released in June and distributed among participants of Gala in Karpacz. You will find all the information regarding Gala, schedule, description of attractions and the whole event. Electronic version, just like E-issue of IC News, is available at www.intercars.com.pl, in subpage: company publications/Wiadomosci IC In the same place you can find questions with answers from the contests published in IC News and the list of winners.

Promotion Newsletter in a new form includes current information about the newest promotions. Lately we have put emphasise on Great Race Contest and Special Sections accompanying it. The newsletter is sent to Customers twice a month by e-mail. The new form of newsletter is in the form of e-newspaper, and promotions in it are assigned to particular categories. It is very helpful and comfortable tool with detailed information about all promotions organized by Inter Cars for its Customers. Also available at www.intercars.com.pl on subpage Company Publications / promotion newsletter.

Service News is a garage newsletter created especially for Inter Cars S.A. Customers. The newsletter is sent to Customers by e-mail, with such information as: Trainings (passenger market), Technical Help Desk, Chain Garages, engine parts and reviews and coverages from current events and automotive meetings within Special Sections. Also available at www.intercars.com.pl on subpage Company Publications / Service News.

Truck Offer is a quarterly magazine in which, besides basic trade information, we are putting emphasis on spare parts for complete truck systems. Also available at www.truck.intercars.com. pl. Distribution performed via Polish Post to selected target group.

Inter Truck is a quarterly magazine for garage owners whose garages perform repairs on trucks and busses. In next issue you will find technical articles and tests in which topics connected with garage management and technical culture of performing repairs of cars are touched. E-Issue of Inter Truck is available at www.intercars.com.pl and at www.truck.intercars.com.pl.

Gala Mailing – every week you get the most recent information about Garage Masters’ Gala.

Usually for the weekend we are sending you photo and video materials from motorization meetings organized as a part of Garage Masters’ Gala.

IC Zone Express is a weekly mailing sent to Customers of Inter Cars, including information about special weekly sales with unique prices. Customers of Truck market are informed about this kind of promotions by IC Zone Truck.

Spring price fall

Lauber lowers the prices for typical brake callipers up to 40%!

The list of products included in the promotion: Brake disk calliper left/right rear; brake piston diameter 38 mm.

Ref. no: lau 77.0476, lau 77.0477 Brake disk calliper left/right rear; brake piston diameter 38 mm.

Ref. no: lau 77.2178, lau 77.2179 Brake disk calliper left/right rear; brake piston diameter 38 mm(LUC).

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Ref. no: lau 77.2366, lau 77.2367 Brake disk calliper left/right rear; brake piston diameter 38 mm(LUC).

Ref. no: lau 77.2464, lau 77.2465 Brake disk calliper left/right rear; brake piston diameter 38 mm(Bosch).

Ref. no: lau 77.2772, lau 77.2773

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After a really successful inauguration of II Edition in Częstochowa, Young HR Programme went to capital city of Podlasia and to Nowy Sącz.

Białystok – KEEPING THE STRING OF GOOD LUCK On 19th March 2013 there was a solemn event of passing equipment to Mechanical School no 2 in Białystok, at 14 Broniewskiego street. Similar to event in Częstochowa, the event in Białystok generated a big interest among local authorities, suppliers and also local media, which prepared large report in TVP Białystok.

Besides traditional speeches, very important part of the event was presentation of devices delivered within the programme. Teachers, who will be working with pupils on this equipment, presented to the guests what it can be used for. It was not difficult to notice enthusiasm in their eyes. They emphasised the fact that it will improve their possibilities of passing their knowledge to young people.

Cooperation agreement within Young HR Programme between Inter Cars S.A. and the School was signed by Member of the Management Board of Inter Cars S.A., Wojciech Milewski and Head-teacher of Mechanical School no 2, Małgorzata Kiebała.

The event ended with a visit in training rooms and lecture rooms of the school.

nowy sącz – TRADITION AND MODERNITY The beginning of Young HR Programme in Nowy Sącz was a unique event because of

many reasons. You could see, that the idea that for the school it is very important to offer the most modern education, but also to of the programme got to a fertile ground. combine it with tradition of Polish technolo9. April in Automotive School named after gical thought and bringing up the youth in Tadeusz Tański there was an official inaugu- the spirit of work and learning. ration with signing a cooperation agreement between Inter Cars S.A. and the school. The After official signing of the contract of counique formula of this event was confirmed operation, CEO of Inter Cars S.A., Robert by a large number of guests. The delega- Kierzek delivered his speech. It is worth notion of Inter Cars S.A. included, inter alia, the ticing that his event was unique and full of President and CEO Robert Kierzek and Di- pleasant memories, as I myself have gradurector of Nowy Sącz Branch Group, Dariusz ated this school. In his speech he also menKrupa. There were also representatives of tioned that Young HR Programme is not any supporting suppliers as well as from Entre- form of philanthropy. It is an action taken preneurship Incubator in Nowy Sącz, Polish for the advantage of the whole industry and Automotive Association and Inspector of Inter Cars itself, because thanks to well preEducation Department, Marian Górnicki and pared and educated employees the industry Chairperson of Education, Sport and Cultu- can grow and develop. re Commission of the town, Janusz Kwiat- Next all participants went to training part kowski. The event generated a big interest of the school, where an exhibition of equipment delivered within the Programme had among local media. been prepared. There was a ribbon-cutting The event was opened by Head-teacher, ceremony, which was accompanied by perAndrzej Góra, who said about advantages formance of a local music band composed coming from participation in Young HR Pro- of the pupils of the school. All the guests vigramme, thanks to which it is possible to sited the training and lecture rooms and saw connect two worlds, i.e. education and bu- the pupils at work. The school pays great siness. He also mentioned about 55th anni- attention to the practical side of education versary and its patron Tadeusz Tański, Polish and has a large number of practical devices constructor, creator of first Polish car, who that are applied in all areas of motorization. was murdered in Oświęcim Concentration You are invited to see video-coverage at Camp, and the performance prepared by the www.szkolenia.intercars.com.pl in Young HR students was telling his story. You could see subpage.

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Member of Management Board of Inter Cars S.A. Wojciech Milewski and Director of School no 2, Małgorzata Kiebała are signing an agreement on cooperation within Young HR.

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CEO of Inter Cars S.A., Robert Kierzek with ZZS Head-Teacher in Nowy Sącz, Andrzej Góra, cutting the ribbon.

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See you all during Garage Masters’ Gala in Karpacz.

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Inter Cars still developing!

It is a great pleasure for us to inform you about our new branches, including two bus branches:

NEW BRANCHES:

Inter Motors outlet

RADOM New branch located at ul. Walanowskiej 3, 26-600 Radom Tel. +48 48 331 00 90 ic.rwl@intercars.eu Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 8:00 - 18:00, Sat.: 8:00-13:00

BUS BRANCHES

BUS BRANCH IN CZOŁOWO ul. Kórnicka 1, 62-035 Czołowo Tel. +48 513 026 400 Pawel.Borczyk@intercars.eu Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 8:00 - 16:00

BUS BRANCH IN BYDGOSZCZ ul. Majora Henryka Hubala-Dobrzańskiego 14, 85-826 Bydgoszcz Tel. +48 52 320 05 19 ic.aby@intercars.eu Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 8:00 - 16:00

INTER MOTORS OUTLET IC ul. Gdańska 27 Cząstków Mazowiecki, 05-152 Czosnów Tel. +48 22 730 81 58, 665 391 307, 697 991 838 outlet@intermotors.pl Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 10:00 - 19:00, Sat.: 10:00-15:00

KONIN ul. Zakładowa 7, 62-510 Konin Tel. 48 63 244 65 70, 244 65 72 ic.kon@intercars.eu Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 08:00 - 18:00, Sat.: 8:00-13:00

ŁÓDŹ

NEW LOCATION WARSZAWA ul. Poleczki 3, 02-822 Warszawa Tel. +48 22 331 16 60 ic.poleczki@intercars.eu Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 8:00 - 18:00, Sat.: 8:00-13:00

Schedule of Inter Cars EXPO in EUROPE The expo season can be announced open.

It is very popular among our foreign branches, which organize their own events making them bigger and bigger every year.

25 May – Inter Cars EXPO Ukraine 2013.

Gorenka (nearby Kiev) Ukraine 2 July – 4th Home Exhibition Inter Cars Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia 8-9 July – Expo Inter Cars Romania, Brasov, Romania 14 September – Inter Cars Slovakia Internal Fair, Liptovsky Mikulas, High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia 20 September – Inter Cars Czech Republic Internal Fair, Prague, Czech Rep.

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ul. Obywatelska 133, 94-104 Łódź Tel. +48 42 689 70 60, 689 70 62-64 ic.ldp@intercars.eu Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 8:00 - 18:00, Sat.: 8:00-13:00

ZAWIERCIE ul. Cerefisko 10, 42-400 Zawiercie Tel. +48 32 670 31 99

ic.zaw@intercars.eu Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 8:00 - 17:00, Sat.: 8:00-13:00

ŁÓDŹ ul. Obywatelska 137, 94-104 Łódź Tel. +48 42 689 70 60, 689 70 62-64 ic.ldp@intercars.eu Opening hours: Mon.-Fri.: 8:00 - 18:00, Sat.: 8:00-13:00

WARSZAWA ul. Farbiarska 86/90, 02-862 Warszawa Tel. +48 22 331 16 60 ic.poleczki@intercars.eu Mon.-Fri.: 8:00 - 18:00, Sat.: 8:00-13:00

CLOSING

Bydgoszcz

We want to inform that a branch at 207 Grunwaldzka street in Bydgoszcz have been closed down.

Mar tin Mihaliček

Back to the origin On 30th April 2013 there was official opening of branch in Koszyce (Slovakia) in new premises.

It was a special event, because this city was the origin and beginning of business operations of Inter Cars in Slovak market.

The branch in Koszyce was opened in 2005 and since that day Inter Cars have constantly been developing its position in Slovakia. Today it has 13 branches. Just like than, when this town was chosen for the beginning of expansion, today in Koszyce we are beginning changes which can set the direction for development of the whole chain in Slovakia.

New branch in Koszyce is able to guarantee long term development and efficient logistic operations. Warehouse area of new branch is 1,200 m2 with possibility of enlar-

ging it to 1,800 m2, with over 19,000 goods.

Outlet area enlarged up to 260 m2 will not only serve Customers from Koszyce, but also all Customers from eastern Slovakia. Comfortable parking lot, place for presenting the equipment and training rooms – these are other advantages of new premises.