Oil industry expert Bruce Cavella of the Energy Group at Standard and Poor’s DRI will address the forthcoming Conference of Automotive Remarketing (CAR), March 19-21, on how the recent OPEC actions and the California energy crisis may impact the used-vehicle market in 2001.

Cavella’s experience as an oil industry analyst and consultant has focused on the analysis of energy markets including supply and demand, price forecasting, and logistics of crude oil and refined products internationally and in the U.S.

Will high gasoline prices be the norm instead of the exception? Could California’s electricity predicament ripple into fuel supply problems this summer? Cavella’s presentation will deal with these questions and more at CAR 2001 on March 20 at the Las Vegas Hilton.

About CAR 2001

The Sixth Annual Conference of Automotive Remarketing will be held at the Las Vegas Hilton on March 19-21, 2001. The industry’s leading vehicle remarketing forum will also feature key executives from the manufacturers, remarketing companies, Internet sites, dealerships, service companies, banking institutions, and industry research and consulting firms including:

Dr. David Cole, University of Michigan’s Office for the Study of Transportation

Mark Hogan, VP, eGM

Stuart Angert, CEO, Remarketing Services of America

Tom Webb, chief economist, Manheim Auto Auctions

Bob Maquire, incoming president of National Auto Dealers Association (NADA)

Simon Rothman, vice president, Ebaymotors.com

Chris DeNove, senior analyst, J.D. Power & Associates

Jonathan Gaw, analyst, IDC Research

Don Himelfarb, president, Thrifty Rent A Car

Nick Stanutz, executive vice president, Huntington Bank

Kenny Osborn, president, National Auto Auction Association

Two intensive days of speakers, executive panels, and management workshops focused on current automotive industry issues and market trends will be presented at the annual conference sponsored and organized by Bobit Publishing Company and Automotive Information Networks, Inc.

Major industry speakers will brief the vehicle remarketing channel participants on the latest industry developments, issues, and emerging opportunities. Six management workshops on used-vehicle remarketing systems and technology, off-lease vehicle remarketing, alternative remarketing channels, recruiting and training of industry management, and outsourcing of vehicle remarketing services, auction remarketing management, Internet applications and remarketing are scheduled for day one and two of the conference.

The attendance for CAR 2001 is expected to exceed the CAR 2000 registrations of 750 industry and remarketing executives.

More than 50 industry companies will participate in the Products and Services Expo 2001 scheduled to open on the afternoon of March 19 and continue through both days of the conference proceedings.

Registration Open

To register for CAR 2001 or to reserve exhibit space for the Expo, call 310-533-2410, register online at www.bobitexpos.com or fax your registration form to 310-533-2506.

Hotel reservations should be made as soon as possible by calling the Las Vegas Hilton at 1-800-732-7117. Ask the Reservation staff for the special hotel rate for CAR 2001.