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[email protected] / Home Page: http://www.robertellerassoc.com/ NAIAS SUMMARY NOTES PLASTICS AT THE 2004 DETROIT AUTOMOTIVE SHOW PREPARED FOR: REA CLIENTS FEBRUARY 2004 CONTENTS PAGE 1. INTRODUCTION . 4 2. GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE OBSERVATIONS . 6 3. PLASTICS OBSERVATIONS . 10 4. MINI VEHICLE DATABASE . 15 APPENDIX A – ABBREVIATIONS APPENDIX B – PHOTOS re/mydox/NAIAS/NAIAS 2004A.doc 2 Robert Eller Associates, Inc. LIST OF EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NO. TITLE PAGE 3-1 PLASTIC TRENDS AT THE 2004 DETROIT AUTO SHOW . 12 3-2 LIGHTING DEVELOPMENTS AT THE DETROIT AUTO SHOW . 14 4-1 MINI DATABASE OF 2004 DETROIT AUTO SHOW VEHICLES . 16 3 Robert Eller Associates, Inc. 1. INTRODUCTION Several REA staff members previewed the 2004 Detroit Auto Show (NAIAS) to: - Identify new autoplastic trends among the forty-eight new models introduced by the N. American OEMs - Identify vehicle trends affecting the autoplastics sector - Examine European and Japanese autoplastic technologies transferred to N. America - Test the accuracy of the near term forecasts in our recently published Automotive Interior Trim multi-client study (see REA Web Site, robertellerassoc.com, for prospectus). The objective of this document prepared for REA soft trim and general plastics clients is to provide a summary of our observations and a reference guide for identifying autoplastic trends and visualizing their current use (see photos in Appendix B). In Chapter 2, we have summarized our general observations on vehicle trends from the perspective of the autoplastics supplier.