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"The Auto Channel,""Auto Channel", "www.theautochannel.com," "DealerDirect," "TACH," "TACH Compar-a-graph," and "Click2 and Click4" names and logos are trademarks of Auto Channel, Inc. All rights reserved. All content, stories, photographs, and graphic elements contained within The Auto Channel website are copyright by The Auto Channel, LLC, unless otherwise indicated. All rights reserved. No material or portion of The Auto Channel may be used or reproduced in any manner without express written permission from The Auto Channel, Inc.

The Auto Channel, Inc. maintains this site (the "Site") for your personal entertainment, information, education, and communication. Please feel free to browse the Site. You may download material displayed on the Site for non-commercial, personal use only provided you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not, however, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, re post, or use the content of the Site for public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio, and video without The Auto Channel’s written permission. Your access to and use of the Site is also subject to the following terms and conditions ("Terms and Conditions") and all applicable laws. By accessing and browsing the Site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the Terms and Conditions set forth herein.

Terms and Conditions

You should assume that everything you see or read on the Site is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the Site, without the written permission of The Auto Channel. The Auto Channel neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the Site will not infringe upon the rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with The Auto Channel.

While The Auto Channel uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information in the Site, The Auto Channel makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. The Auto Channel assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Site.

Your use of and browsing in the Site are at your risk. Neither The Auto Channel nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties. The Auto Channel also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site.

Any communication or material you transmit to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post may be used by The Auto Channel or its affiliates for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, The Auto Channel is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information.

Images of people or places displayed on the Site are either the property of, or used with permission by, The Auto Channel. The use of these images by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Site. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site, including THE AUTO CHANNEL, TACH, RACELINE, OPEN ROAD RADIO, AUTOWORLD, BOBBY LIKIS CAR CLINIC, THE C.A.R. SHOW, THE CAR SHOW, DRIVERS SEAT, DRAG RACING TONIGHT, NASCAR, IRL, INDY RACING LEAGUE, CART, AMA, DAYONA SPEEDWEEKS, WINSTON CUP, BUSCH GRAND NATIONAL, ARCA, ASA, WORLD OF OUTLAWS, HAV-A-TAMPA, ALLSTATE INSURANCE, PENNZOIL, AFTERMARKET BUSINESS MAGAZINE, 4 CAR COMPAR-A-GRAPH, GENERAL MOTORS, FORD, BMW, AUDI, JAGUAR, VOLVO, TOYOTA, and others, are registered and unregistered Trademarks of The Auto Channel or its rightful owners. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of The Auto Channel or such third parties that own the Trademarks displayed on the Site. Any use of third party Trademarks on The Auto Channel is done either by permission of the Trademarks’ owners, or as part of a ``News'' story or feature and subject to the Fair Use provisions of international, Federal, and State intellectual property laws. No special association or relationship is intended by such use, and its use should not be construed as granting The Auto Channel any official status with any third party, unless otherwise noted. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on the Site, or any other content on the Site, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that The Auto Channel will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of criminal prosecution.

The Auto Channel has not reviewed all of the sites linked to the Site and is not responsible for the content of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to the Site. Your linking to any other off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk.

Although The Auto Channel may from time to time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin boards, and the like on the Site, The Auto Channel is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such locations nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. The Auto Channel will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing The Auto Channel to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials.

Software from this Site is further subject to United States Export Controls. No software from this Site may be downloaded or exported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other country to which the United States has embargoed goods; or (ii) anyone on the United States Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By downloading or using the software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.

The Auto Channel may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.

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