a lot of times the name brand parts makers (moog, trw, federal, beck-arnley) would go to mitsu and buy the parts from them and rebox them as theirs. But when I used to get a 35% discount from the dealer (parts mgr and I were good friends) no nobody could touch the price because of their markup from the lower price. Both the dealer and the parts manager are long gone though - damn chrysler 2000 dealer reduction plan - it worked so well for them...