According to an article in ActionLINE, Hank Gryn from Chrysler and Steve Walsh from Ford, ISO/TS 16949 will NOT replace QS9K for the forseeable future. (Of course, I'm not sure what their window of time is for the "forseeable future".) They also mention in the article that since there is a 3 year period to convert to ISO 9000:2000, QS9K will not issue another edition for that length of time. Also, they expect ISO/TS 16949 to be updated by the end of 2001 (to conform with ISO9000:2000). It is an interesting article.