Tuesday, March 2, 1999

Audi Sales up 28 Percent - Best February and Best Year to Date Since 1986

Audi of America, Inc. announced its February sales in the U.S. with 3,576 automobiles sold, a 28 percent increase over the same month last year when sales were 2,794. ... Continue reading

BEI Technologies Declares Quarterly Dividend

The Board of Directors of BEI Technologies, Inc. announced its sixth consecutive quarterly dividend of two cents per share. ... Continue reading

Bosch Reports Automotive Sales Growth in 1998

Robert Bosch North American OE sales rose by 4% in 1998, from $3.3 billion to $3.4 billion. Overall, Bosch North American net sales, including automotive and non-automotive operations, rose from $5.3 billion in 1997 to $5.5 billion last year. ... Continue reading

Bridgestone/Firestone's UNI-T AQ(TM) Technology Goes Mainstream

Bridgestone/Firestone's UNI-T AQ(TM) technology, which reduces the degradation in worn tire wet performance that can occur over the life of a tire, is being introduced in two light truck tires and a touring tire this spring. ... Continue reading

Budget Names ixL as Internet Agency of Record

Budget Rent a Car Corporation, the world's third largest car and truck rental system and a wholly owned subsidiary of Budget Group, Inc., announced that it has signed a two-year agreement with iXL as its Internet agency of record. ... Continue reading

Dana's Rolling Chassis Module Named Finalist for 1999 PACE Award

Dana Corporation announced that its Rolling Chassis(TM) modular system was named finalist for the 1999 Automotive News PACE(TM) Award for innovative product, manufacturing, and service achievements. ... Continue reading

Dana to Build Automotive Customer Support Center in Farmington Hills

Dana Corporation has announced plans to build a 108,000-square- foot Automotive Customer Support Center in Farmington Hills, Mich. Construction is expected to be completed by September, 1999. ... Continue reading

Delphi Automotive Systems Sets the 'Pace' in Electric Power Steering

Delphi Automotive Systems is the recent winner of the 1999 PACE Award form Automotive News and Ernst & Young LLP for its innovative E-STEER(TM) Electric Power Steering technology. ... Continue reading

Ernst & Young Announces Eight Winners of 1999 PACE Awards

Winners of the 1999 PACE(TM) Awards, jointly presented by Ernst & Young LLP and Automotive News, were honored at a gala celebration at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. ... Continue reading

Extended Systems Pairs with Cyberlogic Systems for Mitsubishi

Extended Systems Inc. and Cyberlogic Systems, Inc. have partnered to deliver a sales floor automation database application to more than 400 Mitsubishi Motors dealerships across North America. ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Introduces New Optical Feasibility Modeling

Federal-Mogul Corporation's, Lighting Products group announced that early this spring it will implement a major enhancement to the company's optical feasibility system, a new computerized modeling system. ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Lighting Products Offers LED Technology

Federal-Mogul Corporation's Lighting Products group offers LED (light emitting diode) technology for running lamps and signal lamps on cars and trucks, which is a superior replacement for incandescent lamps. ... Continue reading

Fifth Annual DuPont Automotive/SAE Survey Results

While cost reduction again topped the list of challenges facing the automotive industry, the number of auto engineers and designers who picked emissions and safety regulations as the top challenge substantially increased from last year. ... Continue reading

Fujitsu's 32-Bit Triple Bus Microcontrollers

Fujitsu Microelectronics has launched a new highly integrated CAN bus microcontroller family bringing a hitherto unprecedented level of performance to CAN based automotive and industrial control systems. ... Continue reading

Goodyear Run-Flat Tires Win PACE Award

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company received the prestigious 1999 Automotive News PACE Award Monday night for the benefits of its innovative run-flat tires supplied to automakers worldwide. ... Continue reading

Hastings Announces Year-End Results Fiscal 1998

Hastings Manufacturing Company reported the results of its fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, highlighted by a nine percent gain in net sales and an 81 percent increase in net income. ... Continue reading

Honda Helps At-Risk Youth Put Their Best Foot Forward at Upcoming L.A. Marathon    

American Honda Motor Co., Inc., helped 1,500 at-risk youth get a step closer to personal achievement through the donation of new Saucony running shoes they will wear in the Los Angeles Marathon on March 14. ... Continue reading

Joint Venture for Florida Production Engineering, Standard Products

Standard Products and Florida Production Engineering, announced that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding of a joint venture to manufacture and bring to market an innovative modular automotive door and glass sealing system. ... Continue reading

Lear-Donnelly Overhead Systems Creates OASys

A revolutionary advancement in vehicle audio systems will be music to the ears of automakers and vehicle owners as a new speaker system is unveiled by Lear-Donnelly Overhead Systems, L.L.C. (LDOS). ... Continue reading

Lear, Stewart Grand Prix Put Drivers' Safety First

Drivers' safety took a huge leap forward in 1999, with the recent requirement that all Formula One cars be equipped with an extractable seat system -- an innovation pioneered by Lear Corporation and Stewart Grand Prix. ... Continue reading

Lear's TransG Storage Systems Offer Space, Access, and Flexibility

Leave it to Lear Corporation to find creative ways to convert wasted space to storage space -- and easy access to it -- as part of its recently unveiled TransG(TM) interior concept aimed at maturing baby boomers. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Enters Into Alliance with Diversified Agency Services

Mercedes-Benz announced that it has entered into a strategic marketing alliance with Diversified Agency Services to handle the full range of its marketing communications for the Mercedes- Benz product portfolio in the United States. ... Continue reading

Motor Club of America Announces Fourth Quarter and 1998 Results

Motor Club of America announced its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 1998. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Amato, Force, Kurt Johnson Claim Checker Schuck's Kragen National Victories

NHRA: Amato, Force, Kurt Johnson Claim Checker Schuck's Kragen National Victories ... Continue reading

Orbital Clarifies Half Year Result

Orbital Engine Corporation would like to clarify the recent news release regarding its 31 December 1998 half year results released on 25 February 1999. ... Continue reading

Porsche Launches On-Line Interactive Learning for Dealers

Porsche Cars North America recently launched an interactive web site that ties all of its dealers together via the Internet. The endeavor is designed to improve communication with dealers and thereby provide better service to Porsche's customers. ... Continue reading

Saab Year-to-Date Sales Up 92 Percent

Saab Cars USA, Inc., the U.S. importer and distributor of Saab 9-3 and 9-5 automobiles, announced sales of 2,318 units during February 1999, a strong 36 percent increase over February 1998 (1,703 units sold). ... Continue reading

Series of New Contracts for Occupant Safety Systems Enhances TRW

Building upon a number of recent industry firsts, TRW announced it has secured a dozen production contracts between now and model year 2002 for advanced and integrated safety systems with six automakers worldwide. ... Continue reading

Sonic Automotive Announces Acquisitions of Four New Dealerships

Sonic Automotive, Inc. announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Lute Riley Honda in Dallas, Texas; Sam White Motor City in Houston, Texas; and Charleston Lincoln-Mercury and North Charleston Hyundai in Charleston, SC. ... Continue reading

Tracks: Nabisco Teams up with Texas Motor Speedway for Race Rebate

Tracks: Nabisco Teams up with Texas Motor Speedway for Race Rebate ... Continue reading

TRW and Motorola Develop Innovative In-Vehicle Network Architecture

TRW Inc. and Motorola announced that they have cooperatively developed an advanced network interface standard for the automotive industry that will simplify and speed development and installation of next-generation occupant safety systems. ... Continue reading

TRW Module Contract with DaimlerChrysler

TRW announced today that it will set up a new manufacturing facility in Toledo, Ohio, to assemble various chassis modules to support a DaimlerChrysler Jeep(R) platform and the Toledo Assembly Operations. ... Continue reading

Visteon Gives Customers a Sensory Experience

Visteon is changing the face of automotive supplier exhibits with its virtual "World of Chassis" technology display at the 1999 Society of Automotive Engineers International Congress and Exposition. ... Continue reading

Visteon's Navigation System Will Set Drivers Straight in Their Tracks

Just touch a couple of keys on Visteon Automotive System's new NavMate(R) navigation system and then follow its turn-by-turn voice instructions to your destination. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Sales up 78.8 Percent

Volkswagen of America, Inc. reported its best February sales in 18 years. In February, Volkswagen sold 20,888 new cars in the U.S., which represents a 78.8 percent increase over last year's mark of 11,682. ... Continue reading