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1999 BF Goodrich Tires Trans-Am Series TV Schedule Full

1999 BF Goodrich Tires Trans-Am Series TV Schedule Full

1999 BF Goodrich Tires Trans-Am Series TV Schedule Full ... Continue reading

ABRA Auto Body & Glass Acquires Fifth Location in Georgia

ABRA Auto Body & Glass Acquires Fifth Location in Georgia

ABRA Auto Body & Glass, LLC, the nation's leader in damaged vehicle repair, announced it has successfully completed its acquisition of Classic Paint & Body in Marietta, GA. ... Continue reading

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 19

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 19

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 19 ... Continue reading

Ballard Power Systems Reports 1999 First Quarter Results

Ballard Power Systems Reports 1999 First Quarter Results

Ballard Power Systems Inc. reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 1999. All amounts reported are in Canadian dollars. ... Continue reading

Best-Ever April Sales Reported by Toyota's Chicago Region

Best-Ever April Sales Reported by Toyota's Chicago Region

Toyota's Chicago Region posted record car sales in April of 6,242 vehicles, a 10 percent increase over April 1998 when 5,675 were sold. Combined car and truck sales for the month were 6,577, a 9 percent increase over last year's 6,012 total. ... Continue reading

BREED Announces Joint Venture With Textron and Magneti Marelli

BREED Announces Joint Venture With Textron and Magneti Marelli

BREED Technologies, Inc. announced that the company has formed a joint venture with Textron Automotive Company Inc. and Magneti Marelli S.p.A., Italy's leading supplier of automotive systems and components to Fiat. ... Continue reading

CART: Driver Standings, May 7

CART: Driver Standings, May 7

CART: Driver Standings, May 7 ... Continue reading

CART: Team KOOL Green at the Rio 200 in Brazil

CART: Team KOOL Green at the Rio 200 in Brazil

CART: Team KOOL Green at the Rio 200 in Brazil ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Reports Plant Schedule For Week of May 10, 1999

DaimlerChrysler Reports Plant Schedule For Week of May 10, 1999

DaimlerChrysler Corporation reports all nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian assembly plants will operate the week of May 10, 1999. ... Continue reading

DCR Rates Superior Wholesale Inventory Financing Trust V

DCR Rates Superior Wholesale Inventory Financing Trust V

Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR) has assigned a preliminary 'AAA' (Triple-A) rating to the $750 million floating-rate asset-backed term notes, Series 1999-A issued by Superior Wholesale Inventory Financing Trust V (SWIFT V). ... Continue reading

Delphi Provides High Quality/High Technology Batteries Worldwide

Delphi Provides High Quality/High Technology Batteries Worldwide

With battery manufacturing plants around the world, Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems continues to produce high- quality batteries for virtually every major auto manufacturer worldwide. ... Continue reading

Dollar Rent A Car Receives Military Traffic Command Award

Dollar Rent A Car Receives Military Traffic Command Award

Dollar Rent A Car has received the Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) quality award for sustained superior customer service and responsiveness in providing the "best value." ... Continue reading

Evercel's Xiamen Nickel-Zinc Battery Plant Nears Completion

Evercel's Xiamen Nickel-Zinc Battery Plant Nears Completion

Evercel, Inc. announced that its affiliate's new manufacturing facility in Xiamen, People's Republic of China, is nearing completion and is expected to begin producing deep cycle nickel- zinc rechargeable batteries within three months. ... Continue reading

Ford Increases Four-Door SuperCab Production

Ford Increases Four-Door SuperCab Production

Ford Division announced plans to increase the production mix of both the four-door F-Series SuperCab and Ranger four-door SuperCab as consumer demand for the versatility of more doors increases. ... Continue reading

Gas Prices Shouldn't Impact Travel Season, AAA Says

Gas Prices Shouldn't Impact Travel Season, AAA Says

With gas prices soaring this spring, travelers as well as those in the travel industry may be wondering what impact the sudden fluctuation in price will have on the upcoming vacation season, says AAA. ... Continue reading

Honda to Produce Automobiles and Engines in Alabama

Honda to Produce Automobiles and Engines in Alabama

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced it will construct a comprehensive automobile manufacturing facility near the town of Lincoln, Alabama that will produce minivans or SUVs as well as engines. ... Continue reading

IRL: Driver Standings, May 7

IRL: Driver Standings, May 7

IRL: Driver Standings, May 7 ... Continue reading

IRL: Haley McGee Medical Update

IRL: Haley McGee Medical Update

IRL: Haley McGee Medical Update ... Continue reading

IRL: King to Serve as Play-by-Play Announcer of Indy 500 on IRRN

IRL: King to Serve as Play-by-Play Announcer of Indy 500 on IRRN

IRL: King to Serve as Play-by-Play Announcer of Indy 500 on IRRN ... Continue reading

J.B. Hunt Adds Two Top Logistics Executives

J.B. Hunt Adds Two Top Logistics Executives

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Joel Sutherland and David Roth to its J.B. Hunt Logistics business unit, a non-asset based engineered logistics management services company. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Gains Top Supplier Honors from General Motors

Johnson Controls Gains Top Supplier Honors from General Motors

Johnson Controls -- a leading, international manufacturer of automotive interior systems -- has been named as General Motors' top worldwide supplier for 1998. ... Continue reading

Mercury Cougar Races Through its First Year

Mercury Cougar Races Through its First Year

At an age when many one-year-olds are just starting to walk, the Mercury Cougar has sprinted past the competition to become the hottest-selling car in its segment. ... Continue reading

NASCAR-WCUP: Komen Foundation to Benefit From Dale Jarrett's New Look at 'The Winston'

NASCAR-WCUP: Komen Foundation to Benefit From Dale Jarrett's New Look at 'The Winston'

NASCAR-WCUP: Komen Foundation to Benefit From Dale Jarrett's New Look at 'The Winston' ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Square D Racing Review/Preview

NASCAR WCUP: Square D Racing Review/Preview

NASCAR WCUP: Square D Racing Review/Preview ... Continue reading

New OSHA Forklift Law Means Changes for Industry

New OSHA Forklift Law Means Changes for Industry

A new federal safety law means more schooling for forklift operators, additional compliance headaches for business owners and a deadline from Uncle Sam that demands results before the year is out. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Mopar will Not Continue Sponsorship of NHRA Top Fuel Team Beyond 1999 Season

NHRA: Mopar will Not Continue Sponsorship of NHRA Top Fuel Team Beyond 1999 Season

NHRA: Mopar will Not Continue Sponsorship of NHRA Top Fuel Team Beyond 1999 Season ... Continue reading

NHRA: Thomas Savors Career Milestone, Credits Team, Engine Program

NHRA: Thomas Savors Career Milestone, Credits Team, Engine Program

NHRA: Thomas Savors Career Milestone, Credits Team, Engine Program ... Continue reading

Penn Engineering Announces Sales and Net Income for Q1 1999

Penn Engineering Announces Sales and Net Income for Q1 1999

Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. announced financial results for the first quarter: net income was $4,055,998, on quarterly net sales of $45,999,558 for the first quarter ended March 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Reports Smooth Merger Transition

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Reports Smooth Merger Transition

Top executives of Pennzoil-Quaker State Company told shareholders attending the company's Annual Meeting that the recently merged automotive consumer products giant was progressing according to plan. ... Continue reading

Report from the Autoliv Shareholders' Meeting

Report from the Autoliv Shareholders' Meeting

Autoliv Inc., the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, held its annual meeting in Stockholm today. ... Continue reading

SCCA: '99 Pro Spec Racer Series TV Schedule Full Season Coverage on Speedvision

SCCA: '99 Pro Spec Racer Series TV Schedule Full Season Coverage on Speedvision

SCCA: '99 Pro Spec Racer Series TV Schedule Full Season Coverage on Speedvision ... Continue reading

SCCA: Gentilozzi Revved Up For Mosport

SCCA: Gentilozzi Revved Up For Mosport

SCCA: Gentilozzi Revved Up For Mosport ... Continue reading

SCCA: New Models Highlight Increased Manufacturer Representation

SCCA: New Models Highlight Increased Manufacturer Representation

SCCA: New Models Highlight Increased Manufacturer Representation ... Continue reading

Spectre Acquires Secured Interest in Assets of Dega Technology, Inc.

Spectre Acquires Secured Interest in Assets of Dega Technology, Inc.

Ian S. Grant, CEO, reports that Spectre Industries, Inc. has acquired the secured interest of all rights, title and interest to and in all of the assets of Dega Technology, Inc. ... Continue reading

State Auto Financial Corporation Announces Stock Repurchase Plan

State Auto Financial Corporation Announces Stock Repurchase Plan

The Board of Directors of State Auto Financial Corporation approved a plan to repurchase up to four million shares of its common stock until December 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

Superior Industries Announces 12.5% Increase in Quarterly Dividend

Superior Industries Announces 12.5% Increase in Quarterly Dividend

Superior Industries International Inc. announced that the Board of Directors has approved a 12.5% increase in the Company's quarterly cash dividend to $.09 per share. ... Continue reading

Texas Instruments Announces New Advances in Automotive Security

Texas Instruments Announces New Advances in Automotive Security

Since 1995, when ignition immobilizers were becoming the standard for all vehicles sold in Europe, thefts of automobiles equipped with electronic immobilizers have decreased by 90%. ... Continue reading

Top Truck Drivers Share Tips for Safe Summer Driving

Top Truck Drivers Share Tips for Safe Summer Driving

With 21 million (and counting) miles of accident-free driving between them, the 12 professional truck drivers on the 1999 America's Road Team surely know something about safely navigating through ever-increasing amounts of highway traffic. ... Continue reading

Toyota Awards $1.12 Million in Scholarships to 100 Students

Toyota Awards $1.12 Million in Scholarships to 100 Students

One hundred reasons to feel goodabout the youth of America. In a nutshell, that's the best way to describe the 100 high school seniors who have been named 1999 Toyota Community Scholars. ... Continue reading

TRUNC and Ford Motor Company Unite to Keep Kids Out of Car Trunks

TRUNC and Ford Motor Company Unite to Keep Kids Out of Car Trunks

During National SAFE KIDS Week, the Trunk Releases Urgently Needed Coalition and Ford Motor Company are urging parents to teach their children about the dangers of climbing into the trunk of a car. ... Continue reading

UAW Makes Donation to American Red Cross Midwest Tornado Fund

UAW Makes Donation to American Red Cross Midwest Tornado Fund

The UAW is donating $25,000 to the American Red Cross Midwest Tornado Fund in support of disaster relief efforts in Oklahoma and Kansas following the devastating tornadoes on May 3 that have killed or injured scores of people and left 1000s homeless. ... Continue reading

USAC: Indianpolis Speedrome Midget Car Series Results

USAC: Indianpolis Speedrome Midget Car Series Results

NASCAR WCUP: Square D Racing Review/Preview ... Continue reading

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Results, Louisville

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Results, Louisville

USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Results, Louisville ... Continue reading

Venture Holdings Trust Announces First Quarter Results

Venture Holdings Trust Announces First Quarter Results

Venture Holdings Trust announced that consolidated net sales for the quarter ended March 31, 1999, were $166.0 million, a decrease of $0.6 million, or 0.4% from the first quarter of 1998. ... Continue reading

Visteon and Nintendo Combine for Powerful Mobile Entertainment

Visteon and Nintendo Combine for Powerful Mobile Entertainment

Guaranteed to provide miles of smiles during long or short summer trips, the Visteon Rear Seat Entertainment System will be available tomorrow through new cars dealerships nationwide. ... Continue reading

Volvo Tops AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Lists

Volvo Tops AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Lists

Volvo took first place among auto manufacturers and the Volvo S80 received the highest score of any vehicle considered in a recent vehicle satisfaction study conducted byAutoPacific, Inc. ... Continue reading

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 384,891 units, up from the 379,120 cars and trucks built a week ago, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

Williams Controls' Q2 Net Earnings up 6% on 7% Sales Increase

Williams Controls' Q2 Net Earnings up 6% on 7% Sales Increase

Williams Controls, Inc. reported net earnings from continuing operations for the second quarter ended March 31, 1999 of $1.5 million, up 6% compared to net earnings from continuing operations of $1.4 million for the same period a year ago. ... Continue reading

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