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Wednesday, June 16, 1999

$250 Million in Annual Sales for AimRite Holdings `COAST' Suspension System

$250 Million in Annual Sales for AimRite Holdings `COAST' Suspension System

AimRite Holdings Corporation is pleased to announce that it has now penetrated into virtually all categories of land surface vehicles with recent negotiations from a major OEM agricultural tractor manufacturer. ... Continue reading

Auto Europe Now Offering Prestige and Sports Car Rentals in U.S.

Auto Europe Now Offering Prestige and Sports Car Rentals in U.S.

Auto Europe, a leader in international rentals, has just added sports and prestige cars to its rental inventory in the U.S., making a wide selection of these cars available in Florida and California. ... Continue reading

CART: Dorricott/Mears Prep for Portland

CART: Dorricott/Mears Prep for Portland

PR-Dorricott/Mears Prep for Portland ... Continue reading

CART: Herta Begins Defense of Pole and Track Record at Portland

CART: Herta Begins Defense of Pole and Track Record at Portland

CART: Herta Begins Defense of Pole and Track Record at Portland ... Continue reading

CASCAR Super Series East - St. Eustache Preview

CASCAR Super Series East - St. Eustache Preview

CASCAR Castrol Super Series East - St. Eustache preview ... Continue reading

Chicago Map Pairs Innovative Mapping Technology with Canadian Road Data

Chicago Map Pairs Innovative Mapping Technology with Canadian Road Data

Chicago Map Corporation is pleased to announce the release of MapOCX, a toolkit that allows developers to integrate high- quality electronic map displays of Canadian provinces, cities and communities into Windows(R) visual environment applications. ... Continue reading

Credit Acceptance Corporation Completes $110,000,000 Revolving Credit Agreement

Credit Acceptance Corporation Completes $110,000,000 Revolving Credit Agreement

Credit Acceptance Corporation announced that it has completed a $110 million credit agreement with a group of commercial banks which will replace its current credit facility. ... Continue reading

Dana Corporation To Supply Complete Chassis System To Western Star Trucks

Dana Corporation To Supply Complete Chassis System To Western Star Trucks

Dana Corporation announced that it has been selected to supply complete, heavy-duty chassis systems for Western Star Trucks Inc.'s new facility in North Charleston, S.C. ... Continue reading

DAT Announces Intent to Release the Ultimate Vehicle 'Black Box'

DAT Announces Intent to Release the Ultimate Vehicle 'Black Box'

Diversified Auto Technology (DAT), a U.S. transport electronic development company based in California, announced its plans to introduce the ultimate "Black Box" on the marketplace by the end of this year. ... Continue reading

Driving Wheels: Introduction and Rear-Wheel Drives

Driving Wheels: Introduction and Rear-Wheel Drives

Driving Wheels: Introduction and Rear-Wheel Drive ... Continue reading

EAI Releases Toolkit for More Robust Ergonomics Analysis Of Vehicle Interior Designs

EAI Releases Toolkit for More Robust Ergonomics Analysis Of Vehicle Interior Designs

Engineering Animation, Inc. announced the release of the Jack Occupant Packaging Toolkit (OPT) to help manufacturers design vehicle interiors for optimal occupant comfort and performance. ... Continue reading

Ford Declares a Clean Revolution

Ford Declares a Clean Revolution

After inviting German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to drive the zero emission Ford P2000 HFC fuel cell car, Ford Motor Company Chairman William Clay Ford Jr. declared Ford would be a leader in the "Clean Revolution." ... Continue reading

Ford First with 2005 Emissions Level Powertrains

Ford First with 2005 Emissions Level Powertrains

Ford Motor Company Chairman, William Clay Ford Jr., announced Ford would begin a progressive roll-out of more sophisticated low emissions powertrains in Europe from next January. ... Continue reading

Formula One: Tony George: U.S. Grand Prix a Major Focus of Speedway's Vision

Formula One: Tony George: U.S. Grand Prix a Major Focus of Speedway's Vision

Formula One: Tony George: U.S. Grand Prix a Major Focus of Speedway's Vision ... Continue reading

GenCorp Second Quarter Earnings from Operations Improve 20 Percent

GenCorp Second Quarter Earnings from Operations Improve 20 Percent

GenCorp reported significantly improved 1999 second quarter earnings of $0.77 per diluted share compared to $0.51 per diluted share during the second quarter of 1998. ... Continue reading

GKN Announces Key Management Additions

GKN Announces Key Management Additions

Tom Stone, chief executive officer of GKN Automotive, Inc. recently announced two key management leaders naming Steve Dickerson, vice president of industrial engineering and program management and Karen Cole, vice president of human resources. ... Continue reading

Grosse Pointe News Reporter Steered to Harmon Glass Shop by AAA

Grosse Pointe News Reporter Steered to Harmon Glass Shop by AAA

Some aggressive reporting by a journalist in southeast Michigan has confirmed allegations made by 48 independent glass installers in Michigan of unfair trade practices conducted by a company hired by AAA Michigan to process its autoglass claims. ... Continue reading

HighwayMaster Places 50,000th Unit in Service At Verspeeten Cartage

HighwayMaster Places 50,000th Unit in Service At Verspeeten Cartage

HighwayMaster Communications, Inc. announced that its HighwayMaster Corporation subsidiary has placed its 50,000th Series 5000 mobile communications unit in service. ... Continue reading

HONDA ODYSSEY EX: (1999)

HONDA ODYSSEY EX: (1999)

HONDA ODYSSEY EX(1999) ... Continue reading

IHRA: Points Leaders Looking to Pad Points Leads at IHRA Amalie Oil Summer Nationals

IHRA: Points Leaders Looking to Pad Points Leads at IHRA Amalie Oil Summer Nationals

IHRA: Points Leaders Looking to Pad Points Leads at IHRA Amalie Oil Summer Nationals ... Continue reading

Industry Report (06/16/1999)

Industry Report (06/16/1999)

Industry Report (06/16/1999) ... Continue reading

Lithia Motors, Inc. Presents At U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Investor Conference

Lithia Motors, Inc. Presents At U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Investor Conference

Lithia Motors, Inc. is presenting at The 1999 U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Graybar, Bussmann and Panduit Head to Gateway

NASCAR BGN: Graybar, Bussmann and Panduit Head to Gateway

NASCAR BGN: Graybar, Bussmann and Panduit Head to Gateway ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: 'Let the Race Begin' say the Rookies

NASCAR BGN: 'Let the Race Begin' say the Rookies

NASCAR BGN: 'Let the Race Begin' say the Rookies ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Scott Hansen Ready for Good Showing at Portland

NASCAR Trucks: Scott Hansen Ready for Good Showing at Portland

NASCAR Trucks: Scott Hansen Ready for Good Showing at Portland ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: One Old Tow Truck and Many Fond Memories for Ken Schrader at Father's Day

NASCAR WCUP: One Old Tow Truck and Many Fond Memories for Ken Schrader at Father's Day

NASCAR WCUP: One Old Tow Truck and Many Fond Memories for Ken Schrader at Father's Day ... Continue reading

Newgen Results Corporation Launches Three New Products

Newgen Results Corporation Launches Three New Products

Newgen Results Corporation announced that it has begun selling three new products that are designed to increase profitability, efficiency and customer satisfaction at automobile dealerships. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Bazemore's Columbus Charge Snagged in Semi-Finals

NHRA: Bazemore's Columbus Charge Snagged in Semi-Finals

NHRA: Bazemore's Columbus Charge Snagged in Semi-Finals ... Continue reading

NHRA: Martino Rides the Waves in Columbus

NHRA: Martino Rides the Waves in Columbus

NHRA: Martino Rides the Waves in Columbus ... Continue reading

Oshkosh To Present on Strategy for Growth in Specialty Truck Markets

Oshkosh To Present on Strategy for Growth in Specialty Truck Markets

Oshkosh Truck Corporation, a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies, will present at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray's 22nd annual growth-company investor conference. ... Continue reading

Pocono Offers Good Opportunity for Michael Waltrip

Pocono Offers Good Opportunity for Michael Waltrip

Pocono offers good opportunity for Michael Waltrip ... Continue reading

Porsche Releases Initial Details of 2000 Boxster S

Porsche Releases Initial Details of 2000 Boxster S

Porsche disclosed the first public information about its 2000 Boxster S sports car. ... Continue reading

Robot Rumbles Launches Web Site

Robot Rumbles Launches Web Site

The latest craze in the world of high tech robot sporting events is coming to Canada. Robot Rumbles(TM) has entered the explosive competitive sport of dueling robots with plans for a Spring/Summer 2000 event launch in Southwestern Ontario. ... Continue reading

Siemens and Navistar Select South Carolina as Home For New Joint Venture

Siemens and Navistar Select South Carolina as Home For New Joint Venture

Siemens Diesel Systems Technology, LLC, a joint venture company formed by Siemens Automotive Corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Navistar International Corp. announced the selection of a manufacturing site in Richland County, S.C. ... Continue reading

Summer Months are Deadliest for Teens

Summer Months are Deadliest for Teens

Every 84 minutes a driver age 15 to 20 is killed in a car crash and during the summer months the number of fatalities drastically increases. ... Continue reading

TEMIC Introduces Improved Versions of Standard 80C51 Microcontrollers

TEMIC Introduces Improved Versions of Standard 80C51 Microcontrollers

TEMIC Semiconductors, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atmel Corp. announced the availability of improved versions of its standard 80C51 devices, featuring unrivaled performance on the market. ... Continue reading

THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER AT NEW HAMPSHIRE INT'L SPEEDWAY

THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER AT NEW HAMPSHIRE INT'L SPEEDWAY

THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER TO RING AT NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY ... Continue reading

Uniprime Capital Acceptance, Inc. Announces Formation Of Insurance Company

Uniprime Capital Acceptance, Inc. Announces Formation Of Insurance Company

Uniprime Capital Acceptance, Inc. announced that it would be forming its own insurance group to handle extended service contracts. ... Continue reading

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