90% of Digital Product Data Tested Failed Defined Quality Standards
Prescient Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of software to manufacturers for improving engineering data quality, announced today the initial results from a set of engineering quality audits. ... Continue reading
AAA Michigan Offers Road Rage Workshops to Law Enforcement
Preventing road rage is one of today's most pressing traffic safety challenges with 16 percent of Michigan's 6.9 million motorists considered aggressive drivers. ... Continue reading
American Honda Sets November Record
Total American Honda sales set a new November record of 78,143, up 2.2 percent from November '98 and topping the previous record for the month set in 1990. Year-to-date American Honda sales reached 987,721, up 6.7% from last year's record pace. ... Continue reading
American Suzuki's November Sales Hit an 11 Year High
Riding the crest of strong consumer demand for small SUVs, American Suzuki Motor Company sold 45,529 vehicles for the year through November, an impressive 30 percent increase over sales for the same period last year. ... Continue reading
Anti-Auto-Theft Campaign Proves Effective
Since 1995, the number of vehicle thefts in Pennsylvania has steadily declined. ... Continue reading
Art Center Students Gauge New Automotive Interior Designs
Forget cup holders and vanity mirrors. As the needs of motorists grow and evolve, the next generation of automobile designers is searching for new ways to make car interiors more comfortable, functional and ergonomic. ... Continue reading
Audi Announces Best November Since 1985
Audi of America, Inc. announced November sales results of 5,971 automobiles sold, a 38.6 percent increase over the same month last year, with sales of 4,309. ... Continue reading
Autobytel.com Launches Online Automotive Superstore
Autobytel.com, the leading international automotive e-commerce provider, announced the launch of its Online Automotive Superstore. ... Continue reading
BAT Corporate Raiders Back Off
BAT International announced that its adversary group (corporate raiders) that have disrupted company operations has backed-off from its assault on BAT International. ... Continue reading
Breakthrough in Production of High Pressure Hydrogen
Proton Energy Systems(TM) announced a breakthrough in the development of systems to generate high-pressure hydrogen that can significantly accelerate the creation of a hydrogen infrastructure for fuel cell vehicles. ... Continue reading
CART: Andrew Craig to be featured speaker at Safety Symposium
CART: Andrew Craig to be featured speaker at Safety Symposium ... Continue reading
CART: Della Penna to provide test session for South American Formula 3 Champion
CART: Della Penna to provide test session for South American Formula 3 Champion ... Continue reading
CART: Open testing planned for Mid-Ohio, Chicago, and Laguna
CART: Open testing planned for Mid-Ohio, Chicago, and Laguna ... Continue reading
CART: PacWest Racing takes delivery of first 2000 Reynard
CART: PacWest Racing takes delivery of 2000 Reynard ... Continue reading
CART: Shopping tips for Champ Car racing fans
CART: Shopping tips for Champ Car racing fans ... Continue reading
Citation Corporation Merger With RSJ Acquisition Co. Closed
Citation Corporation announced that RSJ Acquisition Co., a corporation formed by Kelso & Company of New York, has merged into Citation Corporation, with Citation as the surviving corporation. ... Continue reading
Collins & Aikman Appoints Gasperut Plastic Interior Components Division COO
Collins & Aikman Corporation announced the appointment of Louis Gasperut as Chief Operating Officer for the Plastic Interior Components Group of the Company's North American Interior Systems Division. ... Continue reading
Colonial Properties Trust Steps Forward to Acquire Electric Vehicles
Colonial Properties Trust is the first non-mandated company in Alabama to acquire electric fleet vehicles. ... Continue reading
Crown Group Acquires Majority Ownership of Smart Choice Automotive Group
Smart Choice Automotive Group, Inc. announced that Crown Group, Inc. has acquired voting control of Smart Choice through the merger of a wholly-owned Smart Choice subsidiary into Crown's 85%-owned subsidiary, Paaco Automotive Group, Inc. ... Continue reading
Daewoo continued its upward progression in November with sales of 3,166 vehicles, almost 700% greater than the same period one year ago. ... Continue reading
Delphi to Sponsor Delphi Indy 200 at Walt Disney World Speedway
Delphi Automotive Systems is shifting into high gear for the upcoming Pep Boys Indy Racing League (IRL) season by sponsoring the IRL's opening race -- the Delphi Indy 200 at Walt Disney World Speedway near Orlando, Fla., Jan. 29, 2000. ... Continue reading
Federal-Mogul Extends Its Global Base With New Joint Venture In China
Federal-Mogul Corporation and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) of China, announced an agreement to establish a joint venture for the manufacture of engine bearings, bushings and thrust washers in China. ... Continue reading
First Team Hyundai's Generosity Adds to Christmas Joy
On the soon to be aired Maury Povich Christmas Show, Hyundai Motor America gifted Kimberly Walker with a brand new model year 2000 Hyundai Elantra Wagon and First Team Hyundai will deliver the vehicle to Kimberly. ... Continue reading
Ford Extends Purchase Order with Microphonics
Microphonics reported that it has received a purchase order extension from Ford Rotunda Equipment and Special Service Tools, the sales and marketing arm of Ford Motor Company. ... Continue reading
Formula One: Indianpolis Motor Speedway, Jordon to assist on another throughout Europe and North America ... Continue reading
Gentex Sees Automotive Industry in a Whole New Light
Gentex Corporation announced that the Company has developed a proprietary, revolutionary, high-intensity light-emitting diode (LED) technology that could change the way automakers and consumers look at lighting and signaling products. ... Continue reading
Global Survey on Organizational Impact On Companies Embracing Internet
A global Towers Perrin Internetworked Organization Survey has been launched to examine the human capital implications of e- Business change. ... Continue reading
Hyundai Sales Continue to Increase; November Sales Up 186% Over Last Year
Hyundai Motor America announced sales of 14,062 vehicles for the month of November, up 186 percent from one year ago. November sales were the best since 1988. ... Continue reading
Infiniti Announces November Sales - 2000 Infiniti I30 Continues to Lead Division's Sales -
Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA), reported sales of 5,603 units for the month of November. Other notable achievements for the division include: ... Continue reading
Intermet Board Elects Pamela Rodgers to Board of Directors
Intermet Corporation announced the election of Pamela Rodgers to its board of directors. ... Continue reading
IRL: Cheever set for first track test of the Infiniti Indy 3.5 liter engine
IRL: Cheever set for first track test of the Infiniti Indy 3.5 liter engine ... Continue reading
Kia Sales Continue To Skyrocket; Year-to-Date Sales Up 58 Percent
Kia vehicle sales continue to reach new peaks. November sales notched a 150-percent increase over the same month last year with 11,820 units. ... Continue reading
Land Rover North America, Inc. Posts Best-Ever November Sales Figures
Land Rover North America, Inc. has posted its best November sales figures ever. The company sold 2,247 units in November 1999, an increase of 17.6 percent versus November 1998. ... Continue reading
LMS and Honda Agree to a Multi-Year Technological Relationship
Honda R&D Co., Tochigi, Japan and LMS International have announced the mutual agreement of a multi-year technological relationship in the area of future NVH, durability, and motion simulation activities. ... Continue reading
Mazda Reports November Sales Increase of More Than 30 Percent
Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) announced U.S. sales of 17,338 units for the month of November, a 30.6 percent increase over the same period last year. ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz USA Posts Best Ever November Sales
Mercedes-Benz USA, Inc. (MBUSA) recorded yet another sales milestone in November with 16,547 new vehicles sold, a 22.3 percent increase over the 13,525 vehicles sold in November 1998, making it the best November on record for the company. ... Continue reading
Meritor Reaches Agreement to Divest Sun Visor Business to Grupo Antolin
Meritor Automotive, Inc. announced that it has completed the sale of its Light Vehicle Systems sun visor production operations to Grupo Antolin-Vosges S.A.S. ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Invites You to Listen to COO's Comments On Best Sales Month
Mitsubishi Motors had the best U.S. sales month in its history, with November 1999 results up 156 percent over the prior year. ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Motors Has Best Month in Its History - November Sales Up 156%
Mitsubishi Motors had the best U.S. sales month in its history, with November 1999 results up 156 percent over the prior year. ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Veteran Crew Chief Sandy Jones Joins Buckshot Racing For 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Season
Veteran Crew Chief Sandy Jones Joins Buckshot Racing For 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Season ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: 'Slugger' Labbe added to crew at Mattei Motorsports
NASCAR WCUP: 'Slugger' Labbe added to crew at Mattei Motorsports ... Continue reading
NHTSA Launches a New Impaired Driving Campaign
Last year, 15,935 people died as a result of impaired driving, more than 300,000 were injured and an estimated 1.5 million people were arrested. ... Continue reading
Nissan Reports A 19.7 Percent Increase In Sales
With continued strong truck and sedan sales, Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) reported November sales of 44,821 units, an increase of 19.7 percent over last year. ... Continue reading
Nova BUS Delivers Its 1,000th Low-Floor Bus
Nova BUS management is proud to announce that it is delivering its 1,000th LFS low-floor urban transit bus to the Montreal South Shore Transit Authority (MSSTA). ... Continue reading
Oxford Automotive, Inc. Nears Completion of Plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico
Oxford Automotive, Inc. a Tier I OEM automotive Supplier has announced that its new plant located in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico is nearing completion. ... Continue reading
Pestillo Makes Four Key Appointments at Visteon
Peter J. Pestillo, chairman-elect of Visteon Automotive Systems, announced the appointments of four senior executives who will join Visteon on Jan. 1, 2000. ... Continue reading
Prestolite Wire Acquires Automotive Accessories Business
Prestolite Wire Corporation has acquired the Speed Clip division of Exide Corporation for approximately $6 million in cash plus the assumption of certain liabilities. ... Continue reading
Record Dodge, Jeep(R) Sales Lead Best November Ever
Led by Dodge and Jeep(R) brands, U.S. sales of Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth and Jeep vehicles, numbering 194,716 units, marked the best November ever for those brands, compared to last year's record 192,012. ... Continue reading
Rhythms NetConnections Signs Ford for Nationwide Telework Deployment
Rhythms NetConnections Inc announced that it has signed an agreement with Ford Motor Company to provide national telework access services utilizing DSL technology. ... Continue reading
Royal Oak Appoints New Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Autoco.com announced that its subsidiary, Royal Oak Marketing, has appointed John Thompson as executive vice president. ... Continue reading
Saab Sales Remain Strong - Up Nearly 35% for the Year
Saab Cars USA, Inc. announced U.S. sales of 2,500 units during Nov 1999, bringing its year-to-date sales total to 36,621 units - a 34.6 percent increase over the same period in 1998 (27,215). ... Continue reading
Sales Growth Continues - Tesma First Quarter Net Income Up 67%
Tesma International Inc. announced record first quarter sales, income and earnings per share for the period ended October 31, 1999. ... Continue reading
SCCA: John Paul Jr. to contest BFGoodrich Tires Trans-Am series
SCCA: John Paul Jr. to contest BFGoodrich Tires Trans-Am series ... Continue reading
Slater Announces New Education Campaign to Stop Drunk Driving
Building on Clinton and Gore's commitment to reduce the tragic toll of preventable automobile crashes, U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater unveiled a new public education campaign called "You Drink & Drive. You Lose." ... Continue reading
Subaru Announces November Sales Figures
Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) announced its November sales figures. Subaru recorded a sales total of 14,245 units for the month, up three percent over the same period last year (13,783 units). ... Continue reading
TI Group Automotive Executive Named to VITEC Board
D. James Davis, president of TI Group Automotive Systems-n elected to the board of directors of Detroit-based VITEC, according to VITEC President Robert A. Huebner. ... Continue reading
TI Group Reports Business Operations in Line With Expectations
TI Group reports that current trading is ahead of last year and in line with consensus market expectations, reflecting the strength of the global spread and balance of its activities. Cash flow from operations remains strong. ... Continue reading
Tirex Receives the Second of Three Payments Totaling $1,240,000 CDN
The Tirex Corporation has announced that it received $450,000 CDN from the Federal Government under the Refundable Investment Tax Credit Program. This is the second of three disbursements issued under this program. ... Continue reading
T.J.T., Inc. Announces 1999 Earnings
T.J.T., Inc., a wholesale distributor of O.E.M. parts and aftermarket materials to the manufactured housing industry, announced a net annual loss of $207,000 on sales of $34.6 million, a two percent sales increase over fiscal year 1998. ... Continue reading
T.J.T., Inc. Elects New Director
T.J.T., Inc. has elected Joe Light to its board of directors. ... Continue reading
T.J.T., Inc. Names New Chief Operating Officer
T.J.T., Inc. announced the promotion of Robert M. Harrison to chief operating officer effective immediately. ... Continue reading
Top Source Launches Biotek Product Line
Top Source Technologies announced that it has entered into an agreement with Biotek Environmental Services, Inc. granting Top Source exclusive worldwide rights to sell Biotek's proprietary, hydrocarbon eating microbes in certain defined markets. ... Continue reading
Top Source Recruits Former Canon Senior VP as VP of Marketing
Top Source Technologies, Inc. announced that David F.E. Farr will be joining the Company on December 6, 1999 in the newly created position of Vice President of Marketing, reporting to Will C. Willis, President, Chairman & CEO of the Company. ... Continue reading
Top Source Reports Business Update
Top Source Technologies, Inc. announced that it expects a loss from operations of approximately $1,500,000, excluding Top Source Automotive, Inc. ("TSA"), for its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1999. ... Continue reading
Toyota Reports Best-Ever November Sales - Eighth-Consecutive Monthly Sales Record
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., reported best-ever November sales of 120,430 vehicles, an increase of 11.3 percent over last November's record-setting pace and the eighth- consecutive record-breaking month. ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Sales Up 70.6 Percent - Best November Since 1973
With its new 2000 models now on sale at dealerships across the country, Volkswagen of America, Inc. continued to record strong double-digit growth, reporting its best November sales results in more than a quarter century. ... Continue reading
Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. posted a 22.6 percent increase in U.S monthly sales at 10,317, compared with 8,415 units sold in November 1998. ... Continue reading
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