21st Century Insurance Group Declares Quarterly Dividend
21st Century Insurance Group declared a first quarter cash dividend of $0.16 per common share, payable March 22, 2000, to shareholders of record on March 10, 2000, according to the company's President and Chief Executive Officer, Bruce Marlow. ... Continue reading
Twenty-four automotive suppliers representing North American and European companies will be vying for top honors at the Sixth Annual PACE Awards competition being held March 6 at the historic Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. ... Continue reading
Accompany Introduces Group Buying for Autos
Accompany, Inc.,a pioneer in group buying on the Web, announced that it is offering a unique promotion to bring automobile "fleet" pricing to consumers for the first time. ... Continue reading
Albert Kahn Ass. Awarded Contracts for Hummer H2 Assembly Plant
Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. has been selected by AM General Corporation to serve as both program manager and architect/engineer for its Hummer H2 assembly operation in Mishawaka, Indiana. ... Continue reading
Amerigon Ships 10,000th Climate Control Seat System
Amerigon Inc. announced the shipment of its 10,000th proprietary Climate Control Seat System for vehicle driver and front passenger seats since it first began commercial shipments in late November of last year. ... Continue reading
Autologic Information International Announces 2000 First Quarter Results
Autologic Information International announced its consolidated financial results for its first quarter of 2000. ... Continue reading
AutoTradeCenter.com Enters Into A Vehicle Remarketing Agreement
AutoTradeCenter.com Inc. announced that it has entered into a vehicle remarketing agreement with American Honda Finance Corp. to develop and host their off-lease vehicle disposition Web site. ... Continue reading
B2B Solution Streamlines Commerce Across Automotive Supply Chain
After their initial release of a working prototype last week (at http://b2b.netpace.com), leading E-Commerce application builders, NetPace, finalized their project plan for B2B industry wide web based solution. ... Continue reading
Borders, Toyota and Parenting Join to Host 'Reading 2000'
Toyota Motor Sales and PARENTING magazine have once again joined with Borders Books and Music stores to present PARENTING "Reading 2000," a program focused on enhancing family literacy. ... Continue reading
Borg-Warner and Niehoff First to Provide SmartPages Parts Catalog
Borg-Warner brand and Niehoff brand are the first to provide detailed information to their customers using SmartPage(TM) technology. ... Continue reading
CART: George Lucas, Ashley Judd and Christian Slater among participants in Pro/Celebrity race
CART: George Lucas, Ashley Judd and Christian Slater among participants in Pro/Celebrity race ... Continue reading
Colonel's International Inc. Announces a Special Shareholder Dividend
The Colonel's International Inc., has announced that it will be seeking formal shareholder approval at its annual general meeting to be held on May 10th 2000, to declare a special stock dividend to shareholders. ... Continue reading
Court Rules That Volkswagen Entitled to VW.NET Domain Name
The UnitedStates District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that automaker Volkswagen was entitled to the Internet domain name VW.NET which had been registered by Virtual Works. ... Continue reading
DaimlerChrysler and Hoganas Sign Agreement
DaimlerChrysler and Hoganas recently entered into a three-year development contract. The objective is to bring a unique manufacturing process called K3 up to an industrial level, including the development of tailormade metal powder feedstock. ... Continue reading
DaimlerChrysler Uses Flower Power to Clean Up Contaminated Plant Site
DaimlerChrysler Corporation engineers put nature to work in the cleanup of an abandoned manufacturing site in Detroit. ... Continue reading
Delphi Engineer Receives Black Engineer of the Year Award
Maurice L. Dantzler, electrical engineering design leader at Delphi Automotive Systems, was recently awarded the prestigious Black Engineer of the Year Special Recognition Award at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference in Baltimore. ... Continue reading
Detroit Diesel Offers MSHA Non-Gaseous Underground Mine Certified Ratings
Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) has completed certification of the D704LTE and D706LTE Series engines for use in non-gaseous underground mines. ... Continue reading
Diamond Technology Partners Helps Define Internet-Based Virtual Marketspace
Diamond Technology Partners Incorporated helped craft the technology architecture that will enable the Big Three auto makers and their respective software partners to combine their online business-to-business exchange initiatives. ... Continue reading
Dollar Rent A Car and Sixt Rent A Car Worldwide Alliance Begins
Dollar Rent A Car, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., will begin its worldwide rental reservations alliance with Sixt rent a car on March 1, 2000. ... Continue reading
'Earth Friendly' Interior Created by Johnson Controls Debuts
DaimlerChrysler shows its commitment to environmental solutions this week at the 2000 Geneva International Auto Show, with the debut of its ESX3 concept car -- an advanced, lightweight vehicle powered by a hybrid diesel-electric powertrain. ... Continue reading
EWRX Closes $1.2 Million Interim Financing
EWRX (pronounced E-works) Internet Systems Inc. (www.ewrx.com) announced it completed an interim financing of $1,223,000.00. ... Continue reading
Federal-Mogul's Moog(R) M2 Technology Dominates Daytona
From the time they rolled the cars off the various NASCAR trailers until Dale Jarrett collected his record Daytona 500 paycheck, new Moog M2 Technology led the way by helping drive victories. ... Continue reading
Formula One: Jaguar on the prowl at final preseason test in Spain
Formula One: Jaguar on the prowl at final preseason test in Spain ... Continue reading
Four Top Teams Vie for Kia Baseball Bash Crown
Four of the top collegiate baseball teams in the country will test their early-season rankings in the first Kia Baseball Bash to be held this weekend, March 3-5, at Cal State Fullerton. ... Continue reading
Fraunhofer USA Retains AutoTech Technology Development, Inc.
Fraunhofer USA, an industrial research and development organization with research centers nationwide, has retained AutoTech Technology Development, Inc. to provide sales and marketing support to the automotive industry. ... Continue reading
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results
FuelCell Energy, Inc. reported first quarter results for the period ended January 31, 2000. ... Continue reading
Good News to the Drivers with the High Rising Fuel Price!
The TORNADO is a unique, non-moving, turbine-shaped, automotive device that creates a swirling motion in the air intake systems of automobile engines. ... Continue reading
Harmon AutoGlass Names New President
Harmon AutoGlass announced that Barbara Fitzgerald has been named president of the company effective immediately. ... Continue reading
Honda CR-V SUV SE Package Available ASAP, Customers R.S.V.P., P.D.Q.
When the Honda CR-V, the best-selling small sport utility vehicle, first went on sale, it changed the meaning of SUV to "Sport Utility Value." ... Continue reading
Ideal Technology Solutions Announced as Certified Service Provider
Ideal Technology Solutions, U.S. (Ideal) has been named a Certified Service Provider to the Advanced Network eXchange(TM) (ANX(R)), also known as the Automotive Network Exchange(R) by the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Four-time CART Champions Target/Chip Ganassi Racing to run in Indy 500
INDY 500: Four-time CART Champions Target/Chip Ganassi Racing to run in Indy 500 ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Ganassi enters Vasser, Montoya into 84th Indianapolis 500
INDY 500: Ganassi enters Vasser, Montoya into 84th Indianapolis 500 ... Continue reading
Infiniti I30 (2000) ... Continue reading
KleenAir Announces 2-for-1 Stock Split
KleenAir Systems Inc. announced that its board of directors has approved a 2-for-1 forward split of the company's common stock for shareholders of record at the close of business on March 15, 2000. ... Continue reading
Mandator Buys Another It Company
Over a number of years, A-Tind has developed and been responsible for several central systems at Volvo. They deal mainly with production planning and product calculations. ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Division Standardizes on SDRC's Metaphase
SDRC announced that Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Development, a division of DaimlerChrysler Stuttgart, has standardized on Metaphase(R) Enterprise(TM) as its core product data management (PDM) solution. ... Continue reading
Motor Protection Devices Enter New Millennium
While the entire motor protection devices market is forecasted to increase across the board, electronic MPDs are at the forefront of the market and is taking an increasingly bigger share of the market as it enters a new millennium. ... Continue reading
Mr. Oei Hong Leong Joins the Board of DynaMotive as Co-Chairman
DynaMotive Technologies Corporation announced that Mr. Oei Hong Leong, Chairman and CEO of China Strategic Holdings, has joined the Company's Board of Directors as Co-Chairman. ... Continue reading
NASCAR: Park-Whelen Busch Combination Ready For 2000 Audition
Park-Whelen Busch Combination Ready For 2000 Audition ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Chase Racing All-Stars panel set for 2000 season
NASCAR WCUP: Chase Racing All-Stars panel set for 2000 season ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Daytona 500 Winner Jarrett to help open NASCAR Cafe Las Vegas
NASCAR WCUP: Daytona 500 Winner Jarrett to help open NASCAR Cafe Las Vegas ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Kenny Wallace: Never backing down from a fight
NASCAR WCUP: Kenny Wallace: Never backing down from a fight ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Ken Schrader Notes and Quotes, Las Vegas
NASCAR WCUP: Ken Schrader Notes and Quotes, Las Vegas ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Labonte Surprises Son in Victory Circle
NASCAR WCUP: Labonte Surprises Son in Victory Circle ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Michael Holigan Leads NASCAR Into the .com Era
Michael Holigan Leads NASCAR Into the .com Era ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Nadeau Looks Ahead to the CarsDirect.com 400
NASCAR WCUP: Nadeau Looks Ahead to the CarsDirect.com 400 ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Stewart talks about his 'odds' at Las Vegas
NASCAR WCUP: Stewart talks about his 'odds' at Las Vegas ... Continue reading
New Ford Focus Ad Campaign Allows Viewers to Direct Live TV Commercials
Ford Motor Company takes the latest pop culture craze to a new level by allowing viewers to leverage Internet technology to be the directors of live television commercials featuring the new Ford Focus, the 2000 Car of the Year. ... Continue reading
O'Reilly Automotive Announces E-commerce Entry
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. announced that it will begin selling automotive accessories and performance products to consumers over the Internet from its web site, oreillyauto.com. ... Continue reading
O'Reilly Automotive Announces Record Increase in 1999 Net Income
O'ReillyAutomotive, Inc. announced record revenues and earnings for the year ended December 31, 1999. ... Continue reading
Paccar.com Invests in Business-to-Business e-Commerce
Paccar.com announced that it has made an equity investment in eScout, a leading provider of business-to-business (B2B) e- commerce solutions for independent businesses, according to Mark C. Pigott, chairman and chief executive officer. ... Continue reading
parts.com Becomes Fully Reporting Company
parts.com, Inc., a leading real-time business-to-business e- commerce parts exchange, announced that the Company has cleared comments with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), thus maintaining its listing on the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board. ... Continue reading
Richard Gorski Joins Textron Trim Division As VP and GM, Ford Business Unit
Richard F. Gorski has joined Textron Automotive Company - Trim Division as Vice President and General Manager of its Ford Business Unit. ... Continue reading
Schedule for Ford Focus Interactive TV
The series of thirty-second live"Focus Interactive TV" commercials will air: ... Continue reading
Sonic Implements Competitive Purchasing With bbcn.com's Online Marketplace
Sonic Automotive, Inc. announced that it will implement competitive online purchasing at its dealerships through bbcn.com. ... Continue reading
Spirit of Ford Congratulates Model T as Winner of Car of the Century
The past meets the present at Spirit of Ford where guests can celebrate the heritage of the Model T and the first automated assembly line, while also experiencing the amazing orchestration of today's assembly line. ... Continue reading
The Freudenberg and NOK Group Surpasses Another Kaizen Milestone
In its ongoing quest for perfection, the global Freudenberg and NOK Group has surpassed a major milestone no other automotive supplier has reached -- its 14,000th kaizen (continuous improvement) project. ... Continue reading
USAC: IRL tests for Darland, Gamester and Coons slated at Texas March 22-24
USAC: IRL tests for Darland, Gamester and Coons slated at Texas March 22-24 ... Continue reading
USAC: MCI Worldcom TQ Midgets switch from Perris to Bakersfield
USAC: MCI Worldcom TQ Midgets switch from Perris to Bakersfield ... Continue reading
USAC: Stevie Reeves to drive for Stewart/East at Nazareth
USAC: Stevie Reeves to drive for Stewart/East at Nazareth ... Continue reading
USAR: Hooters ProCup Series Begins 2000 Season
Hooters ProCup Series Begins 2000 Season ... Continue reading
The all-new Volvo V70, the next generation family car, will have a base price of $32,400 while the Volvo V70 T5 Sportswagon will start at $33,400 when the cars go on sale in the United States on April 1, 2000. ... Continue reading
Wrenchead.com Investment Now Exceeds $120 MM
Wrenchead.com, a leader in the automotive aftermarket e- commerce market, has received an additional $42.5 million in investment capital from a group of top financial investors. ... Continue reading
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