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Friday, November 10, 2000

ARCA: Rudy's Farm, Dodson, and Owens Re-unite in Atlanta

ARCA: Rudy's Farm, Dodson, and Owens Re-unite in Atlanta

Rudy's Farm, Dodson, and Owens Re-unite in Atlanta ... Continue reading

AutoZone Offers Five Quick Ways to Get Your Car Ready For Winter

AutoZone Offers Five Quick Ways to Get Your Car Ready For Winter

Freezing temperatures will soon be in the forecast, and studies show three out of four vehicles on the road are vulnerable to wintertime damage. ... Continue reading

Budget Rent a Car Drives Skiers to the Mountains

Budget Rent a Car Drives Skiers to the Mountains

Budget Rent a Car Corporation is again offering skiers and other winter enthusiasts its value-packed Extreme Ski package to heat up the winter season. ... Continue reading

Coachmen Announces Completion of Miller Building Systems Merger

Coachmen Announces Completion of Miller Building Systems Merger

Coachmen Industries, Inc. and Miller Building Systems, Inc. announced that Coachmen's indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Delaware Miller Acquisition Corporation, has successfully merged with and into Miller. ... Continue reading

Dana Completes Agreement to Acquire Interest in European Manufacturer

Dana Completes Agreement to Acquire Interest in European Manufacturer

Dana Corporation announced that it has completed the purchase of an interest in GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie, a manufacturer of transmissions, transaxles, axles, and other automotive components. ... Continue reading

Exide Technologies Sells Stake in Yuasa Inc.

Exide Technologies Sells Stake in Yuasa Inc.

Exide Technologies announced that it has sold its 13.5 percent interest in Yuasa Inc. for $29.9 million. ... Continue reading

FIA RALLY: Telstra Rally Australia: Round 12 of the FIA World Rally Championship

FIA RALLY: Telstra Rally Australia: Round 12 of the FIA World Rally Championship

FIA RALLY: Telstra Rally Australia: Round 12 of the FIA World Rally Championship ... Continue reading

Five quick tips for getting your car ready for winter

Five quick tips for getting your car ready for winter

Freezing temperatures will soon be in the forecast, and studies show three out of four vehicles on the road are vulnerable to wintertime damage. ... Continue reading

International Rectifier Announces Motor Drive Design Breakthrough

International Rectifier Announces Motor Drive Design Breakthrough

International Rectifier has created a unique motor drive power management architecture called Accelerator(TM). ... Continue reading

It's All About Vehicle Safety

It's All About Vehicle Safety

Tenneco Automotive unveiled a national safety awareness campaign designed to educate drivers about the importance of The Safety Triangle-the crucial link between a vehicle's shocks, brakes and tires. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Honored By the Michigan Minority Business Council

Johnson Controls Honored By the Michigan Minority Business Council

Johnson Controls has a strong commitment to diversity, as reflected by its ongoing efforts to support minority-owned companies. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Launches Electronic Purchasing Program

Johnson Controls Launches Electronic Purchasing Program

Johnson Controls, Inc. has launched a new electronic procurement system for purchasing everything from office supplies to computers throughout its Controls business offices and plants. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Unveils The 'WAVE' of the Future in Acoustics

Johnson Controls Unveils The 'WAVE' of the Future in Acoustics

Johnson Controls recently opened an automotive acoustics laboratory -- called the WAVE Lab -- near the company's Holland, Michigan Technical Center, which further enhances product development capabilities and efficiencies. ... Continue reading

Late Nights, Long Drives Can Make Holiday Driving Deadly

Late Nights, Long Drives Can Make Holiday Driving Deadly

With more people on the roads during the upcoming holiday season, the National Sleep Foundation and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety are reminding sleepy drivers that their drowsiness can turn celebration into tragedy. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Breaks Ground for $600-million Expansion in Alabama

Mercedes-Benz Breaks Ground for $600-million Expansion in Alabama

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. (MBUSI) broke ground for a $600-million expansion at its Tuscaloosa, Alabama, M-Class sport utility plant. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WWEST: Reed looking for positive end to 2000 season

NASCAR WWEST: Reed looking for positive end to 2000 season

NASCAR WWEST: Reed looking for positive end to 2000 season ... Continue reading

NHRA: Goodyear Racers Continue to Harvest NHRA Drag Racing Championships

NHRA: Goodyear Racers Continue to Harvest NHRA Drag Racing Championships

NHRA: Goodyear Racers Continue to Harvest NHRA Drag Racing Championships ... Continue reading

Nissan Sentra CA & Extroid CVT Honored by Popular Science

Nissan Sentra CA & Extroid CVT Honored by Popular Science

The Nissan Sentra CA sedan and the Nissan Extroid Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) received "Best of What's New" awards in automobile technology from Popular Science magazine. ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Lazier, Hemelgarn Racing to cash in at Indy Racing awards gala

Northern Light IRL: Lazier, Hemelgarn Racing to cash in at Indy Racing awards gala

Northern Light IRL: Lazier, Hemelgarn Racing to cash in at Indy Racing awards gala ... Continue reading

OFF ROAD: Campbell and Honda plan on Baja 2000 victory

OFF ROAD: Campbell and Honda plan on Baja 2000 victory

Campbell and Honda plan on Baja 2000 victory ... Continue reading

Pep Boys Announces Third Quarter Results

Pep Boys Announces Third Quarter Results

Manny, Moe & Jack announced its operating results for the 13 weeks ended Oct 28, 2000, the completion of the closure of 38 underperforming stores as well as additional details relating to its recently announced profit enhancement plan. ... Continue reading

P-Synch Licensed by Ford Motor Company

P-Synch Licensed by Ford Motor Company

M-Tech Mercury Information Technology, Inc. is pleased to announce the purchase of their cutting-edge total password management system, P-Synch, by Ford Motor Company. ... Continue reading

RALLY: Ford Martini turns on the style in Australia

RALLY: Ford Martini turns on the style in Australia

Ford Martini turns on the style in Australia ... Continue reading

SUV Sales Moderate in the Third Quarter

SUV Sales Moderate in the Third Quarter

SUV sales have slowed in the second half of the year, while sales of crossover utility vehicles (CUVs) have soared, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. ... Continue reading

Top car and part makers meet to discuss E-Business at EyeForAuto

Top car and part makers meet to discuss E-Business at EyeForAuto

Senior Executives from leading auto makers, tier 1 suppliers and the principal automotive technology companies will meet in a few weeks time in San Jose to discuss the key issues for auto companies and the Internet. ... Continue reading

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