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Friday, December 29, 2000

Mac Tools Staying On Ferrari Team

Mac Tools Staying On Ferrari Team

MANSFIELD, Ohio--The Brown Motorsports No. 2 Ferrari 333SP team has re-signed Mac Tools as an associate sponsor for the 2001 through 2003 seasons in the Grand American Road Racing Series. “I am proud to have the continued support of Mac Tools,” said Bobby Brown, team owner and driver of the Brown Motorsports Ferrari. ... Continue reading

AMA: New safety lighting system in place for 2001 AMA SuperCross Series

AMA: New safety lighting system in place for 2001 AMA SuperCross Series

NEW SAFETY LIGHTING SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR 2001 AMA U.S. SUPERCROSS SERIES ... Continue reading

American Standard Announces Actions to Improve Productivity, Efficiency

American Standard Announces Actions to Improve Productivity, Efficiency

American Standard Companies Inc. announced an operational consolidation and streamlining actions targeted at eliminating duplication of work, enhancing productivity and improving profitability. ... Continue reading

Auto Club Rings in 2001 With Free Tipsy Tow Service On New Year's Eve

Auto Club Rings in 2001 With Free Tipsy Tow Service On New Year's Eve

To help keep New Year's Eve safe for all motorists, the Automobile Club of Southern California is offering free Tipsy Tow rides home for drinking drivers and their vehicles. ... Continue reading

Auto Financer Accused of Illegally Pulling the Wheels Out From Car Owners

Auto Financer Accused of Illegally Pulling the Wheels Out From Car Owners

A group of Wisconsin residents filed a proposed class action suit claiming that General Motors Acceptance Corp. (GMAC) knowingly and systematically violated Wisconsin law by repossessing cars without proper notice or court order. ... Continue reading

BOLDER Technologies Forecasts Fourth Quarter Net Revenue

BOLDER Technologies Forecasts Fourth Quarter Net Revenue

BOLDER Technologies Corporation announced that the preliminary net revenue forecast for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2000 would approximate $2.0 million. ... Continue reading

Chevron Delo 400 Multigrade Meets New Global DHD-1 Specification

Chevron Delo 400 Multigrade Meets New Global DHD-1 Specification

Chevron added to its long list of industry milestones by announcing that Delo 400 Multigrade is the first and only diesel engine oil to meet the world's first global diesel engine oil performance specification, Global DHD-1. ... Continue reading

COMPLETE "TV ON THE NET" BROADCASTS FROM THE LA & DETROIT AUTO SHOWS

COMPLETE "TV ON THE NET" BROADCASTS FROM THE LA & DETROIT AUTO SHOWS

COMPLETE "TV ON THE NET" BROADCASTS FROM THE LOS ANGELES & DETROIT AUTO SHOWS ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Company Moves to New Headquarters In Korea

Hyundai Motor Company Moves to New Headquarters In Korea

Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) -- Korea's leading independent automaker -- officially opened its new headquarters offices in the south of Seoul on December 27, 2000. ... Continue reading

Littelfuse Updates Outlook for Fourth Quarter and 2001

Littelfuse Updates Outlook for Fourth Quarter and 2001

Littelfuse, Inc. updated its outlook for the fourth quarter of 2000 and for 2001. Sales for the fourth quarter of 2000 are expected to be comparable to the prior year fourth quarter sales of $82 million. ... Continue reading

MISC: Major Motorsports Dates, 2001

MISC: Major Motorsports Dates, 2001

MISC: Major Motorsports Dates, 2001 ... Continue reading

Mr. Gasket Chrome-Plated Fuel Line Fittings

Mr. Gasket Chrome-Plated Fuel Line Fittings

Mr. Gasket announces the availability of Chrome-Plated Fuel Line Fittings. ... Continue reading

Pennzoil-Quaker State Reaches Definitive Agreement to Sell Viscosity Oil

Pennzoil-Quaker State Reaches Definitive Agreement to Sell Viscosity Oil

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company announced that it has closed on the sale of Viscosity Oil Company to FL Selenia. ... Continue reading

Penske Corporation Increases Its Stake in UnitedAuto Group, Inc.

Penske Corporation Increases Its Stake in UnitedAuto Group, Inc.

Penske Corporation, UnitedAuto Group, Inc.'s controlling shareholder, announced that it purchased 3,993,110 of UnitedAuto's common shares from the Bank of Nova Scotia at a price of $10.50 per share, or approximately $42 million. ... Continue reading

TACH SPECIAL: Complete 'TV on the Net' Broadcasts from LA and Detroit Auto Shows

TACH SPECIAL: Complete 'TV on the Net' Broadcasts from LA and Detroit Auto Shows

TACH SPECIAL: Complete TV on the Net Broadcasts from LA and Detroit Auto Shows ... Continue reading

TBC's Tire Kingdom Subsidiary Acquires 14 Retail Locations

TBC's Tire Kingdom Subsidiary Acquires 14 Retail Locations

TBC Corporation announced that in two separate transactions, it has acquired 14 additional retail locations to be operated by its Tire Kingdom subsidiary, the nation's fifth largest independent tire retailer. ... 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 30,518 units during this holiday week, down from the 298,978 cars and trucks built last week, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

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