BMW Chief Surprise Will Step Down in May
BMW chief executive Joachim Milberg plans to step down next May after more than three years as the head of the German car maker. The automaker said Tuesday that Milberg, 58, will be replaced by current chief financial officer Helmut Panke, 55, at the company's annual meeting in May 2002. The move will come almost a yea ... Continue reading
World Rally Results – Rally Australia Surfer's Paradise, Australia (Nov. 4, 2001) Race #13 Final Positions Pos. Driver Car Team 1 M. Grönholm/T. Rautainen Peugeot 206 3:17:01.3 2 R. Burns/J. Kankkunen Subaru Impreza -40.4 sec. 3 D. Auriol/T. Gardemeister Peugeot 206 -1:20.1 min. 4 H. Rovanpera/R. Pietilainen Peu ... Continue reading
Vette To Be Piloted By Brit At Le Mans
FOR RELEASE: December 6, 2001 Speedy Brit to contest Le Mans, three ALMS races in 2002 DETROIT – With the 2001 season and a manufacturers’ championship barely under its belt, Corvette Racing has named Oliver Gavin of Great Britain to its team for 2002. Gavin, a roadracing veteran, will contest the 24 Hours ... Continue reading
GM Opens Wintergarden at the Renaissance Center for a Sneak Preview
GM Opens Wintergarden at the Renaissance Center for a Sneak Preview Detroit – General Motors Corp. employees and tenants of the Renaissance Center got a sneak preview today of the newly completed Wintergarden, Detroit’s newest waterfront attraction, nine days before it debuts to the public as the stage for ... Continue reading
Circuit City Stores, Inc. today reported third quarter sales for the company, including record sales for the CarMax Group . Total sales for the CarMax Group rose 38 percent for the quarter ended November 30, 2001, to $774.8 million from $561.7 million in the same period last year. Comparable store dollar sales rose 38 ... Continue reading
Magazine Lists Top 10 Winners, Losers in Automotive Industry for 2001
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 6 -- Each December, Car and Driver magazine announces its choice of 10Best cars of the year. The awards are celebrated by winning car companies. Those not making the list ... well, there's always next year or past glories for comfort. Less celebrated but nonetheless just as telling about the auto ... Continue reading
New car sales up a 340% in 2001
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Dec. 6 /CNW/ - CCC Internet Solutions Inc., a publicly traded company (CDNX-CIS), operators of a unique automotive website at www.carcostcanada.com, the leading Internet source for Canadian automotive dealer invoice cost pricing information, is pleased to announce that new car sales to CCC members are ... Continue reading
CES to Highlight the Latest Innovations In Mobile Electronics
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 6 -- The 2002 International CES attendees will be in the fast lane to new mobile electronics technologies when the show returns to the Las Vegas Convention Center on Tuesday, January 8 through Friday, January 11, 2002. The 2002 International CES-Your Source for Workstyle and Lifestyle Technology(SM ... Continue reading
ADVISORY/AAA Pays Special Tribute to New York City
-- WHO: AAA, North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization WHAT: Announces the first ever AAA Five Diamond Award for a city WHEN: Monday, December 10, 2001, 9:00 PM WHERE: Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue at 45th St., New York AAA will make a special award to New York City in recognition of its standa ... Continue reading
AAA-CMC Provides Useful Tool for Safe Winter Driving
AURORA, Ill., Dec. 06 -- Since 1902, AAA has placed the highest priority on traffic safety for the motorist. As part of that effort, in 1995, the AAA-Chicago Motor Club spearheaded the formation of a coalition of federal, state and private agencies in Illinois and Indiana known as ``Ice Pack.'' The group's mission is t ... Continue reading
Automotive Telematics Industry Maturing
WASHINGTON--Dec. 6, 2001--Automotive telematics -- systems that combine global positioning satellite (GPS) technology and other wireless communication systems for automatic roadside assistance and remote diagnostics in consumer-oriented cars -- are poised for a rapid market expansion by 2005. In a new white paper, ``Te ... Continue reading
Sidney 'Buster' Kelley, 93, Dies; Ran Kelley Blue Book
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 6 -- Sidney ``Buster'' Kelley passed away yesterday evening, December 5th. Buster had been battling cancer related illnesses for some time and passed away peacefully at home and under the care of his daughter. Buster was the younger brother of Les Kelley, who founded Kelley Kar Company and Kelley B ... Continue reading
Scania Delivers Test Vehicles for Major Dutch Defence Order
STOCKHOLM, Sweden--Dec. 7, 2001--Scania handed over two test vehicles to the Dutch defence authorities at a ceremony held on Friday at Huijbergen in the Netherlands. The vehicles will undergo a year of testing as part of negotiations concerning the supply of up to 1,500 all-wheel-drive vehicles to the Dutch defence for ... Continue reading
HEILBRONN, Germany--Dec. 7, 2001--Atmel(R) Corp. announced today the opening of a mixed-signal design center in Dresden/Germany as of Jan. 1, 2002. Initially, this group will consist of 10 highly skilled mixed-signal designers, and is expected to grow rapidly. The design center focuses on designs for automotive applica ... Continue reading
Whistler Demonstrates Hydrogen Fuel Cell Golf Car- Bye Bye OPEC
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Dec. 7, 2001--Whistler, Inc. (symbol OTCBB: WSLR) announces the successful completion of a Carbon-X fuel cell powered golf car by its newly named Voltairis Fuel Cell division. This hydrogen fuel cell vehicle marks the beginning of an exciting series of integrated fuel cell projects across many indus ... Continue reading
Yup It's A Buck A Gallon In The States:Price Reaches a 38-Month Low!
LOS ANGELES--Dec. 7, 2001--The average price of gasoline has fallen to a three-year low throughout Southern California, according to Weekend Gas Watch, compiled by the Automobile Club of Southern California. Gas prices have fallen for the past 12 weeks reaching the lowest level since October 1998. In various parts of t ... Continue reading
DETROIT AP reported that the Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler AG said Thursday it is recalling 120,000 Jeep Liberty sport utility vehicles to repair a problem that could delay the deployment of its driver's side air bag. There have been no deaths or injuries related to the problem, the automaker said. The problem is c ... Continue reading
Honda Starts CR-V UK Production at Swindon
December 7, 2001 London - Production of Honda’s all-new CR-V sport utility vehicle started this week at its Swindon plant. Its manufacture sees the UK plant take on a new role as the main global volume supplier of the new model. The majority of North American and all European demand for the new CR-V will be met b ... Continue reading
Nissan's UK Primera Production Begins
December 7, 2001 London - Production of the new Nissan Primera will begin at the company's Sunderland plant in the UK on Monday 17th December. The new car, which marks an important step forward in Nissan's product-led revival in Europe, will go on sale from the beginning of March next year. Total investment for the new ... Continue reading
Carisma Advertising Appointed Toyota Agency for Mexico
December 7, 2001 MEXICO CITY - Toyota Motor Sales de Mexico announced Thursday the appointment of Carisma Advertising as the ad agency that will design and develop the advertising strategy to reinforce its entrance into the Mexican market, planned for the second quarter of 2002. Carisma Advertising is a strategic allia ... Continue reading
BorgWarner Turbo Systems Opens No. American Tech Center
December 7, 2001 ASHEVILLE, N.C. - BorgWarner Turbo Systems celebrated yesterday the opening of its new North American Technical Center, a 23,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility located at the Turbo Systems campus in Asheville, North Carolina. The new center supports the needs of the North American turbocharger ... Continue reading
Audi Presents 24 Hours of Aspen
December 7, 2001 ASPEN, Colo.- Audi of America, Inc. is proud to continue its title sponsorship of the 24 Hours of Aspen. The Audi 24 Hours of Aspen is indisputably regarded as the World Championship of endurance skiing. The race begins at noon on December 9, when twenty athletes put their minds, bodies and spirits on ... Continue reading
"Niva", First Russian Chevy Due in September
December 7, 2001 Sacramento - While a Russian cosmonaut sits among American astronauts in the space shuttle Endeavour after being launched from the Kennedy Space Center yesterday, other American engineers are sitting amongst Russian engineers designing what will become the first jointly-made passenger vehicle between R ... Continue reading
Visteon Finding Business Outside of Ford
December 7, 2001 Sacramento - While many were forecasting that Ford would announce a major reorganization this week, thus far all the company has done is issue a profit warning, noting that it expects to lose 50-cents a share in the fourth quarter, significantly more than it had originally forecast. While it appeared t ... Continue reading
Pounds vs. Euros: A Rose By Any Other Name
December 7, 2001 Sacramento - We've written quite a bit over the last year about the problems the British pound sterling is causing automakers with manufacturing operations in the U.K., and we have reported at length about operations that have been shutdown and new plants that have been threatened because of the high v ... Continue reading
Volvo Goes Searching for an Image
December 7, 2001 Sacramento - Ford has been making some organizational changes in its Premier Group of luxury cars recently and we warned a week or so ago in reporting some of those changes that it would be difficult for a group of luxo-status personal cars to co-exist in one business unit the way it was being reorgani ... Continue reading
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