Kruchka will be racing the Ohsweken Speedway #00 in 2003
>From: "Clinton Geoffrey" <clintongeoffrey@cogeco.ca> >To: <adamrossmotorsports@hotmail.com> >Subject: mike press release >Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:52:37 -0500 > >Adam, If you could send this out asap it would be great. thanks > >clint > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Rookie of the Year to Drive ... Continue reading
Dura Automotive Announces Dividend on Trust Preferred Securities
ROCHESTER HILLS--Nov. 29, 2002--Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. , announced today that a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share will be paid on the 7 1/2% convertible trust preferred securities issued by the Dura Automotive Capital Trust. The dividend will be payable on December 31, 2002, to stockholders of record on Dece ... Continue reading
BMW WilliamsF1 Team - Test Valencia
Media contact: WilliamsF1 Liam Clogger Tel: +44(0) 1235 7777 00m liam.clogger@williamsf1.com Silvia Hoffer Tel: +44 (0) 797 7275 838, silvia.hoffer@williamsf1.com BMW Jörg Kottmeier Tel: +49(0) 1705666112, joerg.kottmeier@bmw.de VALENCIA TEST 2628 November 2002 Summary: The BMW WilliamsF1 Team concluded a three-day ... Continue reading
NAMARS PR: 2003 NAMARS 600cc MidgetCar Schedule...
2003 NAMARS 600cc MidgetCar Schedule # DATE DAY TRACK NAME LOCATION ST SIZE SURFACE LAPS EVENT 1 26-Apr Sat Pike County Speedway Pittsville IL 1/6 Dirt TBA 3rd Annual Uncle Buster Memorial by Stealth 2 29-May Thu Indianapolis Speedrome Indianapolis IN 1/5 Paved 25 3 25-Jun Wed TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA NAMARS 600cc Five ... Continue reading
European Auto Recycling Gains Momentum for Cyntech Technologies
CONYERS, Ga.--Nov. 29, 2002--The recent passage of legislation in Europe mandating recycling of end of life consumer products and in particular automobiles, electronics, and household durables, is fueling demand for new technologies and solutions in the European Union (EU). The legislation enacts mandates for auto reco ... Continue reading
PRO 2003 Event Schedule Released
PRO Hot Rod & Muscle Nationals Show Series Official Newsletter http://www.fasteststreetcar.com The PRO Hot Rod & Muscle Car Nationals 2003 Series Tour tenative schedule has been released for the upcoming racing season. PRO enters its second season coming off a terrific year of competition featuring the PRO-Edelbrock Dr ... Continue reading
New Car Review: 2003 Honda Pilot EX-L
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS A master's degree thesis in sociology could probably be written on the American sport-utility vehicle phenomenon. Urban and suburban people who may never meet a more difficult off-road challenge than a less-than-optimally paved stadium parking lot buy huge truck-based vehicles capa ... Continue reading
World Premiere for Volkswagen Tarek at the Essen Motor Show
www.autoindex.org CLICK4MORE Autoindex.org The new Volkswagen Tarek rally-car which will race at the Dakar Rally 2003 was unveiled at the Essen Motor Show. Excerpts from the press release: Volkswagen will participate at the 2003 Telefonica Dakar rally with its new Buggy. Developed in conjunction with Italdesign the 2,2 ... Continue reading
Toyota Soluna Vios introduced in Thailand
http;//www.autoindex.org CLICK4More from autoindex.org Toyota Motor Thailand introduced the all-new Soluna Vios at the recent Thailand International Motor Expo. The original Soluna was based on a 1985 car, while the Soluna Vios, which was first introduced in China, as the Toyota Vios back in October is based on the ban ... Continue reading
Honda Expects To Export 30,000 Thai-Made City Sedans '03
BANGKOK November 29, 2002; Dow Jones reported that Honda Motor Co. said Friday it expects to export from Thailand over 30,000 units of its new Honda City sedan to Japan and other countries in 2003. The model, launched in Japan Friday as "Fit Aria," will be the first Thai- manufactured sedan car to be exported to the qu ... Continue reading
Toyota, Brilliance debut luxury vans in China
SHANGHAI, Nov 29, 2002; Reuters reports that Brilliance China's mainland venture has begun selling a luxury van based on designs from Japan's Toyota Motor Corp, aiming to penetrate a burgeoning high-end market, the venture said on Friday. Brilliance Jinbei Car Co Ltd, a tie-up between Hong Kong-listed Brilliance China ... Continue reading
Car Guy Ralph Louis Engelstad Dies
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 27 -- Veteran gaming executive, entrepreneur and humanitarian Ralph Engelstad, who built and owned the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip and in Biloxi, Mississippi, passed away last night at his home after a valiant battle with cancer. He was 72. Ralph, as he preferred to be calle ... Continue reading
STOCKHOLM, Nov 28, 2002; Reuters reports that Swedish car seat belt and airbag maker Autoliv said on Thursday that its order intake would increase significantly, sending its shares up more than six percent. Autoliv Sverige AB said order intake in 2002 would rise much more than 10 percent. "2002 would like like being ve ... Continue reading
TOKYO, Nov 29, 2002; Reuters reported that Japan's Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it had applied for a U.S. banking license last month in a bid to use financial services to strengthen its position in the competitive U.S. automobile market. If granted, the world's third-largest automaker would become the first Japanes ... Continue reading
Recticel Wins Car Windows Contracts
BRUSSELS, Nov 28, 2002; Reuters reports that Belgian polyurethane foam maker Recticel said on Thursday it had secured two contracts to supply car windows to car makers Opel, a unit of General Motors, and Skoda Auto, the Czech unit of Volkswagen AG. The 60 million euro contract for Opel concerns a new car model which is ... Continue reading
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. November 28, 2002; Doron Levin writing for Bloomberg News filed this report. As an adopted member of the General Motors Corp. family, Saab is finding it difficult to preserve its Swedish quirkiness and still fulfill GM's financial expectations. Saab lost about $130.5 million in the first half of 2002. ... Continue reading
China To Lower Auto Import Tariffs
SHANGHAI, Nov 28, 2002; Reuters reported that China will lower auto import tariffs by 5.6 percentage points next year and raise import quotas by 15 percent to $9.125 billion, in line with WTO commitments, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Thursday. The report did not specify what type of cars the tariff cuts appl ... Continue reading
November 28, 2002; Bill Koenig writing for Bloomberg News reported that U.S. auto sales probably improved in November, after the biggest monthly decline in 11 years last month. Demand is being led by luxury models such as General Motors Corp.'s Hummer H2 as consumers grow more optimistic, analysts said. The decline nar ... Continue reading
Toyota Invests Large Euros To Raise Yaris Production
TOKYO November 28, 2002; Lindsay Whipp writng for Bloomberg reported that Toyota Motor Corp. invested 100 million euros ($99 million) to raise capacity for its Yaris compact in France as European demand for the car increases, the Japanese automaker said in a release. The world's third-largest automaker said it raised c ... Continue reading
Isuzu's shareholders approve plan for reorganization
TOKYO November 28, 2002; Kae Inque writing for Bloomberg reports that Isuzu Motors Ltd., 48.5 percent owned by General Motors Corp., said shareholders approved a plan to cut capital and reserves to cover costs for the truckmaker's program to return to profit and lower debt. The Tokyo-based company won approval at an ex ... Continue reading
Low Rand Entices Toyota South Africa To Consider SA Engine Parts Factory
JOHANNESBURG November 28, 2002; Antony Sguazzin writing for Bloomberg News reported that Toyota Motor Corp., is considering establishing a factory in South Africa to manufacture aluminum engine parts. The plant, which would be built near Pretoria, could initially produce as many as 200,000 cylinder blocks and engine he ... Continue reading
Ferrari Says IPO Plan Awaits Right Market Conditions
MILAN November 28, 2002; Dow Jones reported that Ferrari SpA remains intent on listing its shares on the Milan exchange, but will do so only when market conditions are more auspicious, Chairman and Chief Executive Luca Cordero di Montezemolo said Thursday. "We intend to list soon," he said on the sidelines of an award ... Continue reading
Ford says German factory making a record 1,610 cars daily
COLOGNE, Germany November 28, 2002; Jeremy Van Loon writing for Bloomberg reported that Ford-Werke AG, the German unit of the world's No. 2 carmaker, said it's making a record 1,610 Fiesta and Fusion model cars a day at its factory in Cologne, Germany. Maximum production capacity at the factory, which employs about 5,0 ... Continue reading
GM Mexico sees 2002 production at 500,000 vehicles
MEXICO CITY, Nov 27, 2002; Reuters reported that the Mexican unit of General Motors said on Wednesday it expected to make 500,000 vehicles this year compared with 447,802 in 2001. Carlos Gelista, GM Mexico spokesman, told Reuters the company saw output rising 5 to 7 percent next year on higher U.S. demand. "We are prod ... Continue reading
Monaco Coach Corporation Announces Agreement With Outdoor Resorts of America
COBURG, Ore., Nov. 27, 2002; Monaco Coach Corporation announced that it has purchased from Outdoor Resorts of America (ORA) three luxury motorcoach resort properties being developed by ORA in Las Vegas, Nevada, Indio, California, and Naples, Florida. Monaco previously had loaned $8.0 million on the three projects and c ... Continue reading
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