Honda Sets All-time February Record for Global Auto Production
Tokyo, Japan, March 28, 2005; Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced production, Japanese domestic sales, and export results for the month of February 2005. With domestic production up significantly and the Asia and North America regions setting all-time February production records, Honda established a new record for wo ... Continue reading
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Montana Oil and Gas, Inc. (MOGI) set to exp|ore further in Alberta Canada, in one of Canada's most high|y coveted reservoirs with generation potential of mi|lions per week. Candlestick Analysis for MOGI Today's Candlestick Patterns: Umbrella - Bullish Harami Cross Today, an Umbrella was formed. The long lower shadow sh ... Continue reading
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USBB: MOGI, set to exp|ore further in Alberta Canada, in one of Canada's most high|y coveted reservoirs with generation potential of mi|lions per week. Candlestick Analysis for MOGI Today's Candlestick Patterns: Umbrella - Bullish Harami Cross Today, an Umbrella was formed. The long lower shadow shows the evidence for ... Continue reading
A Fine Empty Nester Sedan<br> By Steve Purdy<br> Detroit Bureau Chief<p> If you saw our review of the new Ford Five Hundred sedan a few weeks ago you’ll recognize the Mercury Montego. Most of the performance, handling and comfort comments will be familiar since they are virtually the same. In fact, the Montego, a ... Continue reading
RYAN'S RACECAR TAKES THE CHECKERED FLAG WITH KIDS
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Strong 2004 Lands Cummins on Business Week's ``Top 50'' List
COLUMBUS, Ind.--March 28, 2005--Cummins record-breaking year in 2004 has been recognized by Business Week magazine, which named the Company to its latest annual list of top 50 performers. Cummins was ranked No. 29 on the magazine's list, which is featured in the current issue. Business Week compared the one- and three- ... Continue reading
ABI: Bill to Reduce Blood Alcohol Threshold to .04 Criminalizes Responsible Adults
Just One Glass of Wine Before Driving Would Subject a 120 Pound Woman to Arrest Under Proposed New Limit AUGUSTA, Maine, March 28 -- A bill to reduce Maine's legal threshold for blood alcohol concentration (BAC) while driving to .04% will criminalize responsible adults and is an extreme departure from where the focus o ... Continue reading
Terry Borcheller - Fontana preview
Most drivers give their sponsors race reports. Terry Borcheller gives his sponsor two races. The Gainesville, Ga., driver will compete in the Rolex Sports Car Series and Grand-Am Cup races at California Speedway in Fontana, Calif., on April 2 and 3 – just 15 miles from the corporate headquarters of his primary pe ... Continue reading
Women Dominate Auto Insurance, Safety, Registration Web Sites
NEW YORK--March 28, 2005--Automotive Web sites often are thought of as a man's domain, but women are the majority to several sites delivering information about automotive finance, registration and vehicle insurance. According to Hitwise, the world's leading online competitive intelligence service, women comprised 40 pe ... Continue reading
ADP Dealer Services Wins 2004 Partnership Commitment Award From AutoNation
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., March 28 -- ADP Dealer Services, a leading provider of integrated computing solutions to 19,500 automotive and truck dealers throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, today announced it has won AutoNation's 2004 Partnership Commitment Award. AutoNation is America's largest automotive retai ... Continue reading
Aftermarket Technology Corp. Shareholders Sell 7,185,782 Million Shares Of Common Stock
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., March 28 -- Aftermarket Technology Corp. announced today that some of its current shareholders, including the Aurora Capital Group, have sold a total of 7,185,782 shares of the Company's common stock to an underwriters group led by Citigroup, Robert W. Baird & Co., UBS Investment Bank and Lazard. I ... Continue reading
ChevronTexaco Named Volvo and Mack Aftermarket Supplier of the Year
SAN RAMON, Calif.--March 28, 2005-- Award Given at the Uptime National Parts and Service Meeting for North American Volvo and Mack Parts and Service Dealers ChevronTexaco Products Company, a leading provider of heavy-duty engine oils, lubricants and coolants, today announced that it has been named an Aftermarket Suppli ... Continue reading
Cummins Announces Uptime Guarantee for Tier 3 Engines
COLUMBUS, Ind.--March 28, 2005--Cummins Inc. has announced an Uptime Guarantee program for engines certified to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier 3 standards. The program, revealed at the recent CONEXPO - CON/AGG show in Las Vegas, provides assurance to the construction industry that Cummins Tier 3 engines ... Continue reading
Curtiss-Wright Receives IRS Ruling Permitting Recapitalization
Shareholders to Vote On Proposed Single Common Share Class ROSELAND, N.J., March 28 -- Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced today that it has received a supplemental ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that will permit the Company to go forward with its proposed recapitalization of Common and Class B Common ... Continue reading
CLEVELAND--March 28, 2005--Eaton Corporation will host a conference call on Thursday, April 14, 2005 beginning at 10 a.m. EDT to discuss first quarter 2005 earnings results with security analysts and institutional investors. The call will be available to interested listeners via an audio webcast that can be accessed th ... Continue reading
FleetPride Opens New Location in Harrisburg Market
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 28 -- FleetPride, Inc., the nation's largest independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck parts, today announced the opening of a new branch location in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010427/FLEETPRIDELOGO ) "The trucking business is growing o ... Continue reading
General Motors to Host 10th Annual Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference
Minority Business Leaders to Gather in Dallas May 18-22 NEW YORK, March 28 -- BLACK ENTERPRISE announced today that General Motors will serve as host of the 10th annual Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference, marking the second consecutive year the world's largest vehicle manufacturer has served as title sponsor. Th ... Continue reading
Midas Sells Pipe Bender Manufacturing Operation to Huth Plant Manager Joseph Becker
ITASCA, Ill.--March 28, 2005--Midas, Inc. has completed the sale of Huth, Inc., in Hartford, Wisc., to Hartford Benders, Inc., a newly formed company owned by current Huth plant manager Joseph Becker and Tom Hechimovich, owner of Hechimovich Machining, Inc., of Hartford. The company produces Huth Benders, used in muffl ... Continue reading
Modine Manufacturing Company Sets Date and Location for 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
RACINE, Wis.--March 28, 2005--Modine Manufacturing Company announced today that its 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Wednesday, July 20 at 9:30 a.m. Central Time at the Company's corporate headquarters, 1500 DeKoven Avenue, Racine, Wisconsin. Common shareholders of record as of the close of business ... Continue reading
Precision CAD/CAM Systems, Inc. Announces ESPRIT 2005 Fundamentals Training Manual Now Available
Camarillo, CA- Continuing its history of superior CAD to CAM integration, ESPRIT 2005 CAM software has achieved certification with Autodesk Inventor Series 10, the company's latest computer aided design (CAD) software release. Products developed in the Autodesk Inventor Certified Application program adhere to Autodesk ... Continue reading
DETROIT, March 28 -- The last of the season's big auto shows is now open to the public, and more than a million New Yorkers are expected to stream through the turnstiles at the Jacob Javits Center to view all the new cars, trucks, concepts and crossovers on display, including Ford's hot new Shelby Cobra GT500, Cadillac ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Motors Names Jerry Berwanger to Lead North American Manufacturing Facility
NORMAL, Ill.--March 28, 2005-- Company Promotes 33-Year Industry and Operations Veteran as Fourth-Generation Eclipse is Readied for Dealer Showrooms Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) today named Jerry Berwanger Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Manufacturing Division, promoting him to run the c ... Continue reading
SPEED Channel to Premiere its First Online Webisode to RacingJunk.com's Community of Racers
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.--March 28, 2005--SPEED Channel joins with RacingJunk.com, the performance racing industry's leading classified ad portal, in announcing the exclusive web cast of SPEED Channel's upcoming new series, "Pinks." This marks SPEED Channel's online debut of a television series episode, and a first for the h ... Continue reading
Cummins Launch Next-Generation QSB At CONEXPO
COLUMBUS, Ind.--March 28, 2005--Cummins Inc. next-generation QSB engines were the focus of engine attention at the CONEXPO - CON/AGG show held recently in Las Vegas. These engines feature enhancements for superior performance, durability and reduced noise. These engines not only meet the Environmental Protection Agency ... Continue reading
Updated NAVTEQ Maps of Six Middle Eastern Countries Now Available to NAVTEQ Customers
CHICAGO, March 28 -- NAVTEQ , a leading global provider of digital maps for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, has added new roads and updated attributes and geometry on existing roads in its maps of the following middle eastern countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi A ... Continue reading
Hey there! Easter weekend brought with it a fairly quiet time in the world of Motorsports. Most of the top series took the weekend off. The IRL makes it's first stop on a street course this weekend in downtown St. Petersburg, FL. Should be a great event, with Chamber of Congress weather expected. ... Continue reading
ArvinMeritor Appoints James Donlon Chief Financial Officer
Sachdev to lead corporate strategy TROY, Mich., March 28 -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced that James Donlon has been named to the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 1, 2005. In this position, Donlon will drive ArvinMeritor's financial performance, as well as provide comp ... Continue reading
Tax Refunds Drive Key Financial Strategy for Car Buyers
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 28 -- People getting tax refunds this year are averaging amounts of $2,294, according to the IRS*. Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, suggests that consumers could wisely use this "found" money to pay down their car loans. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-b ... Continue reading
Coachmen and Coleman Reach Settlement Agreement
ELKHART, Ind., March 28 -- Coachmen Industries, Inc. and The Coleman Company, Inc. have reached an agreement to settle the differences at issue in the lawsuit between the parties. Coachmen filed the lawsuit against Coleman in Federal Court in Kansas in November 2004 after a Kansas State Court enjoined Coleman from lice ... Continue reading
Lithium Power comes to the Big Apple: North America's largest Auto Show plays host to Hybrid Technologies fleet of emissions-free vehicles. LAS VEGAS, NV, and NEW YORK, NY, March 28 -- Hybrid Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: HYBT) - www.hybridtechnologies.com - R-Electric Car Co., Global Hybrid Corp., Solium Power Corp., and ... Continue reading
National Car Care Month Set for April
BETHESDA, Md., March 28 -- For the third consecutive year, National Car Care Month, a nationwide effort to focus motorists' attention on the importance of vehicle care and maintenance, will be held in April, the Car Care Council announced. "When it comes to vehicle safety and dependability, too many motorists are putti ... Continue reading
Airbiquity Announces More Than One Million OnStar-Enabled Vehicles Using aqLink Technology
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash.--March 28, 2005--Airbiquity Inc., a privately held company and a leading provider of wireless data communications software solutions, announced that the company surpassed a major milestone with more than one million OnStar-enabled vehicles on the road, using Airbiquity's patented aqLink technol ... Continue reading
AUTO Shanghai 2005 to Kick Off in April
SHANGHAI, China, March 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. announced today that the 11th International Automobile & Manufacturing Technology Exhibition (AUTO Shanghai 2005), with the theme of 'Better Auto, Better Life,' will begin on April 22 and run through until April 28. The event w ... Continue reading
Performance Motorsport Welcomes BorgWarner Turbo Systems as Sponsor for the 2005 Season
NEW YORK, March 28 -- Performance Motorsport is proud to welcome BorgWarner Turbo Systems as an associate sponsor for the 2005. With the season opener just around the corner, Performance Motorsport finds itself putting another crucial piece of the racing, marketing, and sponsorship puzzle in place with the addition of ... Continue reading
AutoTrader.com Promotes Brian Goddard to Vice President of Application Development
ATLANTA, March 28 -- AutoTrader.com, the world's largest automotive marketplace, today announces the appointment of Brian Goddard to Vice President of Application Development. In the newly created position, Goddard will oversee the groups responsible for creating AutoTrader.com's leading edge business solutions, includ ... Continue reading
Intelligent Motor Cars Group to Launch New Finance Division
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--March 28, 2005--Intelligent Motor Cars Group, Inc. (OTCBB:IMTR), today announced that they are prepared to launch a new Buy-Here/Pay-Here finance division to underwrite all of their in-house vehicle sales. "We've been giving away a good deal of our profit margins to other third party finance comp ... Continue reading
Aasco Motorsports Announces 2005 Rolex Series Schedule For Long, Flanagan
Aasco Motorsports Announces 2005 Rolex Series Schedule For Long, Flanagan ANAHEIM, Calif., March 28, 2005 - Motorsports legend Dennis Aase's Aasco Motorsports will make its Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series return at California Speedway on April 3rd. The Fontana, California-round will be the first of six GT class ... Continue reading
Bank of America Acquires $990 Million Auto Loan Portfolio
Seller KeyCorp Exiting Indirect Auto Business JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 28 -- Bank of America today announced it has signed an agreement with KeyCorp to purchase the KeyCorp prime indirect automobile loan portfolio, consisting of $990 million spread among 89,000 customers. KeyCorp announced in January that it was exiti ... Continue reading
Wicked Sportswear Signs With Carroll Shelby
Carroll Shelby and Wicked Motorsport Partner to Create COBRA/Shelby Sportswear, Part of Wicked's New Apparel Collection Designed for Men Who are Passionate About Cars PENNINGTON, N.J., March 28 -- Wicked Motorsport, an affiliate of Wicked Road Warrior Boots, has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Carroll Shel ... Continue reading
Toyota, Nissan, Honda Boost Production 11% in February 2005
March 28, 2005; Naoko Fujimura writing for Bloomberg reported that Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co., Japan's three largest carmakers, boosted production for the fourth straight month in February to meet growing demand in North America, Western Europe and Asia. Toyota increased global production ... Continue reading
India's Tata to Raise Overseas Sales to 30% of Total
March 28, 2005; Anand Krishnamoorthy writing for Bloomberg reported that the Tata Group, whose sales of cars, appliances and computer software account for 5 percent of India's annual exports, said it's investing in Australia, Bangladesh and South Africa to increase overseas income. India's biggest group of companies by ... Continue reading
Toyota, Nissan, Honda Boosted Production
TOKYO March 28, 2005; The AP reported that three of Japan's five major automakers boosted their production in Japan in February compared to the same month a year ago, the manufacturers said Monday. Toyota Motor Corp., the nation's top automaker, boosted its domestic production in February 10.4 percent on year to 342,65 ... Continue reading
LOS ANGELES & AURORA, Ill.--March 28, 2005--At a time when powerful, adrenaline-charged motor sports are exploding in popularity around the world, the premier producer and promoter of specialized motor sports events -- Clear Channel Entertainment - Motor Sports -- joins forces with one of the most prolific and successf ... Continue reading
F1 Chief and Banks Settle Out of Court
LONDON March 23, 2005; The AP reported that Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone and three banks have reached agreement over control of the world's premier open-wheel racing series. Details of the settlement were not disclosed Wednesday, and it was not immediately clear what impact the agreement would have on the sport. ... Continue reading
Honda to recall about 45,000 HR-V passenger cars
TOKYO March 27, 2005; Japan Today reported that Honda Motor Co. said it will recall for free repairs a total of 45,859 HR-V passenger cars to prevent their rear doors from opening while the cars are in motion. In a report filed with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Honda said the HR-Vs in question we ... Continue reading
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