Monday, October 10, 2005

Delphi Bankruptcy A Piviotal Point That Can Shape Detroit's Future

DETROIT, Oct 10, 2005; Tom Brown writing for Reuters reported that courtroom proceedings in a landmark case that could reshape the U.S. auto industry and hurt many people who depend on it for their livelihoods get under way on Tuesday. That's when opening motions are due to be heard in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York ... Continue reading

Details Emerge On Mercedes-Benz F600 Hygenius

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on October 10, 2005 at 9:24 AM CST As many of you car fanatics already know, the Tokyo Motor Show is taking place later this month. What you may not know, however, is that Mercedes has used the Tokyo Motor Show to unveil their last two F-Class Concept Cars (you can find more info on thes ... Continue reading

Strategic Vision: Consumers New Vehicle Total Quality Experience Survey

Buyers See More Value in Brand Than Incentives, Says Strategic Vision San Diego –Strong anticipated resale value, reliability and durability helped propel Japanese brands to top spots on 12 of 23 segments on Strategic Vision’s 2005 Total Value Index™ (TVI). The San-Diego based research firm today anno ... Continue reading

Fiat Doblo Cargo Makes World Premiere

Heir to a winning model (more than 300.000 units have been sold since 2001), the New Doblò Cargo now offers revised styling, new Multijet diesel engines and brand new Long Wheelbase versions. The winning attributes that made the previous model a veritable sales success naturally remain unchanged: great load space, unu ... Continue reading

Bridgestone Firestone Teams Up With Toys For Tots

Bridgestone Firestone dealers and Firestone Complete Auto Care stores to serve as drop points for 2005 Toys for Tots program NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 10, 2005) – The mission is to put smiles on the faces of as many children as possible. To accomplish the task, Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (BFNT) w ... Continue reading

NASCAR NEXCUP RESULTS - BANQUET 400

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS RACE REPORT & POINTS IN MICROSOFT WORD FORMAT… http://www.nascarmedia.com/news/race_reports.jsp?release_section_id=1. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE No. 30 BANQUET 400 PRESENTED BY CONAGRA FOODS KANSAS SPEEDWAY Kansas City, Kan. – Oct. 9, 2005 1.5 Mile Paved Oval 400.5 M &# ... Continue reading

International Nameplates Sales up 8.2% in September

By Frank Giovinazzi, Contributing Editor AIADA AIADA International nameplate brands continued to rack up sales increases in September, posting a 5.9% increase for the year to date, versus a 2.8% increase for the industry for a whole. Sales increased 8.2% in September over the same month last year. Thanks to steady grow ... Continue reading

BIG NIGHT AT IRWINDALE - TIM KENNEDY'S REPORT ON THE RACES - OCTOBER 8, 2005

By Tim Kennedy Irwindale, CA., Oct. 8 - Open-wheelers, truckers, super stocks and "wee cars" filled the Irwindale Speedway pits with 148 racing vehicles Saturday for a seven division racing card in front of about 5,000. The event closed the track's regular point season. Only two nationally-known events-the NASCAR All-S ... Continue reading

Honda, MINI, Scion Tops with Consumers

Washington DC October 10, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that the Total Value Study of 69,000 new vehicle owners conducted by Strategic Vision declares International nameplates hold the highest levels of satisfaction, according to the Detroit News. Honda had four winners -- the Acura RL luxury sedan, the Honda Acc ... Continue reading

Team TerraMax Completes Historic DARPA Grand Challenge

Oshkosh Truck's Unmanned Vehicle Becomes First Tactical Defense Truck to Complete Grueling 132-mile Course after Idling Overnight in the Nevada Desert OSHKOSH, Wis. Oct. 10, 2005; Oshkosh Truck Corporation and partners Rockwell Collins and the University of Parma, Italy, announced that their robotic truck, TerraMax(TM) ... Continue reading

Irwindale Speedway : Sloan Wins Championship

Sloan Wins Championship Jimmy Sloan, 24, Palm Desert, Calif. Took home the 2005 Irwindale Speedway Championship Saturday. Sloan started the race with an 18-point lead and crossed the finish line third finishing the season with a 38-point lead. “It’s an amazing feeling,” Sloan said. “My crew shou ... Continue reading

Delphi Bankruptcy GM's Latest Pain

Special From The Street By TSC Staff 10/10/2005 With its biggest parts supplier under Bankruptcy Court supervision, General Motors (GM:NYSE - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) finds its own future even harder to predict. GM says Saturday's Chapter 11 filing by former subsidiary Delphi (DPH:NYSE - commentary - rese ... Continue reading

Delphi Tries To Renegotiate UAW Agreement

CHICAGO October 10, 2005; Reuters reported that bankrupt auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. will ask a judge to void its labor contracts if it cannot reach agreement on wage and benefit concessions from its unions by mid-December, the company said in court papers. Delphi filed the largest bankruptcy in U.S. automotive hi ... Continue reading

NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES PACIFIC DIVISION FINALS -- SUNDAY FINALS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION FINALS SPEEDWORLD RACEWAY PARK, NORTHWEST PHOENIX, AZ SUNDAY, Oct. 9, 2005 Contact: George Phillips 626-327-0480 HOME TEAM IS 2005 PACIFIC DIVISION CHAMPIONS AT SPEEDWORLD RACEWAY PARK SUMMIT SERIES FINALS NORTHWEST PHOENIX, Ariz... - The home team from ... Continue reading

Kia Sorento Arrives in Korea Mid-Point Of Around the World Drive

News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michael Choo (mjc@kia.co.kr <mailto:cdore@kia.co.kr> ), International Communications Manager, Kia Motors Corporation, Tel: +82-2- 3464-6574, Fax: +82-2-3464-6845 Kia Sorento arrives in Korea at halfway mark in around the world adventure - Award winning Kia Sorento halfway through fir ... Continue reading

Stanford Team Clinches Top Spot in Robot Desert Race

By Reed Stevenson PRIMM, Nevada (Reuters) - A Stanford University team won a $2 million prize on Sunday for sending a modified Volkswagen across 132 miles of rugged desert, guided only by sensors and computers in a race the Pentagon hopes will lead to a technological breakthrough in warfare. Twenty-three driverless veh ... Continue reading

Sunoco's Ultra 94 team gets four new members

Sunoco's Ultra 94 team gets four new members Adriano Bilotta, Devin Cunningham, Kyle Marcelli and Daniel Morad assigned to Ultra 94 team for 2006 MOSPORT, ONTARIO Eleven drivers took part in the fourth Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship Evaluation Day on Friday, October 7, at the Mosport Driver Development track, ... Continue reading

NHRA Results From Dallas

ENNIS, Texas -- Final finish order (1-16) for professional categories at the 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec at Texas Motorplex. The 1.5 million race is the 21st of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. TOP FUEL: 1. Tony Schumacher; 2. Doug Herbert; 3. ... Continue reading

Anderson Focus Results

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 8-9, 2005 ­ Anderson, Indiana - Anderson Speedway QUALIFICATIONS: 1. James Robertson, 42, Robertson-12.575; 2. Andy Baber, 27, Baber-12.629; 3. Ricky Ehrgott, 9, Ehrgott-12.670; 4. Jordan Noblitt, 20, Noblitt-12.672; 5. ... Continue reading

Capps upset in second round in Texas

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 21 of 23 O'REILLY NHRA FALL NATIONALS Texas Motorplex Dallas, Texas Race Dates: Oct. 7-9, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net CAPPS UPSET IN SECOND ROUND IN TEXAS DALLAS (Oct. 9, 2005) ... Continue reading

Stevens convinced he's a Pigpen clone

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES Round 21 of 23 O'REILLY NHRA FALL NATIONALS Texas Motorplex Dallas, Texas Race Dates: Oct. 7-9, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net STEVENS CONVINCED HE'S A PIGPEN CLONE DALLAS (Oct. 9, 2005 ... Continue reading

ASMA-Design Unveils New CLS Shark

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on October 9, 2005 at 2:20 PM CST The loveley vehicle pictured on our site is the product of ASMA- Design, a Mercedes-Benz tuner that has taken a standard CLS and turned it into what they call, the "ASMA CLS Shark." As you will see from the pictures, the ASMA Shark features several exter ... Continue reading

Tony Pedregon Grabs Fourth in Dallas

20th Annual O¹Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals Texas Motorplex ­ Ennis, Texas Q Racing Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Tony Pedregon Grabs Fourth Qualifying Spot Q Racing Ready for Sunday¹s Eliminations ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 8, 2005) ­ Tony Pedregon, for the third time in a row, placed the ... Continue reading