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Saturday, March 4, 2006

Mendy Fry Enthusiastic As Goodguys March Meet Approaches

Mendy Fry Enthusiastic As Goodguys March Meet Approaches

For immediate release: Mendy Fry Enthusiastic As Goodguys March Meet Approaches Bakersfield, CA- In November of 2005, Mendy Fry was hired by Lee Jennings to drive the Jennings & Scheele Chevy-powered nostalgia Top Fuel dragster in the Goodguys Vintage Racing Association Drag Racing Series. Fry, who spent the last two s ... Continue reading

Toyota Outlines Motorsports Activities for 2006

Toyota Outlines Motorsports Activities for 2006

Toyota Outlines Motorsports Activities for 2006 Tokyo, Japan, Mar 3, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today the outline of its motorsports activities for 2006, which positions FIA Formula One World Championship (F1), NASCAR, Super GT and Formula Nippon as the main pillars of its motorspo ... Continue reading

J.L. French Receives Court Approval on Final $50 Million DIP Financing, Reports U.S. Operations Are Moving Forward Steadily

J.L. French Receives Court Approval on Final $50 Million DIP Financing, Reports U.S. Operations Are Moving Forward Steadily

SHEBOYGAN, Wis.--March 3, 2006--J.L. French Automotive Castings, Inc. ("J.L. French"), a privately held, leading global supplier of high-pressure die-cast aluminum automotive components and assemblies, reported today that it has received approval today from the Bankruptcy Court on a number of motions, including final a ... Continue reading

SUVOA Spokesman Available to Comment on the Right to Vehicle Choice

SUVOA Spokesman Available to Comment on the Right to Vehicle Choice

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- SUVOA, the national organization representing the rights of SUV and light truck owners coast-to-coast is available to address issues involving the right to vehicle choice among consumers in your area. SUVOA Communications Director Ron DeFore, is available for comment. SUVOA is a non-profit organi ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports Top 10 for 2006

Consumer Reports Top 10 for 2006

Top Picks for 2006 The best models in 10 categories Four new models made our Top Picks list this year. The redesigned Honda Civic is our choice among sedans priced below $20,000. The outstanding Infiniti M35 dethroned the Lexus LS430 in the luxury-sedan class ($40,000 or more). The Toyota Highlander Hybrid scored highe ... Continue reading

FORD ECODRIVING TIPS CAN INCREASE FUEL ECONOMY BY 25 PERCENT

FORD ECODRIVING TIPS CAN INCREASE FUEL ECONOMY BY 25 PERCENT

DEARBORN, Mich., March 1 – With spring around the corner, Americans will be spending more time on the road. To ease the pain at the pump and clean the environment, Ford Motor Company has some ideas on how to increase fuel economy by up to 25 percent Fuel efficiency experts, including Ford Motor Company's environm ... Continue reading

Monroe(R) Offering Up to $90 Incentive to Vehicle Owners Who Beat Summer Rush for Shock, Strut Replacement

Monroe(R) Offering Up to $90 Incentive to Vehicle Owners Who Beat Summer Rush for Shock, Strut Replacement

Annual Promotion Offers Comeback Certificate for Additional Automotive Services MONROE, Mich., March 3 -- To commemorate the 90th anniversary of Monroe branded ride control products, consumers will receive up to $90 in additional automotive repair services if they replace worn shocks or struts by the end of April. Monr ... Continue reading

TRW Automotive Opens New Commercial-Vehicle Steering Facility in China

TRW Automotive Opens New Commercial-Vehicle Steering Facility in China

LIVONIA, Mich., March 3 -- TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. , the global leader in automotive safety systems, announced today that the Company's commercial steering business has opened a new manufacturing facility in Changchun, China. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010824/TRWLOGO ) Located in the Changchun H ... Continue reading

Becker(R) Traffic Pro with SVOX Text-to-Speech

Becker(R) Traffic Pro with SVOX Text-to-Speech

KARLSBAD, Germany & ZURICH, Switzerland--March 3, 2006--Due to the constantly growing need for security and comfort, Harman/Becker(R) Automotive Systems GmbH expects in-car speech dialog systems to become increasingly important. A particularly significant aspect is dynamic content such as up-to-date traffic messages. I ... Continue reading

Amelia Island Concours Goes Online With eBay Motors

Amelia Island Concours Goes Online With eBay Motors

Event Will Receive Portion of the Proceeds From Its First-ever Online Auction JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 3 -- The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance Foundation, Inc. announced today that it has joined forces with eBay Motors to sponsor an online auction of several significant vehicles leading up to the Amelia Island Conc ... Continue reading

Infiniti Announces Plans for Fourth Regional Office; Additional Resources Will Support Increased Sales

Infiniti Announces Plans for Fourth Regional Office; Additional Resources Will Support Increased Sales

GARDENA, Calif.--March 3, 2006--Today, Infiniti announced plans to open a fourth regional office to support Infiniti retailers in the southeast area of the United States. Expected to be operational this summer, the new office will be located in Atlanta. The Infiniti South Regional office -- which joins those already op ... Continue reading

SAMAX - Mexico qualifying

SAMAX - Mexico qualifying

cooperative competitors Two Tuttle Team Racing by SAMAX cars will take the green flag for Saturday's Rolex Sports Car Series race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City – one driven by Brian Tutttle and Jonathan Cochet, the second in the hands of Oswaldo Negri and Mark Patterson, driving for Michael S ... Continue reading

Homestead-Miami Road Course Test, Homestead-Miami Speedway

Homestead-Miami Road Course Test, Homestead-Miami Speedway

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/fi ... Continue reading

Homestead-Miami Road Course Test, Homestead-Miami Speedway

Homestead-Miami Road Course Test, Homestead-Miami Speedway

If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/fi ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - FRI results from No Problem Raceway Park in Belle Rose, La.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - FRI results from No Problem Raceway Park in Belle Rose, La.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION NO PROBLEM RACEWAY PARK FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2006 Contact: Jill Caliendo, NHRA Field Marketing (626) 327-4207 Brounkowski and Johnson early leaders No Problem Raceway Park BELLE ROSE, La. - In the opening rounds of qualifying at the Allst ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Friday from Firebird International Raceway

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Friday from Firebird International Raceway

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION FIREBIRD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY March 3, 2006 Contact: Eric Lotz, NHRA (626) 688-8646 O'Bannon, Woznichak Lead Fields at Pacific Opener CHANDLER, Ariz. - In the first rounds of qualifying at Firebird International Raceway for the NHRA Pacific Div ... Continue reading

Conversion Van Marketing Association Announces Special Discount on GM Conversion Vans

Conversion Van Marketing Association Announces Special Discount on GM Conversion Vans

Additional $1,000 Incentive Available on 2005 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana Conversion Vans from Participating CVMA Members DETROIT, March 3 -- The Conversion Van Marketing Association (CVMA), an industry group established to promote Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana conversion vans, today announced a new consumer pr ... Continue reading

Iowa College Students Tour the Country in an E85 Vehicle

Iowa College Students Tour the Country in an E85 Vehicle

ANKENY, Iowa, March 3 -- Students from Iowa Central Community College are gearing up to head cross-country in an E85 FlexFuel Chevrolet. The students are working to educate the nation about the potential and opportunities of using only E85, a cleaner-burning alternative fuel containing 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent ... Continue reading

Brabus At The International Motor Show In Geneva

Brabus At The International Motor Show In Geneva

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on March 3, 2006 at 10:30 AM CST In addition to the host of new Mercedes models making their debut at the International Motor Show in Geneva, German supertuner BRABUS has used the event to showcase a few new products of their own. We've already told you about most of them, but two we've ... Continue reading

Ficosa launches the first multi-signal rear-view mirror on the market

Ficosa launches the first multi-signal rear-view mirror on the market

Ficosa launches the first multi-signal rear-view mirror on the market Multi-signal rear-view mirror: Front Position Lamp with Turn Signal in the rear-view (Embedded image moved to file: pic07285.jpg) Barcelona(Spain) – March, 2006,- Ficosa launches the first multi-signal rear-view mirror on the market. T ... Continue reading

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