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Amateur Photographers, Car Buffs Get Your Cameras Ready for the NAIAS 2007 Photo Contest Sponsored By WWJ

Amateur Photographers, Car Buffs Get Your Cameras Ready for the NAIAS 2007 Photo Contest Sponsored By WWJ

DETROIT, Jan. 11 -- The 2007 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is proud to announce the first annual NAIAS 2007 Photo Contest sponsored by WWJ. On Tuesday, January 16 visitors with a camera and an auto show ticket will be able to attend the show an hour early (8 a.m.), giving them unprecedented access to p ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor Hosts Conference Call and Web Cast to Discuss Fiscal Year 2007 First-Quarter Earnings

ArvinMeritor Hosts Conference Call and Web Cast to Discuss Fiscal Year 2007 First-Quarter Earnings

TROY, Mich., Jan. 11 -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. will host a telephone conference call and Web cast to discuss the company's fiscal year 2007 first-quarter financial results on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007, at 8 a.m. (ET). The conference call, which was originally scheduled for 9 a.m., was changed due to a scheduling conflict. To ... Continue reading

Cars, Trucks, Concepts and the Buzz: Only TheAutoChannel.com Provides Complete PRESS PASS COVERAGE Of The Detroit Auto Show

Cars, Trucks, Concepts and the Buzz: Only TheAutoChannel.com Provides Complete PRESS PASS COVERAGE Of The Detroit Auto Show

The Internet's Automotive Information Giant Commemorates 11th Anniversary and Continues to Provide The Only Unedited Coverage of Major Events LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 11 -- Perhaps the greatest feature and promise of the Internet is that it offers users the opportunity to discover a breadth and depth of information that w ... Continue reading

INTERMET Announces Two Plant ISO Certifications

INTERMET Announces Two Plant ISO Certifications

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 11 -- INTERMET Corporation, one of the world's leading manufacturers of cast-metal automotive components, today announced that their Magnesium Plant in Palmyra, MO has been granted the ISO 9001:2000 Certification from the International Organization of Standardization (ISO). In addition, Intermet ... Continue reading

JAMA UPDATE NEWS: News from JAMA Motorcycle December 2006

JAMA UPDATE NEWS: News from JAMA Motorcycle December 2006

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NaturalNano Announces Production of Nylon PleximerTM on Manufacturing Scale

NaturalNano Announces Production of Nylon PleximerTM on Manufacturing Scale

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--NaturalNano, Inc. (OTCBB: NNAN) (FWB: N3N) (www.naturalnano.com), a materials science company, today announced the first manufacturing-scale demonstration of the production of nylon Pleximer on a manufacturing scale. Pleximer, which NaturalNano plans to offer commercially in fourth quarter 2007, is a t ... Continue reading

Ryder to Change U.S. Pension Plan and Offer Enhanced 401(k) Plan

Ryder to Change U.S. Pension Plan and Offer Enhanced 401(k) Plan

MIAMI, Jan. 11 -- Ryder System, Inc. , a global leader in transportation and supply chain management solutions, today announced it is redesigning its retirement program for certain pension- eligible employees effective January 2008. The changes will affect approximately 9,400 of the Company's more than 27,000 employees ... Continue reading

Shell Brand in Atlanta Strengthened By Transition of Retail Assets; Sam's Real Estate Holdings LLC to Acquire 47 Gasoline Stations

Shell Brand in Atlanta Strengthened By Transition of Retail Assets; Sam's Real Estate Holdings LLC to Acquire 47 Gasoline Stations

HOUSTON, Jan. 11 -- Motiva Enterprises LLC (Motiva), the company that markets the Shell brand in the eastern United States, has sold its interest in 47 sites to Sam's Real Estate Holdings of Georgia, LLC (Sam's Holdings), a Georgia-based wholesaler. Sam's Holdings will continue to fly the familiar yellow Shell flag ove ... Continue reading

STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Indian Automotive Electronics Market Reflects Burgeoning Indian Economy

STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Indian Automotive Electronics Market Reflects Burgeoning Indian Economy

BOSTON--The latest Strategy Analytics Automotive Electronics Service report, “India: A Growing Automobile Market and for Automotive Electronics,” demonstrates the strong growth of the Indian automobile market, as more players enter that market to take advantage of increasing domestic sales and better opportunities ... Continue reading

Bad Company's Paul Rodgers to Perform at the Grand Prix of Houston

Bad Company's Paul Rodgers to Perform at the Grand Prix of Houston

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bad Company's Paul Rodgers to Perform at the Grand Prix of Houston HOUSTON, January 18, 2007 - When the Grand Prix of Houston roars back to town on April 20-22, it will kick off in grand fashion when rock legend Paul Rodgers performs a concert on opening night of the three-day festival of speed an ... Continue reading

Dirac Research AB Partners with Lear Corporation to Provide Superior Automotive Sound Systems to the OEM Market Using Dirac Live(TM)

Dirac Research AB Partners with Lear Corporation to Provide Superior Automotive Sound Systems to the OEM Market Using Dirac Live(TM)

UPPSALA, Sweden and KRONACH, Germany, Jan. 18 -- Dirac Research AB and Lear Corporation announced a licensing and distribution agreement between the two companies to integrate Dirac Live(TM), a loudspeaker equalization technology with Lear's advanced amplifier solution for use by a German premium car manufacturer. Of g ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Selects OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Inc. for Ice Blue Integration

Ford Motor Company Selects OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Inc. for Ice Blue Integration

Auto Supplier To Help Harmonize Interior Lighting, Via LED Technology DETROIT, Jan. 18 -- OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Inc. has been contracted by Ford Motor Company to provide the LED lighting solution for the automaker's newly upgraded interiors using a Ford specified, Ice Blue backlighting color theme. OSRAM Opto Semic ... Continue reading

GM Selects ADP as Provider of Integrated Dealer Management System

GM Selects ADP as Provider of Integrated Dealer Management System

- GM-branded dealers can now choose ADP's w.e.b.Suite(TM) Dealer Management System to drive dealership profitability across all departments - HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Jan. 18 -- General Motors announced today that it designated ADP Dealer Services, the leading provider of fully integrated, Web-enabled dealership manageme ... Continue reading

Jet Aviation Hosting 7th Annual La Bella Macchina During Palm Beach Cavallino Classic

Jet Aviation Hosting 7th Annual La Bella Macchina During Palm Beach Cavallino Classic

PALM BEACH, Fla.--Jet Aviation will host its seventh La Bella Macchina lifestyle event on January 25 at the company’s Palm Beach International facility. A perennial highlight of the Cavallino Classic, the private cocktail reception is a connoisseurs’ celebration of craftsmanship, style and excellence. Citigroup Pri ... Continue reading

MISCOR Group Announces Completion of $12.5 Million Private Placement

MISCOR Group Announces Completion of $12.5 Million Private Placement

New Equity to Fund Capital Restructure, Acquisition Strategy SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 18 -- Industrial services provider MISCOR Group, Ltd. (BULLETIN BOARD: MCGL) announced today that it has raised $12.5 million through the private placement of 62.5 million shares of its common stock to Tontine Capital Partners, L.P. and ... Continue reading

NAFRD Under New Management with NIADA

NAFRD Under New Management with NIADA

To view this message in HTML, please click the link below. http://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?recipient_id=24 613150&message_id=258715&user_id=NIADA For Immediate Release NAFRD Under New Management with NIADA The National Association of Fleet Resale Dealers has selected the National Independent Aut ... Continue reading

Petersen/White Lightning Dakar Stage 12 Race Report

Petersen/White Lightning Dakar Stage 12 Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Petersen/White Lightning Suffers at the Hands of Stage 12 of Euromilhões Dakar 2007 Despite Navigation Problem in Special Stage Petersen Remains in Top-22 KAYES, Africa January 18, 2007 – Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing had a difficult day today in the Euromilhões Dakar 2007. The N ... Continue reading

Polaris Announces Extension of Employment Agreement with CEO

Polaris Announces Extension of Employment Agreement with CEO

MINNEAPOLIS--Polaris Industries Inc. announced today that it has renewed and extended the employment agreement of its Chief Executive Officer, Tom Tiller. The current term of the new agreement runs through 2008. Mr. Tiller, 45, joined Polaris as its President and Chief Operating Officer in 1998 after 15 years in variou ... Continue reading

Research and Markets : Gain Insight into Leading Automotive Parts Manufacturer Kayaba Industry Co Ltd

Research and Markets : Gain Insight into Leading Automotive Parts Manufacturer Kayaba Industry Co Ltd

DUBLIN, Ireland--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c48737) has announced the addition of Kayaba Industry Co Ltd 2006 Company Profile Edition 1 to their offering. Kayaba Industry Co Ltd, headquartered at Tokyo, Japan is a leading manufacturer of shock absorbers, hydraulic equipments and sys ... Continue reading

Research and Markets : Japanese Wheel Manufacturer Topy Industries Limited Profiled in New Report

Research and Markets : Japanese Wheel Manufacturer Topy Industries Limited Profiled in New Report

DUBLIN, Ireland--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c48758) has announced the addition of Topy Industries Limited 2006 Company Profile Edition 1 to their offering. Topy Industries Limited, headquartered at Tokyo in Japan, is primarily involved in the manufacture of steel and aluminium wheel ... Continue reading

SCATE Technologies Joins Dassault Systèmes’ CAA V5 Adopter Program

SCATE Technologies Joins Dassault Systèmes’ CAA V5 Adopter Program

ORION, Mich.--SCATE® Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has joined the Dassault Systèmes CAA V5 Adopter Program. The agreement between SCATE® and Dassault Systèmes means that SCATE® will now be able to offer SCATE’s MVV® (Multi-Vector Vision) software and services suite to CATIA® V5 users. SCATE releas ... Continue reading

STRATEGY ANALYTICS Identifies $6.2 Billion Car Option Package Opportunity

STRATEGY ANALYTICS Identifies $6.2 Billion Car Option Package Opportunity

BOSTON-- The Strategy Analytics Automotive Buyer Dynamics service report, “US Premium Vehicle Market: Option Package Bundling for Success,” has identified and segmented the opportunity to sell $6.2B of new car options involving advanced electronics for information, entertainment, communication and safety systems. T ... Continue reading

Tackling Auto Dealerships’ Biggest Challenge: Compli to Show How to Reduce Employee Turnover Through a Culture of Compliance in January 23 Webinar

Tackling Auto Dealerships’ Biggest Challenge: Compli to Show How to Reduce Employee Turnover Through a Culture of Compliance in January 23 Webinar

PORTLAND, Ore.--Compli® will be hosting a free webinar for auto dealerships on January 23. The webinar will focus on how to overcome a dealer’s biggest challenge: reducing employee turnover. Behavioral hiring expert Art Niemann and representatives from top dealerships will present proven tactics for creating a cultu ... Continue reading

Tenneco Wins 2006 Automotive Shareholder Value Award

Tenneco Wins 2006 Automotive Shareholder Value Award

Company recognized for delivering highest shareholder return over the last three years LAKE FOREST, Ill., Jan. 18 -- Tenneco has been named a winner of a 2006 Global Automotive Shareholder Value Award, recognizing the company for delivering the highest shareholder return for automotive suppliers over the past three yea ... Continue reading

United PanAm Financial Corp. Announces Fourth Quarter 2006 Results

United PanAm Financial Corp. Announces Fourth Quarter 2006 Results

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--United PanAm Financial Corp. today announced results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006. For the quarter ended December 31, 2006, UPFC reported income of $1.8 million from continuing operations, compared to income of $5.6 million for the same period a year ago. Interest incom ... Continue reading

Webcast Alert: BorgWarner Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2006 Earnings Webcast

Webcast Alert: BorgWarner Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2006 Earnings Webcast

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 18 -- BorgWarner Inc. announces the following Webcast: What: BorgWarner Inc. 4th Quarter 2006 Conference Call When: February 8, 2007 @ 09:30 a.m. Eastern Where: http://www.borgwarner.com/invest/webcasts.shtml How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. Contact ... Continue reading

Brandon Knupp Buckeye Preview

Brandon Knupp Buckeye Preview

Knupp Buckeye Bound For Immediate Release (1/19/07 - Mooresville, NC) - Brandon Knupp is loading up his midget and heading back home to Ohio to compete in the indoor USAC midget race for the Inaugural Rumble in the Buckeye State. The Ohio State Expo Center and Coliseum is hosting the Rumble Series this weekend at the O ... Continue reading

DataScan Field Services Selected to Conduct Audi’s Certified Pre-owned Quality Assessments

DataScan Field Services Selected to Conduct Audi’s Certified Pre-owned Quality Assessments

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--DataScan Field Services (DFS), the largest floorplan audit and vehicle inspection company in the industry, has been selected to conduct Certified pre-owned quality assessments for Audi of America, Inc. Working with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Certified programs for nearly a decade, DFS is uni ... Continue reading

ECFL Announcing New Business Developments and Shareholder News for ‘07

ECFL Announcing New Business Developments and Shareholder News for ‘07

DALLAS--eCarfly, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ECFL) has announced today that all merger documents have been canceled and any future talks with Magnum Energy will discontinue. Company officials for ECFL recognized early, that the merger was not in the best interest for the shareholders. ECFL has their eyes focused on a certain bus ... Continue reading

Experts Join Jeep(R) to Share Winter Sports Safety Tips at the 2007 Winter X Games

Experts Join Jeep(R) to Share Winter Sports Safety Tips at the 2007 Winter X Games

What: More than 12 million Americans will take advantage of the winter season and spend time outdoors sledding, skiing, snowboarding or snowmobiling this year. Of those, nearly 400,000 - or approximately one out of every 30 - people will sustain an injury. To help prevent these injuries and keep children and families s ... Continue reading

FREE Matsuda 2007 catalog

FREE Matsuda 2007 catalog

Matsuda Company Limited ASI 69574 PPAI 198572 PPAC 20010108 SAGE 61512 552 Gordon Baker Road, Toronto ON M2H 3B4 Canada Tel: (416) 496-2183 Fax: (416) 496-0211 Toll Free: 1 800 269 8666 www.matsuda.ca If you wish to unsubscribe from our regular email updates, please send us an email. Thank you! Copyright © 2005 Matsud ... Continue reading

Goodyear Announces Conversion Period for Convertible Notes

Goodyear Announces Conversion Period for Convertible Notes

AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 19 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced that its 4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due June 15, 2034, are now convertible at the option of the holders and will remain convertible through March 30, 2007, the last business day of the current fiscal quarter. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cg ... Continue reading

Hankook Tire Announces Earnings

Hankook Tire Announces Earnings

For Immediate Release Hankook Tire targets global sales of 3.6 bil. USD in 2007 $B"#(J 2007 global sales target of 3.6 bil. USD, operating profit 340 mil. USD, recurring profit 283 mil. USD $B"#(J Proactive marketing, increased sales of OE tires to premium automakers, and management innovation will leverage sales i ... Continue reading

Hinchcliffe Takes to New Zealand in Practice (S)

Hinchcliffe Takes to New Zealand in Practice (S)

A1GP Round 6 - Friday Practice Hinchcliffe Takes to Taupo in Friday Practice Friday 19 January, 2007 - James Hinchcliffe was back in action for A1 Team Canada Friday with the 20-year-old from Toronto taking to the Taupo Motorsports Park, New Zealand for the first time ahead of Round 6 of the 2006-07 A1GP World Cup of M ... Continue reading

PRESS RELEASE - MOTORSPORTS

PRESS RELEASE - MOTORSPORTS

Greetings, I hope this email finds you doing well. Attached is a press release you may find newsworthy. ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Automotive Component Manufacturer Superior Industries International Inc. Profiled in New Report

Research and Markets: Automotive Component Manufacturer Superior Industries International Inc. Profiled in New Report

DUBLIN, Ireland--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c48756) has announced the addition of Superior Industries International Inc. 2006 Company Profile Edition 1 to their offering. Superior Industries International Inc., headquartered at Van Nuys, California (US), is engaged in the design and ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Automotive Manufacturer Tenneco Inc Comes Under Scrutiny in New Profile Report

Research and Markets: Automotive Manufacturer Tenneco Inc Comes Under Scrutiny in New Profile Report

DUBLIN, Ireland--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c48773) has announced the addition of Tenneco Inc (Formerly Tenneco Automotive) 2006 Company Profile Edition 1 to their offering. Based in Lake Forest at Illinois in the US, Tenneco Automotive was renamed in October 2005 as Tenneco Inc. It ... Continue reading

Danny "Poison" Oakes Legendary Midget car driver

Danny "Poison" Oakes Legendary Midget car driver

I would like to inform you of the passing of my father Danny "Poison" Oakes. He died on Sat. Jan. 13th at the age of 95 years old. I believe he was the oldest living midget car driver in the country. ... Continue reading

Entering Dakar - Petersen/White Lightning Dakar Stage 14 Race Report

Entering Dakar - Petersen/White Lightning Dakar Stage 14 Race Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Euromilhões Dakar 2007 Penultimate Stage Brings Petersen/White Lightning Into Dakar Michael Petersen Holds Top-23 Overall Position with One Day Remaining in 4,300 Mile Trek DAKAR, Africa January 20, 2007 – Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing entered the city of Dakar, Senegal today sign ... Continue reading

Hinchcliffe Qualifies Fourth in New Zealand (S)

Hinchcliffe Qualifies Fourth in New Zealand (S)

A1GP Round 6 - Saturday Qualifying Hinchcliffe Places Canada on Fourth Row in New Zealand Saturday 20 January, 2007 - A1 Team Canada's James Hinchcliffe marked his first qualifying session of the New Year with a seventh place effort at Taupo Motorsports Park, New Zealand on Saturday prior to Sunday's sixth round of the ... Continue reading

Jamaica to the Top of the World with Island Cruisers

Jamaica to the Top of the World with Island Cruisers

ISLAND CRUISERS TACKLE THE HIMALAYAS ! Patrick Marzouca Savanna-La-Mar Jamaica WI Tel: (876) 307-5400 pmarzouca@yahoo.com Welcome to a new Adventure... September 1st - September 18th 2007 A new overland Marathon lasting 18 driving days from London to the Taj Mahal, taking in the ancient Persian Silk Route to the World' ... Continue reading

The Great Canadian Motorcycle Trek

The Great Canadian Motorcycle Trek

Skydance Entertainment Announces Launch of New Television Series The Great Canadian Motorcycle Trek is an exciting new spin for reality TV. It’s a 13-episode, half-hour series that chronicles the trip of three motorcycle riders as they cross “all Canada, all the way” in 30 days. The riders start in Vancouver at t ... Continue reading

ELLIOTT FORBES-ROBINSON ROUNDS OUT SOUTHARD MOTORSPORTS DRIVER LINEUP FOR 2007 ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

ELLIOTT FORBES-ROBINSON ROUNDS OUT SOUTHARD MOTORSPORTS DRIVER LINEUP FOR 2007 ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

Southard Motorsports No. 3 Preformed Line Products Lexus Riley CONTACT: Cristi Brumm 1-336-210-0980 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ELLIOTT FORBES-ROBINSON ROUNDS OUT SOUTHARD MOTORSPORTS DRIVER LINEUP FOR 2007 ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA Powell, OH (Jan. 20, 2007) ­ Veteran sports car driver Elliott Forbes-Robinson will join the drive ... Continue reading

Happy Fleet: Clean Energy Provides Discounts for Fleet Registrations for National Conference

Happy Fleet: Clean Energy Provides Discounts for Fleet Registrations for National Conference

We’re not talking about penguins flocking to Southern California. Not yet. However, we are pleased to announce that Clean Energy Fuels is providing a $200 discount off the regular registration fee for any fleet professionals to attend the Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference + Expo in Anaheim, Californ ... Continue reading

InstallerNet Selected by TomTom to Provide Nationwide Installation Services for Its Navigation and GPS Tracking Products

InstallerNet Selected by TomTom to Provide Nationwide Installation Services for Its Navigation and GPS Tracking Products

HAVERHILL, Mass.--InstallerNet has entered into an agreement with TomTom Inc., a leader in personal navigation products, to provide professional installation services nationwide for TomTom’s recently released tracking and tracing navigation solution TomTom WORK. InstallerNet provides a true nationwide turnkey inst ... Continue reading

Bosch ESC Featured on 2007 North American International Auto Show Vehicles

Bosch ESC Featured on 2007 North American International Auto Show Vehicles

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 19 -- Bosch's Electronic Stability Control, which improves safety and prevents vehicle crashes, is on new vehicles displayed at the 2007 North American International Auto Show. The 2007 Chevrolet Silverado, voted Truck of the Year by the North American International Auto Show and the 2007 ... Continue reading

Dodge Sprinter Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Lithium-Ion Battery Technology in Customer Fleets

Dodge Sprinter Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Lithium-Ion Battery Technology in Customer Fleets

- Lithium-ion battery research will accelerate future hybrid development - DaimlerChrysler investigates plug-in technology with test fleet - Dodge Sprinter Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) can drive up to 20 real-world miles on electric-only power - Industry first PHEV combined with diesel for maximum fuel effici ... Continue reading

American Suzuki Shows Full Line at 2007 New Jersey Auto Show

American Suzuki Shows Full Line at 2007 New Jersey Auto Show

All-New Suzuki XL7 And SX4 Lead Versatile, Value-Packed 2007 Product Line SECAUCUS, N.J., Jan. 20 -- With an array of vehicles designed to meet the needs of consumers' active lifestyles, American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) arrives at the 2007 New Jersey Auto Show with its full-line of exciting cars and SUVs, inclu ... Continue reading

USAC Banquet

USAC Banquet

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 20, 2007 Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER 07-6 KAEDING/LEFFLER TEAM TAKES SPOTLIGHT AS USAC CELEBRATES 2006 CHAMPIONSHIPS Bud Kaeding and the Leffler/BK Racing Team, Champions of USAC's 2006 Silver Crown Championship Series presented by K & N Engineering, highlighted honorees at Friday ... Continue reading

NGK Spark Plugs, Inc. Renews With S&H Motorsports For 2007 Season

NGK Spark Plugs, Inc. Renews With S&H Motorsports For 2007 Season

NGK Spark Plugs, Inc. Renews With S&H Motorsports For 2007 SeasonHOLLY, Mi (January 19, 2007) - - As the 2007 ARCA RE/MAX Series season approaches, S&H Motorsports is pleased to announce that longtime racing supplier NGK Spark Plugs has resigned as an associate marketing partner on the No. 8 Ford this season. NGK joine ... Continue reading

Route 66 Where The Heartbeat of America Can Still Be Found On A Motorcycle

Route 66 Where The Heartbeat of America Can Still Be Found On A Motorcycle

Route 66 Where The Heartbeat of America Can Still Be Found On A Motorcycle Ride & Fly's newest package, a customizable Route 66 motorcycle tour, takes bikers down the fabled highway of American lore, on a trip of any duration between five days and three weeks. Ellettsville, IN: Ride & Fly Tours' latest innovation in mo ... Continue reading

Strong Start to Mazda CX-7 Sales in Japan

Strong Start to Mazda CX-7 Sales in Japan

<http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> JapanCorp: Strong Start to Mazda CX-7 Sales in Japan; CX-7 Orders Achieve Approximately Five Times the Monthly Sales Target in the First Month of Sales Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 20, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that as of January 19, 2007, total orders fo ... Continue reading

Ford Daytona Busch Test -- Day 1

Ford Daytona Busch Test -- Day 1

FORD RACING NOTES AND QUOTES NASCAR Preseason Thunder (Busch), Page 1 January 19, 2007 Daytona International Speedway Today marked the first day of NASCAR Busch Series testing at Daytona International Speedway in preparation for next month's Orbitz 300 season-opener. Stephen Leicht, driver of the No. 90 Ford Fusion for ... Continue reading

SAE International Elects New Board Members for 2007

SAE International Elects New Board Members for 2007

WARRENDALE, Pa., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seven mobility professionals are now members of the SAE International Board of Directors. The newly-elected directors take office at the Jan. 26, 2007, Board of Director's meeting. Those elected to the SAE International Board of Directors include: * Jacqueline A. "Jac ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Only Manufacturer Building and Testing Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles with Lithium-Ion Battery Technology in Customer Fleets

DaimlerChrysler Only Manufacturer Building and Testing Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles with Lithium-Ion Battery Technology in Customer Fleets

- Lithium-ion battery research will accelerate future hybrid development - DaimlerChrysler investigates plug-in technology with test fleet - Dodge Sprinter Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) can drive up to 20 real-world miles on electric-only power - Industry first PHEV combined with diesel for maximum fuel effici ... Continue reading

Autobytel Inc. Announces Inducement Options Grants to Certain Employees

Autobytel Inc. Announces Inducement Options Grants to Certain Employees

IRVINE, Calif.--Autobytel Inc. , a leading Internet automotive marketing services company, announced today, in accordance with NASDAQ rules, that between October 3, 2006 and January 3, 2007, it made stock option inducement grants under the 2006 Inducement Stock Option Plan to purchase 230,000 shares of common stock of ... Continue reading

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