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2000 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA AWD(2000)

2000 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA AWD(2000)

2000 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA AWD (2000) ... Continue reading

AK Steel Completes Merger    

AK Steel Completes Merger    

AK Steel announced that its merger with Armco Inc. has become effective. As a result of the merger, the business and operations of Armco will now be conducted by and in the name of AK Steel. ... Continue reading

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 39

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 39

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 39 ... Continue reading

Avis Announces Club Red 'Bag $10,000' Sweepstakes

Avis Announces Club Red 'Bag $10,000' Sweepstakes

Avis Rent A Car System, Inc. announced that it is launching the "Bag $10,000" Sweepstakes for travel agents enrolled in the Company's Club Red incentive program. ... Continue reading

Borg-Warner Automotive Buys Cooling Systems From Eaton

Borg-Warner Automotive Buys Cooling Systems From Eaton

Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Fluid Power Division of Eaton Corporation for $310 million. ... Continue reading

Borg-Warner Automotive Buys Cooling Systems From Eaton; Acquisition Expands Engine Technology Base

Borg-Warner Automotive Buys Cooling Systems From Eaton; Acquisition Expands Engine Technology Base

Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Fluid Power Division of Eaton Corporation for $310 million. ... Continue reading

CSK Completes Acquisition of Grand Auto Supply and Al's Auto Supply

CSK Completes Acquisition of Grand Auto Supply and Al's Auto Supply

CSK Auto Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, CSK Auto, Inc. completed its acquisition of PACCAR Inc. ... Continue reading

Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth and Jeep Set 1999 Model And Sales Records

Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth and Jeep Set 1999 Model And Sales Records

DaimlerChrysler's Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth and Jeep(R) brands had their best model year in history in 1999, selling 2,651,090 vehicles in the U.S., an 8 percent increase compared to 1998's record model year sales of 2,446,951 vehicles. ... Continue reading

Dollar Offers Japan Airlines Mileage Bank Members Double Bonus Miles

Dollar Offers Japan Airlines Mileage Bank Members Double Bonus Miles

Dollar Rent A Car is offering double bonus miles to all Japan Airlines Mileage Bank(R) members who rent any size DOLLAR(R) car, for any length of time through January 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

Dollar Offers TWA Aviators and Delta AirLines SkyMiles Members Bonus'

Dollar Offers TWA Aviators and Delta AirLines SkyMiles Members Bonus'

Dollar Rent A Car is offering double miles to all Trans World Airlines (TWA) Aviators(SM) members who rent a mid-size car or larger for two or more days, and triple miles to all Delta AirLines SkyMiles(R) members. ... Continue reading

DRAGS: Super Pro, Combined Pro & Street Race Part of Sonoco Race Fuels Fall Classic

DRAGS: Super Pro, Combined Pro & Street Race Part of Sonoco Race Fuels Fall Classic

DRAGS: Super Pro, Combined Pro & Street Race Part of Sonoco Race Fuels Fall Classic ... Continue reading

Ford Windstar SEL Minivan (1999)

Ford Windstar SEL Minivan (1999)

Ford Windstar SEL Minivan (1999) ... Continue reading

Gentex Announces Range Rover Business

Gentex Announces Range Rover Business

Gentex Corporation has recently begun shipping interior and exterior automatic-dimming mirrors for the 2000 Range Rover. ... Continue reading

Goodyear Winter Tire Targets SUV Growth, Traction

Goodyear Winter Tire Targets SUV Growth, Traction

Goodyear announced a new winter tire for the growing North American sport-utility vehicle and pickup truck market. ... Continue reading

HDA and Quality Distribution Service Partners Finalize Merger

HDA and Quality Distribution Service Partners Finalize Merger

HDA Parts System and Quality Distribution Service Partners announced the completion of the merger between their companies. The new Deerfield, IL-based company will be named FleetPride Corporation. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Sales Growth Continues; September Sales Up 83%

Hyundai Sales Growth Continues; September Sales Up 83%

Hyundai Motor America announced sales of 15,226 vehicles for the month of September, up 83 percent from one year ago. September sales were the best since 1988. ... Continue reading

Infiniti Reports Best September in Division History

Infiniti Reports Best September in Division History

Infiniti, the Luxury Division of Nissan North America, Inc., (NNA) reported sales of 7,576 units for the month of September, a record month for the division and the second best month in its history. ... Continue reading

IRL: Texas Motor Speedway to put technology on high banks

IRL: Texas Motor Speedway to put technology on high banks

Texas Motor Speedway to put technology on high banks ... Continue reading

Ivaco Inc. and Fertek Inc. to Create Canada's Largest Manufacturer of Wire Mesh

Ivaco Inc. and Fertek Inc. to Create Canada's Largest Manufacturer of Wire Mesh

Fertek Ivaco Inc. and Fertek Inc. announced plans to establish a joint venture to merge their respective wire mesh operations. ... Continue reading

Mazda Troy Lee Edition B3000 Truck(1999)

Mazda Troy Lee Edition B3000 Truck(1999)

Mazda Troy Lee Edition B3000 Truck (1999) ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz USA Sales Increase 9.6 Percent in September

Mercedes-Benz USA Sales Increase 9.6 Percent in September

Mercedes-Benz USA, Inc. continued its record-setting momentum in September with 15,038 new vehicles sold, a 9.6 percent increase over the 13,728 vehicles sold in September 1998, making it the best September ever for the company. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz USA Sales Increase 9.6 Percent in September

Mercedes-Benz USA Sales Increase 9.6 Percent in September

Mercedes-Benz USA, Inc. continued its record-setting momentum in September with 15,038 new vehicles sold, a 9.6 percent increase over the 13,728 vehicles sold in September 1998, making it the best September ever for the company. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Has Best-Ever September Sales in the U.S.

Mitsubishi Motors Has Best-Ever September Sales in the U.S.

September 1999 sales for Mitsubishi Motors Sales of America, Inc. (MMSA) totaled 22,001 units, an increase of 36% over the prior year: ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Todd Bodine To Make 200th Career Busch Series Start At Lowe's Motor Speedway

NASCAR BGN: Todd Bodine To Make 200th Career Busch Series Start At Lowe's Motor Speedway

Todd Bodine To Make 200th Career Busch Series Start At Lowe's Motor Speedway ... Continue reading

National Auto Finance Announces Completion of $51M Securitization

National Auto Finance Announces Completion of $51M Securitization

National Auto Finance Company, Inc. announced that it has completed a $51 million asset-backed securitization with two of the nation's largest financial institutions. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Matco Tools to sponsor NHRA National event in Englishtown, N.J.

NHRA: Matco Tools to sponsor NHRA National event in Englishtown, N.J.

NHRA: Matco Tools to sponsor NHRA National event in Englishtown, N.J. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Team JEG'S Shows Big Improvement Throughout The Day

NHRA: Team JEG'S Shows Big Improvement Throughout The Day

Team JEG'S Shows Big Improvement Throughout The Day ... Continue reading

Nissan Reports an 18.5 Percent Increase in Sales

Nissan Reports an 18.5 Percent Increase in Sales

Bolstered by continued strong truck sales and growing popularity amongst its sedans, Nissan Division of Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) posted September sales of 53,364 units, an increase of 18.5 percent versus last year. ... Continue reading

PACCAR Completes Sale of Retail Automotive Parts Group

PACCAR Completes Sale of Retail Automotive Parts Group

PACCAR Inc said it has completed the sale of its retail automotive parts and accessories business to CSK Auto, Inc. for $143.2 million in cash, according to Mark C. Pigott, PACCAR chairman and chief executive officer. ... Continue reading

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Raceline

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Rosalyn Millman Appointed NHTSA Deputy Administrator

Rosalyn Millman Appointed NHTSA Deputy Administrator

U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater announced the appointment of Rosalyn G. Millman as Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). ... Continue reading

Shareholder Acquires 5% of Rent-A-Wreck of America, Inc.'s Common Stock

Shareholder Acquires 5% of Rent-A-Wreck of America, Inc.'s Common Stock

Rent-A-Wreck of America announced that it had received a Schedule 13D filing from Mr. Robert M. Temko who indicated that he has acquired in open market purchases from July 13, 1998 through Sept 15, 1999, 201,200 shares of Rent-A-Wreck's common stock. ... Continue reading

Subaru Announces September Sales Figures

Subaru Announces September Sales Figures

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) announced its September sales figures. Subaru recorded a sales total of 14,771 units for the month, up 17 percent over the same period last year (12,671 units). ... Continue reading

Tenneco Announces Bank Agreements to Facilitate Tax-Free Spin-Off

Tenneco Announces Bank Agreements to Facilitate Tax-Free Spin-Off

Tenneco Inc. announced it has signed bank agreements for $2.55 billion of financing related to the announced tax-free spin-off of Tenneco Packaging. ... Continue reading

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. to Grow Business-to-Business Sales

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. to Grow Business-to-Business Sales

Toyota Motor Sales, USA will soon sell auto service and repair manuals on the Internet as part of a new business-to-business e- commerce initiative aimed to support its dealers. ... Continue reading

Toyota Reports Best-Ever Third Quarter and September Sales

Toyota Reports Best-Ever Third Quarter and September Sales

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A., Inc., reported best-ever September sales of 119,825 vehicles up 10.4 percent over last September's record-setting sales. ... Continue reading

Tracks: Indianapolis Motor Speedway to sponsor Tomorrowland Speedway at Walt Disney World Resort

Tracks: Indianapolis Motor Speedway to sponsor Tomorrowland Speedway at Walt Disney World Resort

Tracks: Indianapolis Motor Speedway to sponsor Tomorrowland Speedway at Walt Disney World Resort ... Continue reading

VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT GLX (1999)

VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT GLX (1999)

VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT GLX (1999) ... Continue reading

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