Japanese Automakers' Purchases of U.S.-Made Auto Parts Reach New High of $35.8 Billion
Japanese Automakers' Purchases of U.S.-Made Auto Parts Reach New High of $35.8 Billion WASHINGTON, July 11 Japanese automakers purchased a record $35.8 billion of U.S.-made auto parts in fiscal year 2000 for use in Japan and the U.S. up 12 percent from the $31.9 billion purchased in fiscal year 1999. This was the 14th ... Continue reading
New Car Company Build-To-Order Inc. (BTO) Closes First Outside Financing
New Car Company Build-To-Order Inc. (BTO) Closes First Outside Financing World's First Mass-Customization Car Company Raises $5 Million From AK Steel And Reveals Other Strategic Shareholders FREMONT, Calif., July 11 Build-To-Order, Inc. (BTO), the world's first automotive company that will deliver true build-to-order v ... Continue reading
Toyota Certified Used Vehicle Program Announces All-Time Best-Ever Sales Month
Toyota Certified Used Vehicle Program Announces All-Time Best-Ever Sales Month TORRANCE, Calif., July 11 Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported record sales of Toyota Certified Used Vehicles, surpassing the previous mark set just last month. June sales of Toyota Certified Used Vehicles totaled 16,951, a ... Continue reading
Well, with its large immigrant population, Toronto prides itself on the diversity of its cuisine. The city has more than four thousand eating establishments offering a spectacular range of foods from all over the world and is one of Canada's few cities where you can eat high-quality food of almost any ethnic origin. On ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: Silly Season Starts In F1
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 Silly season. That time of the year that fans, pundits and other followers of the world-wide circus known as the Formula One World Championship for Makes begin the annual speculation game of who is going where next year has started ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: Schumacher Looking To Make History At Silverstone
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 For Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher this weekend at Silverstone could be a historic one. With a victory the German ace will tie Alain Prost for the top spot of fifty-one career victories in Grand Prix racing which is an incredible ... Continue reading
CART: Team Target heating up as it heads to Toronto
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 TORONTO -- Over the past several years, Target Chip Ganassi Racing has produced numerous magic moments on the racetrack. For example, in the final lap of the 1996 race at Laguna Seca, former Team Target driver Alex Zanardi made a breath-taking ... Continue reading
CART: Andretti ready for return to Toronto, site of success
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 Indianapolis, IN-Driver Michael Andretti doesn't profess to have a favorite track on the CART FedEx Championship Series but if favorites were based on results the 1.72-mile temporary street circuit in Toronto would be first on his list. Andrett ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Ken Schrader feels at home in Chicagoland
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 "Some of these guys have never run anywhere near Chicago, but it feels almost like racing at home for me. I grew up practically next door in St. Louis, but I've raced all over the Midwest, mostly on dirt. Of all the extra races I run, almost al ... Continue reading
U.S F2000 National Championship Points
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 U.S F2000 National Championship Points Pos. Driver, Car Pts. Purse 1 Billy Asaro, VDF 182 $22,950 2 Jason LaPoint (R), VDF 159 $10,300 3 Doug Bell (R), VDF 144 $16,925 4 Peter Gray (R), VDF 144 $7,675 5 Memo Rojas, VDF 140 $7,875 6 Piero Rodart ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Kenseth impressed with new Chicagoland track
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 What do you think about Chicagoland Speedway? "The track is pretty impressive and it's a great facility. Its slick and fast. It will be an exciting race for the fans and drivers. I like going to new tracks." As a Wisconsin native, how important ... Continue reading
ALMS: American Le Mans Series heads to Sears Point
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 The X-Factor Grand Prix of Sonoma American Le Mans Series Fact Sheet WHAT: Now in its third year, the American Le Mans Series will make the third stop of its nine-race series at Sears Point Raceway, July 20-22, for The X-Factor Grand Prix of So ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Stewart thankful to finally go to Chicagoland Speedway
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 ATLANTA - The inaugural Tropicana 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., probably couldn't come any sooner for Tony Stewart and members of The Home Depot Racing Team. The penalty for being forced by another car below the yellow line five ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: Third generation Jon Wood looks to make history at Kentucky
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 Jon Wood, third-generation racer and 19-year-old son of Eddie Wood, will make his fourth Craftsman Truck Series start for Roush Racing this weekend at Kentucky Speedway. Wood, the youngest competitor in the series, first took the wheel of one o ... Continue reading
NASCAR: Dodge Extends Motorsports Scholarship Application Deadline
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Dodge Motorsports has announced that it has moved the application deadline for its motorsports scholarship program from July 11 to July 17, 2001. Dodge continues to seek qualified candidates for its motorsports diversity ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Gordon looks for fourth 'inaugural' victory in 275th start
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 JOLIET, Ill. - Jeff Gordon, already a three-time "inaugural" winner, will look to go four-for-eight in first-time events this Sunday in the Tropicana 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Gordon, driver of the DuPont Chevrolet, has competed in inaugural ... Continue reading
NASCAR Winston Cup Moves To The Midwest
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 The NASCAR Winston Cup season rolls into the heart of the Midwest this week with the inaugural race at the new Chicagoland track in Joliet, Illinois. The series made two bold moves this year with adding this race and a new date in K ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Bobby Labonte Interview: Mid Season Review
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 BOBBY LABONTE, NO. 18 INTERSTATE BATTERIES PONTIAC GRAND PRIX: (DESPITE GETTING OFF TO A SLOW START THIS YEAR, YOU'RE REALLY NOT IN TOO BAD OF SHAPE) "No, not for what we went through during the early part of the season. Knowing tha ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Spencer returns to the driver's seat at Chicagoland
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – When Sam's Club Presents the Hills Bros Coffee 300 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series event at Chicagoland (Ill.) Speedway, it will mark the return of #1 Yellow Racing driver Jimmy Spencer. Due to NASCAR Wins ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Working Man's Hero Dave Marcis Won Four Races with Dodge
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 CHICAGO, Ill., July 11, 2001 - When veteran race car driver Dave Marcis announced his plans to retire next February, long-time NASCAR fans felt a void forming in their hearts. Marcis has become a hero to many by battling today's big ... Continue reading
INDY 500: Legendary Indy Machines Star at British Auto Festival
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 CHICHESTER, Great Britain - Racing cars and drivers that have been stars of races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the past 90 years were among the many entries in this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. Held in late June or e ... Continue reading
SCCA: Speedvision World Challenge set for second half of season
Posted By David Treffer Contributing Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The SCCA Pro Racing Speedvision World Challenge Championships return to action July 20-22 at the Sears Point Raceway XFactor Grand Prix of Sonoma Weekend. Offering the fiercest production-based car racing in Nort ... Continue reading
NHRA'S 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Numbe 20, Raymond Beadle
Posted By Terry Callahan Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel July 11, 2001 Raymond Beadle assured his status as a racing immortal when he did the impossible in the 1970s: brought down the Army cars of Don Prudhomme. Almost immediately after jump-starting Harry Schmidt's Blue Max team, Beadle rivaled "Jungle Jim" Liber ... Continue reading
Honda Opens First Los Angeles-Area Hydrogen Fuel Station; Fuel Station of the Future Uses Solar Power TORRANCE, Calif., July 10 The first hydrogen production and fueling station in the Los Angeles area has started operation at Honda's research and development center in Torrance, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announce ... Continue reading
Exide Technologies Announces China Joint Venture with Shenyang Dongbei Storage Battery Co.
Exide Technologies Announces China Joint Venture with Shenyang Dongbei Storage Battery Co. Exide CEO Robert A. Lutz Helps Announce Company's First-Ever Local-Production Venture in the People's Republic of China; Discusses Exide's Strategy for Global Business Expansion in China BEIJING, July 10 Exide Technologies , the ... Continue reading
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation Reports the Real Facts About Lending Practices
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation Reports the Real Facts About Lending Practices - Plaintiffs' Reports Distort the Facts and Contain Flawed Data - GARDENA, Calif., July 10 Today, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (NMAC) strongly refuted alleged discrimination claims reported in several media stories. Various articl ... Continue reading
AutoZone Hires Morgan Keegan to Advise on Sale of TruckPro; Announces New Senior Vice President - Marketing; Authorizes Additional Stock Repurchases MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 10 AutoZone, Inc. , today announced that AutoZone has engaged Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. to assist the company with the sale of TruckPro, AutoZone' ... Continue reading
Startech Environmental Demonstrates Hydrogen Vehicle - Story Includes Hydrogen Tutorial
Startech Environmental Demonstrates Hydrogen Vehicle WILTON, Conn., July 10 Startech Environmental Corp. , the world leader in plasma waste remediation and recycling technology, announced today that it has demonstrated the successful operation of its hydrogen vehicle by driving it around Bristol, Connecticut, the locat ... Continue reading
Avis Tries Harder to Make College Affordable, Joins Upromise College Savings Network
Avis Tries Harder to Make College Affordable, Joins Upromise College Savings Network Becomes Upromise's Exclusive Rental Car Participant GARDEN CITY, N.Y., July 10 Avis Rent A Car, Inc. today announced it will contribute five percent of rental charges into college savings accounts with tax advantages for Avis customers ... Continue reading
ArvinMeritor Celebrates Accomplishments in Challenging First Year
ArvinMeritor Celebrates Accomplishments in Challenging First Year ARVINMERITOR LOGO ArvinMeritor logo. (PRNewsFoto)[AG] TROY, MI USA 05/24/2001 TROY, Mich., July 10 ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced that the year-old company has exceeded its $50-million cost synergy targets and strengthened its position as a premier g ... Continue reading
LOS ANGELES--July 10, 2001--With stolen car statistics on the rise in the Southland, the Automobile Club of Southern California is advising motorists to take some simple precautions. "In the summer, and while we're vacationing, we tend to focus on enjoying ourselves rather than being keenly aware of our surroundings, a ... Continue reading
Introducing BMW'S Hottest New Models ... No Driver's License Required
Introducing BMW'S Hottest New Models ... No Driver's License Required Battery-Powered Z3 Roadster and X5 Remote Control Vehicle Hit the Pavements This Summer WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., July 10 Traffic jams? Insurance rates? Gasoline prices? Forget about it! You don't even need a driver's license to experience the latest Ult ... Continue reading
BMW 3 Series Ties for First Place in Near-Luxury Class
BMW RANKED HIGHEST SCORING BRAND FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN STRATEGIC VISION'S 2001 TOTAL QUALITY INDEX* The BMW 3 Series Ties for First Place in Near-Luxury Class; Scores Top Marks from Owners for Handling, Power, Refinement Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, July 10, 2001...For the third consecutive year, the BMW brand h ... Continue reading
Gentex Reaches Milestone: Begins Shipping for Toyota Camry
Gentex Reaches Milestone: Begins Shipping for Toyota Camry ZEELAND, Mich., July 10 Gentex Corporation , the Zeeland, Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and commercial fire protection products, has begun shipping interior automatic-dimming rearview mirrors with a compass display for the To ... Continue reading
Globe and Mail's Phillip Crawley Joins Board of Megawheels
CALGARY, Alberta--July 10, 2001--Megawheels Inc. (CDNX:MGW), a global applications provider to the automotive newspaper advertising and retail sectors, today announced that Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail, has been named a director of the company. The Globe and Mail has been a partner of Megawh ... Continue reading
Enova Systems, Hyundai Motor Co. and State of Hawaii Introduce New SUV Fleet to EV-Ready State
HONOLULU--July 10, 2001--Enova Systems, Torrance, Calif. (OTCBB:ENVA), today announced, in conjunction with its partners Hyundai Motor Co. of Korea (HMC) and the state of Hawaii, the presentation of 15 electric Hyundai Santa Fe SUVs. The advanced technology vehicles will be distributed in Hawaii as part of the state's ... Continue reading
COLUMBUS, Ind.--July 10, 2001-- Aftertreatment System Reduces Particulate Emissions 90% From Current Levels Cummins Inc. announced today that it is making an investment of $400,000 to help underwrite an innovative public-private partnership, the Seattle Diesel Solutions Program, designed to demonstrate the ability to r ... Continue reading
Johnson Controls Targets $1 Billion in Purchases From Diverse Suppliers Within Two Years
Johnson Controls Targets $1 Billion in Purchases From Diverse Suppliers Within Two Years As a Recognized Leader in Minority Supplier Development, Firm Expands Its Supplier Diversity Efforts, Pledges More Opportunity PLYMOUTH, Mich., July 10 By the year 2003, Johnson Controls plans to purchase $1 billion in goods and se ... Continue reading
Exide Technologies Chairman Endorses Swift World Trade Organization Admission for China
Exide Technologies Chairman Endorses Swift World Trade Organization Admission for China Makes Remarks Upon Accepting Global Trade Award in Beijing And Discussing Exide's Strategy for Expansion in China BEIJING, July 10 The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Exide Technologies , Robert A. Lutz, today called for Chi ... Continue reading
Cooper Tire Expands Arrangement with Kenda Rubber
Cooper Tire Expands Arrangement with Kenda Rubber FINDLAY, Ohio, July 10 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company today announced that an off-take contract has been signed between Cooper Tire and Taiwan-based Kenda Rubber for Kenda to produce passenger radial tires for Cooper's International Division. These tires will be sold unde ... Continue reading
eAutoclaims Offers a New Member Benefit to Their Network of Independent Body Shops
eAutoclaims Offers a New Member Benefit to Their Network of Independent Body Shops SANFORD, Fla., and PALM HARBOR, Fla., July 10 eAutoclaims (OTC Bulletin Board: EACC) has announced today a new member benefit offered to their network of independent body shops. Through their exclusive agreement with Parts.com, eAutoclai ... Continue reading
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