AMA: Large and Petty Vy in 800cc Hillclimb Points Battle
AMA: Large and Petty Vy in 800cc Hillclimb Points Battle ... Continue reading
AMA: Parker the Surprising Underdog at Quad City Downs
AMA: Parker the Surprising Underdog at Quad City Downs ... Continue reading
American Quantum Cycles Inc. Announces Sales
American Quantum Cycles Inc. announced results from the Sturgis, S.D., motorcycle rally. The company signed three new dealers representing sales of $527,640, bringing American Quantum's total dealers to 21. ... Continue reading
Auto Executives Rank TRW Tops for Chassis/Suspension Systems
In what Automotive Industries magazine called the "Oscar" award of the automotive supplier industry, TRW took top honors in the chassis/suspension systems category. ... Continue reading
Automakers Pledge Full Support in NHTSA Study of Trunk Releases
The American Automobile Manufacturers Association and its members pledged their full cooperation in a government safety study of inside trunk releasedevices which could provide a means of escape for persons trapped inside the trunk of a car ... Continue reading
Car Dealers Adjust to Internet Selling
Auto dealers, manufacturers and Internet vehicle buying/referral services will meet in Nashville on November 16 & 17 to explore how to sell more cars and trucks on the Internet. ... Continue reading
CART: The Week in Ford Motorsports
CART: The Week in Ford Motorsports ... Continue reading
CCC's Vehicle History Report Available Via the Internet
Rows of shiny, seemingly flawless vehicles on a used car lot assures you that each one was meticulously cared for, but many perfect-looking automobiles have been damaged or stolen, and are for sale on lots and through classifieds across the country. ... Continue reading
Chrysler Reports U.S. and Canadian Assembly Plants Schedule
Chrysler Corporation reports all of its nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian assembly plants will operate the week of August 17, 1998. ... Continue reading
Colors on Parade Reports June Results
Atlanta-based Colors on Parade recorded record sales of more than $2.39 million for the month of June, up 13% from May and more than 40% from June of 1997. In fact, sales were a record for any month in the 10 year history of the company. ... Continue reading
Daimler-Benz To Expand M-Class Production In Europe
In response to overwhelming market demand for its award-winning Mercedes-Benz M-Class, Daimler-Benz will expand the availability for the successful sport utility vehicle (SUV) in Europe with supplementary assembly in Graz, Austria. ... Continue reading
Dana Selected as One of World's 100 Best-Managed Companies
Dana Corporation has been named to IndustryWeek magazine's third annual listing of the world's 100 best-managed companies. ... Continue reading
Donnelly Corporation Receives 1998 Quest for Excellence Award
Donnelly Corporation iannounced it has received the 1998 Quest for Excellence Award from Automotive Industries magazine, in recognition for outstanding performance in the design, development and manufacture of interior systems and components. ... Continue reading
East European Imports Purchases ARO Of America
East European Imports, Inc. (EEI) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement with ARO of America, a division of Worldwide Equipment Corporation to purchase its assets for shares of EEI common stock. ... Continue reading
Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Announces Q2 1998 Results
Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Manufacturing Company today announced financial results for the second quarter and six months ended July 4, 1998. ... Continue reading
Formula One: The Week in Ford Motorsports
Formula One: The Week in Ford Motorsports ... Continue reading
Freightliner Plant First Stop On Governor Beasley's List
S.C. Governor David Beasley toured the Freightliner Custom Chassis Plant in Gaffney, S.C. and visited with employees at the plant who manufacture chassis for school and shuttle bus, delivery walk-in van and RV applications. ... Continue reading
Group 1 Automotive Elects Three New Vice Presidents
Group 1 Automotive, Inc, a leading operator and consolidator in the automotive retailing industry, announced today that its board of directors has elected three new vice presidents. ... Continue reading
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst to Acquire The Glass's Group
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Glass's Group, the leading provider of automotive information services and related software products in the UK. ... Continue reading
Hyundai Selects Parts-Ordering Extranet
Hyundai Motor America announced that it selected Click Interactive's Click Commerce(TM) for the auto industry's first multi-lingual extranet to allow both consumers and repair shops to use factory-authorized parts catalogs and parts ordering. ... Continue reading
J.D. Power: Manufacturing Challenges to Meet Emission Regulations
Recent technological advancements applied to conventional gasoline engines may soon allow manufacturers to produce autos with exhaust that is cleaner than the air in some major U.S. cities, according to J.D. Power and Associates. ... Continue reading
Liteglow Industries Announces Trak Auto to Carry Product
Liteglow Industries Inc. announced that major automotive mass retailer Trak Auto has agreed to carry Liteglow products. Liteglow said this will fortify its market share in the competitive aftermarket lighting arena. ... Continue reading
Lund International Holdings, Inc. Announce Q2 Results
Lund International Holdings, Inc. announced net sales and income from operations for the second quarter of 1998, ended June 30, 1998. ... Continue reading
The following information was released today by Mannesmann AG: Results from ordinary activities up significantly to DM 1.146 bn (+ 64 %); Profit after taxes increased by 42% to DM 443 m; Investments to date at DM 2.9 bn; Marked rise in results from ordinary activities expected for the full year. ... Continue reading
MEMA president on Progress Under U.S./Japan Automotive Agreement
The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association supports the U.S. government's call for greater progress under the U.S./Japan Automotive Agreement. ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Corporation and SGI International Joint Venture
SGI International, August 13, 1998. On August 6, 1998, Mitsubishi Corporation and SGI International executed a Letter of Intent to form a joint venture. ... Continue reading
Mobil to Manufacture and Market Asphalt with Broadway Petroleum
Mobil announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Broadway Petroleum to manufacture and market asphalt in the St. Louis area. Under terms of the agreement, Broadway Petroleum will terminal Mobil asphalt products in St. Louis. ... Continue reading
Motor Trend Sponsors 'Pebble Beach - The Tour'
Announcing its year-long 50th Anniversary celebration, Motor Trend Magazine is sponsoring the First Annual Pebble Beach - The Tour, on August 13, 1998. The tour is a day long parade of the world's finest antique and classic cars on Monterey peninsula. ... Continue reading
MotorVac CarbonClean System to be on Shadetree Mechanic TV Show
MotorVac Technologies Inc. Wednesday announced that the company's MotorVac(R) CarbonClean(R) System will be featured in an upcoming episode of the Shadetree Mechanic television show. ... Continue reading
NACAR WCUP: Realtree Backs Second Car at Michigan
NASCAR WCUP: Realtree Backs Second Car at Michigan ... Continue reading
NACAR WCUP: The Week in Ford Motorsports
NASCAR WCUP: The Week in Ford Motorsports ... Continue reading
NASCAR-BGN, USAR: Slim Jim and Labontes Reunite for Busch Series
NASCAR-BGN, USAR: Slim Jim and Labontes Reunite for Busch Series ... Continue reading
NASCAR-CTS: Martinsville Speedway Becomes a Truck Stop on September 26
NASCAR-CTS: Martinsville Speedway Becomes a Truck Stop on September 26 ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: The Week in Ford Motorsports
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Navistar Announces Q3 Net Income
Navistar International Corporation announced that net income for the third quarter ended July 31, 1998 totaled $50 million, or $0.72 per diluted common share, compared with 1997 third quarter net income of $35 million, or $0.38 per diluted common share. ... Continue reading
New Vice President of Public Affairs for BFS
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. (BFS) announced today that Christine Karbowiak, presently general counsel-corporate and international and assistant secretary of BFS, is appointed vice president public affairs. ... Continue reading
NHRA: Connie Kalitta Ready to Get Back in the Racing Busines
NHRA: Connie Kalitta Ready to Get Back in the Racing Busines ... Continue reading
NHRA: Doug Kalitta Wants to Celebrate Birthday with a Win in Brainerd
NHRA: Doug Kalitta Wants to Celebrate Birthday with a Win in Brainerd ... Continue reading
NHRA: Team Pennzoil, Plus Brainerd, Equals Success
NHRA: Team Pennzoil, Plus Brainerd, Equals Success ... Continue reading
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Pep Boys Announces Second Quarter Earnings
The Pep Boys -- Manny, Moe & Jack, the nation's leading automotive aftermarket retail and service chain, announced record sales but a decline in earnings for the 13 weeks ended Aug. 1, 1998. ... Continue reading
Phoenix Foreign Car to Use Only MiraChem
Phoenix Foreign Car service announced that his auto shop would no longer use harmful, petrochemical solvents to clean parts but would instead use MiraChem(R), a line of environmentally friendly, worker safe, cleaning solutions and equipment. ... Continue reading
PPG Units `Best of Best' for Auto Coatings & Glass
PPG Industries last night received two Quest for Excellence awards from Automotive Industries (AI) magazine as "best of the best" among automotive coatings and glass suppliers. AI is a leading auto manufacturing industry news magazine. ... Continue reading
Preparing Minority Youth Earns Federal-Mogul Top Honors
Federal-Mogul Corporation has been awarded the 1998 Corporate Plus Award by INROADS, Inc., a national, not-for-profit organization that prepares talented minority youth for professional and managerial careers in business. ... Continue reading
PSCR: Lamb Turns Heads at Mosport
PSCR: Lamb Turns Heads at Mosport ... Continue reading
RB Rubber Products, Inc. reported second quarter results with solid revenue growth and significant progress in integrating its new molded products acquisition. ... Continue reading
Sears Point Raceway Challenges Krasnansky Statements
Sears Point Raceway President Steve Page hallenged Raceway critic Marvin Krasnansky for distributing a press release to the local and national business press that incorrectly suggests that Sears Point Raceway could be shut down because it violates the county's noise code. ... Continue reading
Secom General Reports Fiscal Third Quarter Loss
ecom General Corporation reported a net loss of $948,900, or 18 cents per share, on sales of $7,879,100 for its fiscal third quarter ended June 30, 1998, compared to net income of $157,100, or three cents per share, on sales of $9,145,900 in the same quarter last year. ... Continue reading
State Auto Financial Announces Dividend Increase
The board of directors of State Auto Financial Corp. voted to increase the quarterly cash dividend 11 percent to $0.025 per share, payable Sept. 30, 1998, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 11, 1998. ... Continue reading
Stoneage Introduces 'Ugg' to Auto Enthusiasts
He's big. He's inflatable. He's colorful. He's Ugg, the prehistoric mascot of Stoneage, a Detroit-based company providing free automotive buying services to consumers nationwide. ... Continue reading
TRANS-AM: BFG Trans-Am, Elkhart Lake Preview
TRANS-AM: BFG Trans-Am, Elkhart Lake Preview ... Continue reading
Westar Financial Services Promotes Pete Kanatzar to Senior Vice President - Risk Management
Westar Financial Services Incorporated, a prime-credit auto lender and lessor, announced that Robert E. (Pete) Kanatzar Jr., has been promoted to Senior Vice President - Risk Management. ... Continue reading
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