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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

ALMS (MOSPORT) - VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE FOR BRABS

ALMS (MOSPORT) - VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE FOR BRABS

David Brabham will compete in his fourth different American Le Mans Series class at Mosport. Just as he did at Sebring and Road America earlier this year, David Brabham will drive in his fourth different American Le Mans Series class when the Series travels to Mosport International Raceway next week for the Mobil 1 pre ... Continue reading

GRAND AM (DAYTONA) - Colin Braun Suspended From Grand-Am Competition Until September 1

GRAND AM (DAYTONA) - Colin Braun Suspended From Grand-Am Competition Until September 1

Colin Braun, the 18-year-old driver of the No. 75 Krohn Racing Pontiac Riley in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve, has been suspended by Grand-Am Managing Director of Competition Mark Raffauf following the latest in a series of on-track incidents during last Friday’s Cro ... Continue reading

SPECIAL EVENT (INDIANAPOLIS) - PRESTIGIOUS MONTEREY CAR SHOW TO FEATURE INDY 500 ROADSTERS

SPECIAL EVENT (INDIANAPOLIS) - PRESTIGIOUS MONTEREY CAR SHOW TO FEATURE INDY 500 ROADSTERS

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum will have eight vintage race cars, including five Indianapolis 500 winners, on display at the 34th Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races Presented by Toyota on Aug. 17-19 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif. The cars are part of the extensive collection ... Continue reading

Road Construction Can Be Tough on Your Vehicles

Road Construction Can Be Tough on Your Vehicles

BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Summer is the main season for road construction, which means there's a good chance you'll hit a bump or two, or come across loose stones and other hazards associated with construction zones. These road conditions can be tough on a vehicle's steering and suspension syste ... Continue reading

IntelliChoice.com Best Deals for August Show Continuing Duel between Toyota and GM

IntelliChoice.com Best Deals for August Show Continuing Duel between Toyota and GM

CAMPBELL, Calif.--PRIMEDIA’s IntelliChoice.com (www.intellichoice.com), the leading source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, today announced its “Best Deals of the Month” for cars, trucks and SUVs for August 2007, with the Chevrolet Silverado sweeping all of the full-size truck segments a ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces Pricing on 2008 Sentra

Nissan Announces Pricing on 2008 Sentra

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 14 -- Nissan North America, Inc. today announced pricing on the 2008 Nissan Sentra and Sentra SE-R, which are on sale now at Nissan dealers nationwide. The 2008 builds on the completely revised, larger, more powerful, more versatile sixth-generation 2007 Sentra, and adds updated packaging and equ ... Continue reading

Chrysler Brings its Newest Buzz Model - the 2008 Chrysler PT Street Cruiser Sunset Boulevard Edition

Chrysler Brings its Newest Buzz Model - the 2008 Chrysler PT Street Cruiser Sunset Boulevard Edition

- New Chrysler PT Cruiser model lights up the boulevard to kick off annual Woodward Dream Cruise - Eleventh factory-customized limited-edition PT Cruiser celebrates another great American driving road - New PT Street Cruiser Sunset Boulevard Edition delivers factory customization and limited production at a value price ... Continue reading

MISCOR Group Reports Increased Sales, Net Income in Second Quarter

MISCOR Group Reports Increased Sales, Net Income in Second Quarter

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 14 -- Industrial services provider MISCOR Group, Ltd. (BULLETIN BOARD: MCGL) reported a return to profitability on a 16 percent increase in revenues for the second quarter ended July 1, 2007. MISCOR posted gains in each of its segments and in both product sales and services revenue. MISCOR, a pro ... Continue reading

USTelematics Begins Trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under Ticker Symbol UTLM

USTelematics Begins Trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under Ticker Symbol UTLM

CHICAGO & WOOD DALE, Ill.--USTelematics, Inc. (OTCBB: UTLM), a company engaged in the development and commercialization of broadband telecommunications products and services for moving vehicles, completed its direct public offering of common shares and is trading on the OTC Bulletin Board under the ticker symbol UTLM. ... Continue reading

Puradyn Announces 2nd Quarter Financial Results

Puradyn Announces 2nd Quarter Financial Results

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.--Puradyn Filter Technologies Incorporated (OTCBB:PFTI), the global bypass oil filtration system manufacturer, today reported results of operations for the second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2007. Net sales for the second quarter 2007 were $787,000, as compared to $855,000 for the second quarter 20 ... Continue reading

Odyne Corp. Provides Business Update and Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter 2007

Odyne Corp. Provides Business Update and Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter 2007

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--Odyne Corporation (OTCBB: ODYC), a leading developer of advanced plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) technology for trucks and buses, today provided an update on its business and reported financial results for its second quarter ending June 30, 2007. Total revenue for the three months ended June 30, ... Continue reading

Pep Boys' Second Quarter Results Conference Call to Be Broadcast on Investorcalendar.com

Pep Boys' Second Quarter Results Conference Call to Be Broadcast on Investorcalendar.com

PHILADELPHIA--The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack , the nation’s leading automotive aftermarket retail and service chain, will broadcast its second quarter earnings conference call live on Wednesday, August 22 at 8:30 a.m. EDT. The conference call will be broadcast over the Internet at http://www.investorcalenda ... Continue reading

Lexus Tops University of Michigan CSI Survey

Lexus Tops University of Michigan CSI Survey

Washington DC August 15, 2007; The AIADA newsletter reported that the consumer satisfaction rate for vehicles rose 1 point this year to a score of 82 out of 100, a record in the 12-year history of the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index, reports AP. Lexus ranked atop the list with a score of 8 ... Continue reading

Internationaly Owned Auto Makers Continue Investment on American Soil

Internationaly Owned Auto Makers Continue Investment on American Soil

Washington DC August 15, 2007; The AIADA newsletter reported that as Detroit's struggling automakers slash jobs, major European automakers are moving to expand U.S. operations, illustrating how the auto industry's globalization isn't just a one-way street for the U.S. economy. German automakers are accelerating plans t ... Continue reading

NASCAR NNCS (BROOKLYN, MI) - STATISTICAL ADVANCE

NASCAR NNCS (BROOKLYN, MI) - STATISTICAL ADVANCE

Statistical Advance: 3M Performance 400 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS PRESS RELEASE IN A MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS PRESS RELEASE AS A PDF FILE. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 13, 2007) – At Michigan International Speedway last June, Carl Edwards broke a 52-race NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series winless ... Continue reading

TEAM REPORTS (VARIOUS LOCATIONS) - PENSKE RACING REPORT

TEAM REPORTS (VARIOUS LOCATIONS) - PENSKE RACING REPORT

IMSA American Le Mans Series Capping off an improbable week where the LMP1 Audis were more than one second a lap faster than the LMP2 Porsches, France's Romain Dumas and Germany's Timo Bernhard squeezed out a 1.7-second overall victory in Saturday's American Le Mans Series Generac 500 at Road America. The win was Pensk ... Continue reading

2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4WD Crew Cab Short Box Review

2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4WD Crew Cab Short Box Review

One Week With GM’s 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 4WD Crew Cab. No attempt at completeness, simply comments on one week’s driving experience—balanced against decades of experience and hundreds of comparisons. Despite a promise I made to myself, I couldn’t haul more than single sheets of plywood and only a ... Continue reading

NASCAR NCTS (DAYTONA) - SERIES NOTES

NASCAR NCTS (DAYTONA) - SERIES NOTES

• Monsam’s Challenge: Different Race, Different Driver<p> • Nashville Continues Run Of New Winners<p> • Bodine Says Top Fives Won’t Get It Done In ‘07<p> • Roush Fenway Racing Has 50th Victory In Sight<p> <p> John Monsam: Check The Line-Up Card On A Weekly Basis If you think your job ... Continue reading

SPECIAL EVENT (CINCINNATI) - NASCAR And Cincinnati Reds To Hold NASCAR Night

SPECIAL EVENT (CINCINNATI) - NASCAR And Cincinnati Reds To Hold NASCAR Night

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) and the Cincinnati Reds are teaming up for NASCAR Night on Mon., Aug. 20 when the Reds take on the Atlanta Braves at 7:10 p.m. at the ballpark. Fans will have the unique opportunity to experience the trackside excitement of NASCAR and interact with local athle ... Continue reading

Clarion Corporation of America Receives a J.D. Power and Associates Award for the Second Year in a Row

Clarion Corporation of America Receives a J.D. Power and Associates Award for the Second Year in a Row

DETROIT, Aug. 14 -- Clarion Corporation of America, a global leader in the mobile electronics industry, shares the honor of being awarded the industry's highest award by J.D. Power and Associates for supplying the radio in the AM/FM/ Multi-CD Changer segment of the 2007 Multimedia Quality and Satisfaction Study. (Logo: ... Continue reading

AutoMart.com Unveils Website Redesign

AutoMart.com Unveils Website Redesign

NORFOLK, Va.--AutoMart.com, the Internet’s largest dealership-exclusive automotive marketplace, has launched a complete redesign of its automotive classifieds website. The new site helps consumers more easily find the vehicles they need, and it’s another example of how AutoMart.com continues to pioneer innova ... Continue reading

SmarTire Strengthens Supply Chain

SmarTire Strengthens Supply Chain

Signs long-term agreement with GE Sensing RICHMOND, British Columbia, Aug. 14 -- SmarTire Systems Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SMTR) announced today that it has signed a 3 year agreement with GE Sensing for the continued supply of a key component of SmarTire's tire monitoring system. SmarTire's current tire monitoring sensors ... Continue reading

Environmental Solutions Worldwide Inc. Announces Second Quarter Sales of $3.2 Million & Record Net Profit of $663,879 for the Period Ended June 30th, 2007

Environmental Solutions Worldwide Inc. Announces Second Quarter Sales of $3.2 Million & Record Net Profit of $663,879 for the Period Ended June 30th, 2007

CONCORD, Ontario--Environmental Solutions Worldwide Inc. (ESW) (OTCBB:ESWW)(FWB:EOW) announced today that the Company has achieved second quarter sales of 3.2 million with a 20.7 percent net profit of $663,879. The results showing the strongest quarter in revenue and profit in the Company's history include: Q2 2007 rev ... Continue reading

Paris Taxi Customers Call On SGI For Fast, Reliable Service From Les Taxis Bleus

Paris Taxi Customers Call On SGI For Fast, Reliable Service From Les Taxis Bleus

SGI Enterprise Server and Storage Solution Fuels Non-Stop Oracle Order Processing System for 40,000 Cab Fares Daily SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 14 -- With more than 30 million visitors descending on Paris streets every year, the City of Light relies on its taxis to get people where they need to go. To ensure it can meet th ... Continue reading

Advanced ID Develops Tire Product Authentication Solution Based on SkyeTek RFID Reader Technology

Advanced ID Develops Tire Product Authentication Solution Based on SkyeTek RFID Reader Technology

WESTMINSTER, Colo.--SkyeTek, Inc., the leading provider of embedded RFID reader technology, today announced that Advanced ID Corp. a complete solutions provider in the RFID market, is leveraging SkyeTek’s reader technology to develop an asset tracking and authentication solution that protects tire manufacturers an ... Continue reading

OmniVision Introduces Integrated Night Vision Capability in Automotive Sensor Products

OmniVision Introduces Integrated Night Vision Capability in Automotive Sensor Products

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 14 -- OmniVision Technologies, Inc. , a leading independent supplier of CMOS CameraChip(TM) image sensors for high-volume applications, today unveiled near infrared (NIR) capability, an important proprietary enhancement, to its portfolio of single-chip automotive CMOS image sensors. With integra ... Continue reading

American Axle & Manufacturing Announces a Voluntary Separation Program for Hourly Associates Represented by the UAW at AAM's Buffalo Gear, Axle & Linkage Facility

American Axle & Manufacturing Announces a Voluntary Separation Program for Hourly Associates Represented by the UAW at AAM's Buffalo Gear, Axle & Linkage Facility

DETROIT, Aug. 14 -- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM), which is traded as AXL on the NYSE, today announced it will offer a voluntary separation program to all hourly associates represented by the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) at its Buffalo Gear, Axle ... Continue reading

Dollar and Thrifty Expand Pass24 Prepaid Toll System to Denver

Dollar and Thrifty Expand Pass24 Prepaid Toll System to Denver

TULSA, Okla., Aug. 14 -- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. , the parent company of Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental, today announced the expansion of Rent A Toll(R) prepaid toll service to the metro Denver market. Dollar and Thrifty are already offering the service -- branded "Pass24(R)"-- in Dallas and Hou ... Continue reading

Hexion Specialty Chemicals Reports Improved Second Quarter 2007 Results

Hexion Specialty Chemicals Reports Improved Second Quarter 2007 Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio--Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. today reported its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007. Highlights for the second quarter of 2007 include: Revenues of $1.46 billion in 2007 compared to $1.33 billion during the prior year period, an increase of 10 percent. Operating income of $89 million ... Continue reading

Edmunds Inc. Selects BladeLogic's Data Center Automation Suite to Expedite Build-Out of New Data Center

Edmunds Inc. Selects BladeLogic's Data Center Automation Suite to Expedite Build-Out of New Data Center

LEXINGTON, Mass.--BladeLogic, Inc. , a provider of leading next-generation data center automation software, today announced that Edmunds Inc., America’s most influential and authoritative source of automotive information, has selected BladeLogic’s award-winning suite of data center automation software solutio ... Continue reading

SORL Auto Parts Reports 2007 Second Quarter Results

SORL Auto Parts Reports 2007 Second Quarter Results

Revenue Increased to Record High of US$ 29.2 Million; Net Income Increased to US$ 4.1 Million With a 73% YoY Growth ZHEJIANG, China, Aug. 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- SORL Auto Parts, Inc. , a leading manufacturer and distributor of commercial vehicle air brake valves in China, today reported its financial results for the ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi to Introduce 9th-Gen Lancer to China - VIDEO ENHANCED

Mitsubishi to Introduce 9th-Gen Lancer to China - VIDEO ENHANCED

SHANGHAI - August 14, 2007: Mitsubishi Motors' 9th-Gen Lancer displayed at U.S. Auto Shows earlier this year will be introduced to China and produced locally in China, the company said recently. "Southeast Motors will definitely produce this model locally here, "a Southeast Motors official said. Southeast Motors is a p ... Continue reading

Limited Edition Cayman S to Launch As Porsche Design Edition 1

Limited Edition Cayman S to Launch As Porsche Design Edition 1

STUTTGART - August 14, 2007: Porsche is to expand its mid-engine coupe model range with the launch, in November 2007, of the Cayman S “Porsche Design Edition 1”, a limited-edition special series. Porsche has incorporated various design disciplines into this very special mid-engine coupe: the black exterior em ... Continue reading

Several Celebrity Cars Included at Bonhams & Butterfields Pebble Beach Auction

Several Celebrity Cars Included at Bonhams & Butterfields Pebble Beach Auction

CELEBRITY CARS TO BE SOLD AT WORLD-RENOWN AUCTION For immediate release. 13 August 2007 - San Francisco - The moment is just days away. Each summer for the last decade car connoisseurs from around the world have come to anticipate the annual Bonhams & Butterfields automotive auction during the world-famous Monterey Pen ... Continue reading

Shanghai GM and Dongfeng Nissan to Introduce SUV Models to China

Shanghai GM and Dongfeng Nissan to Introduce SUV Models to China

SHANGHAI - August 14, 2007: Shanghai GM plans to introduce a SUV model, Antara, later this year, a Shanghai GM official told Gasgoo.com today. "We are not allowed to disclose any details about new car models to be introduced to China," said Gong Guangjun, a public relations official from GM. However, Gong confirmed tha ... Continue reading

Team Oshkosh and TerraMax Chosen to Competein DARPA Urban Challenge National Qualification Event

Team Oshkosh and TerraMax Chosen to Competein DARPA Urban Challenge National Qualification Event

OSHKOSH, Wis.--Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NYSE:OSK] announced today that Team Oshkosh’s TerraMax™ unmanned ground vehicle received an invitation from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to compete in the Urban Challenge National Qualification Event (NQE) Oct. 26 – 31, 2007. The Oshkosh ... Continue reading

National R.V. Holdings, Inc. Announces Appointment of David Humphreys, Former President of the RVIA, as Interim CEO

National R.V. Holdings, Inc. Announces Appointment of David Humphreys, Former President of the RVIA, as Interim CEO

PERRIS, Calif., Aug. 13 -- National R.V. Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") today announced the appointment of David Humphreys, the Company's chairman, as interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Humphreys, who was appointed chairman earlier this year, has been on the Company's board since February 2006. Prior to joining the C ... Continue reading

Student Environmental Leaders Return Home from Amazon Research Expedition

Student Environmental Leaders Return Home from Amazon Research Expedition

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sixteen college juniors from universities around the country are returning home today after a once-in-a- lifetime expedition to the Amazon and the Brazilian southeast working side-by- side with conservation scientists looking to protect the rainforest and the thousands of species living there. Th ... Continue reading

National R.V. Holdings, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results

National R.V. Holdings, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results

PERRIS, Calif., Aug. 13 -- National R.V. Holdings, Inc. today announced financial results for its second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2007. Net sales from continuing operations were $23.4 million for the second quarter of 2007 a decline of 42.5% from $40.6 million in the second quarter of 2006. For the six mon ... Continue reading

Sports Coupe Concept heralds 'new look' for Kia's future

Sports Coupe Concept heralds 'new look' for Kia's future

NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michael Choo (mjc@kia.co.kr <mailto:cdore@kia.co.kr> ), International Communications Manager, Kia Motors Corporation, Tel: +82-2-3464-5663 Sports Coupe Concept heralds 'new look' for Kia's future - European-styled Sports Coupe Concept to reveal new face-of-Kia - 4.3-metre long 2+2 co ... Continue reading

PRIMEDIA Automotive Digital Launches "Readers&Rides"; Feature across Auto and Motorcycle Enthusiast Sites

PRIMEDIA Automotive Digital Launches "Readers&Rides"; Feature across Auto and Motorcycle Enthusiast Sites

IRVINE, Calif.--PRIMEDIA Automotive Digital, PRIMEDIA’s portfolio of more than 60 leading automotive Web sites, today announced the introduction of “Readers’ Rides,” a free social networking feature available on the websites of some of the most popular auto and motorcycle enthusiast magazines, inclu ... Continue reading

Nanostellar Scientist to Present Advanced Oxidation Catalysts at Leading Conference on Diesel Emissions Research

Nanostellar Scientist to Present Advanced Oxidation Catalysts at Leading Conference on Diesel Emissions Research

Automotive Manufacturers' Growing Clean-Diesel Vehicle Pipeline Fuels Heightened Interest in More Efficient and Cost-Effective Catalyst Materials August 13, 2007 Topic: Media, industry analysts and others are invited to hear Kyle Fujdala, Ph.D., Direct of Product Research and Development for Nanostellar, address the to ... Continue reading

Audi Q5 and New Audi A4 To Be Locally Produced In China

Audi Q5 and New Audi A4 To Be Locally Produced In China

SHANGHAI - August 14, 2007: CFAW-VW plans to produce a new generation of Audi A4 locally in China by the end of 2008, according to a Chinese media report. FAW-VW also plans to produce SUV model Audi Q5 in China by the first half of 2009, according to the Beiing News report yesterday. The purpose of launching Q5 is to b ... Continue reading

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