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A High-Tech Plate From The Lone Star State

A High-Tech Plate From The Lone Star State

As part of its marketing efforts, IBT Technologies offered its employees personalized company license plates. ... Continue reading

Allied Holdings Q3 Results Impacted by Firestone Recall

Allied Holdings Q3 Results Impacted by Firestone Recall

Allied Holdings, Inc. announced it expects to report a loss of between $0.50 to $0.60 per share for the third quarter ending September 30, 2000, approximately $2 million to $3 million above current consensus estimates. ... Continue reading

AMA: Chevy Trucks Team USA brings home the gold

AMA: Chevy Trucks Team USA brings home the gold

CHEVY TRUCKS TEAM USA BRINGS HOME THE GOLD ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor Comments on Fourth-Quarter Outlook

ArvinMeritor Comments on Fourth-Quarter Outlook

ArvinMeritor, Inc. announced that it expects fourth-quarter earnings per share to be below current consensus estimates of $0.60 per share, as reported by First CallThomas Financial. ... Continue reading

ASA: Gilchrist Joins Forces With Sensiba In ASA ACDelco Series

ASA: Gilchrist Joins Forces With Sensiba In ASA ACDelco Series

Gilchrist Joins Forces With Sensiba In ASA ACDelco Series ... Continue reading

Auto Component Branding Has Become Regular Part of Consumers' Decision

Auto Component Branding Has Become Regular Part of Consumers' Decision

According to the final version of The Planning Edge's dynamic Supplier Branding Study 2000(R), key automotive suppliers and upstarts will probably benefit a great deal from the trend to utilize more branded automotive components. ... Continue reading

Automobile Manufacturers Present New Crash Test Dummies to NHTSA

Automobile Manufacturers Present New Crash Test Dummies to NHTSA

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers presented to the National Highway Traffic safety Administration (NHTSA) two new advanced anthropomorphic test dummies representative of a small adult female and a six-year old child. ... Continue reading

BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicle Outperforms All Other Utility Vehicles

BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicle Outperforms All Other Utility Vehicles

The BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicle far outperformed a number of SUV's in a recent 5 MPH bumper test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. ... Continue reading

Briggs & Stratton Forecasts Lower Q1 Revenues And Earnings

Briggs & Stratton Forecasts Lower Q1 Revenues And Earnings

Briggs & Stratton Corporation First quarter net sales for fiscal 2001 will be down between 35% and 40% on engine unit volume decreases of approximately 35%. ... Continue reading

Car and Driver Launches 10Best Readers' Contest

Car and Driver Launches 10Best Readers' Contest

Car and Driver has launched its 10Best Readers' Contest. ... Continue reading

CART: Driver Standings, September 15

CART: Driver Standings, September 15

Driver Standings, September 15 ... Continue reading

Crown Group, Inc. Q1 Earnings Per Share

Crown Group, Inc. Q1 Earnings Per Share

Crown Group, Inc. announced results for the first quarter of FY2001. For the three months ended July 31, 2000, revenues increased 70% to $82.5 million, compared with $48.6 million in the first quarter of the previous fiscal year. ... Continue reading

Dana Facility Earns Quality Recognition from Ford

Dana Facility Earns Quality Recognition from Ford

Dana Corporation's Muskegon Perfect Circle facility has been honored by Ford Motor Company for achieving a zero parts-per- million defect rating for 1999 production shipments to Ford's Dearborn, Mich., Engine and Fuel Tank Plant. ... Continue reading

Ducati Motor Holding Announces Record 2000 First-Half Results

Ducati Motor Holding Announces Record 2000 First-Half Results

Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. announced record financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2000, with net income at an all-time high of Lit. 12.6 billion (US$6.2 million). ... Continue reading

Durr Partnering with GM to Install A New Paint Shop Facility

Durr Partnering with GM to Install A New Paint Shop Facility

Durr Industries, Inc. is partnering with General Motors Corporation to install one of the most technologically-advanced paint shops built in the United States. ... Continue reading

F1 Spec Sheet: Formula One Racing Procedures

F1 Spec Sheet: Formula One Racing Procedures

F1 Spec Sheet: Formula One Racing Procedures ... Continue reading

F1 Spec Sheet: The Formula One Car

F1 Spec Sheet: The Formula One Car

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Feature: James Garner helped to put drive into classic racing movie 'Grand Prix'

Feature: James Garner helped to put drive into classic racing movie 'Grand Prix'

Feature: James Garner helped to put drive into classic racing movie 'Grand Prix' ... Continue reading

Ford Will Not Submit Final Bid For Daewoo Motor

Ford Will Not Submit Final Bid For Daewoo Motor

Ford Motor Company has decided not to make a final offer for the acquisition of Daewoo Motor. We believe that a proposal was not possible that would be in the best interest of Daewoo and Ford and their respective stakeholders. ... Continue reading

Honda Kicks-Off National Car Care Month With Free Vehicle Inspections

Honda Kicks-Off National Car Care Month With Free Vehicle Inspections

Almost 900 Honda dealerships nationwide will provide free Honda vehicle inspections on Saturday, October 7th during Honda's Customer Appreciation Day, to kick-off National Car Care Month. ... Continue reading

Kia to Replace Manifold Catalytic Converter

Kia to Replace Manifold Catalytic Converter

Kia today announced a voluntary recall of 1998 Sportage sport- utility vehicles to replace the manifold catalytic converter. ... Continue reading

Majestic Announces Another California SAFE-T-BAR Installation

Majestic Announces Another California SAFE-T-BAR Installation

The Majestic Companies, Ltd. is pleased to announce the upcoming installation of SAFE-T-BAR(TM) school bus passenger restraints at Hemet Unified school district. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz First With Web-Based in-Car Tele Aid Standard

Mercedes-Benz First With Web-Based in-Car Tele Aid Standard

Mercedes-Benz, the first automaker to debut an "Internet on Wheels" research car in 1997, is now the first to offer useful, web-based information in a production car. ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Late Model driver James Weston claims Pacific Coast Region Title

NASCAR: Late Model driver James Weston claims Pacific Coast Region Title

NASCAR: Late Model driver James Weston claims Pacific Coast Region Title ... Continue reading

NASCAR's Nadeau Was Once Climbing The Formula One Ladder

NASCAR's Nadeau Was Once Climbing The Formula One Ladder

NASCAR's Nadeau Was Once Climbing The Formula One Ladder ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Driver Standings, September 15

NASCAR WCUP: Driver Standings, September 15

NASCAR WCUP: Driver Standings, September 15 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Robby Gordon will skip New Hampshire race

NASCAR WCUP: Robby Gordon will skip New Hampshire race

NASCAR WCUP: Robby Gordon will skip New Hampshire race ... Continue reading

Recreation USA Reports Revenue Nearly Doubles in Third Quarter

Recreation USA Reports Revenue Nearly Doubles in Third Quarter

Holiday RV Superstores, Inc. reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2000, marked by a 96 percent increase in revenue from sales and service. ... Continue reading

SCCA: Valvoline Runoffs at Mid Ohio to decide 24 SCCA National Titles

SCCA: Valvoline Runoffs at Mid Ohio to decide 24 SCCA National Titles

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Teamsters Caravan Across America to Rally Overnite Strikers

Teamsters Caravan Across America to Rally Overnite Strikers

A caravan of Teamster trucks and drivers began a cross-country trip that will end at the Teamsters Unity Conference in Las Vegas. ... Continue reading

Tender Offer for Carey International Common Stock Extended

Tender Offer for Carey International Common Stock Extended

Carey International and Aluwill Acquisition announced that they have extended their tender offer to acquire at $18.25 per share in cash all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Carey International, Inc. until 2:00 p.m. on Sept 18, 2000. ... Continue reading

Tesma International Inc. record performance continues

Tesma International Inc. record performance continues

Tesma International Inc. announced record sales, income and earnings per share for the quarter and year ended July 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Excitement Builds for Fall Race Week at Texas Motor Speedway

TRACKS: Excitement Builds for Fall Race Week at Texas Motor Speedway

TRACKS: Excitement Builds for Fall Race Week at Texas Motor Speedway ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Racing card full this weekend at Irwindale Speedway

TRACKS: Racing card full this weekend at Irwindale Speedway

TRACKS: Racing card full this weekend at Irwindale Speedway ... Continue reading

Victim of Firestone Mishap Urges Public To Replace Wilderness AT Tires

Victim of Firestone Mishap Urges Public To Replace Wilderness AT Tires

The survivor of an accident involving a Ford Explorer riding on Firestone tires not part of the nationwide recall urges anyone driving a Ford Explorer with Firestone Wilderness AT tires to replace them - even if that means at their own expense. ... Continue reading

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 366,797 units, up from the 299,638 cars and trucks built last week, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

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