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Tuesday, November 16, 1999

1st Annual Cycle World Motorcyle Show Rolls Into Dallas

1st Annual Cycle World Motorcyle Show Rolls Into Dallas

The 372,100(a) motorcyclists registered in Texas will find that Christmas has come early this year -- in the form of the largest consumer-oriented powersports show series in the nation. ... Continue reading

436 Out of 591 Consumers Prefer Hyundai Sonata To Toyota Camry

436 Out of 591 Consumers Prefer Hyundai Sonata To Toyota Camry

Hyundai Motor America conducted a unique marketing research effort this weekend, daring consumers to take a blind test drive and compare its flagship Sonata to the number one selling car in America -- the Toyota Camry. ... Continue reading

ABRA Auto Body & Glass Holds Airbag Safety Classes in Atlanta

ABRA Auto Body & Glass Holds Airbag Safety Classes in Atlanta

ABRA Auto Body & Glass is holding training sessions on airbag and restraint system safety for insurance personnel as well as First Responders, Fire Rescue and State Patrol workers. ... Continue reading

Action Performance Announces 1999 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results

Action Performance Announces 1999 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results

Action Performance Companies, Inc. announced operating results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended Sept. 30, 1999. For the fiscal fourth quarter, sales grew 14.4% to a record $90.4 million from $79.0m for the comparable quarter of 1998. ... Continue reading

Alamo and Universal Studios Recreation Group Announce Marketing Partnership

Alamo and Universal Studios Recreation Group Announce Marketing Partnership

Alamo Rent a Car, the nation's premiere leisure-oriented car rental company, and Universal Studios Recreation Group, a division of Universal Studios announced a new three-year marketing partnership. ... Continue reading

ARCA: ARCA Truck & Midget Champions honored

ARCA: ARCA Truck & Midget Champions honored

ARCA: ARCA Truck & Midget Champions honored ... Continue reading

Bonded Motors Announces Third Quarter Results

Bonded Motors Announces Third Quarter Results

Aaron Landon, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bonded Motors Inc. announced operating results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

CarMax Selects Newgen to Drive Service Revenues

CarMax Selects Newgen to Drive Service Revenues

Newgen Results Corp. announced that CarMax(R) Auto Superstores Inc. will implement Newgen's RESULTS customer relationship management system to maximize sales and service opportunities at its superstores nationwide. ... Continue reading

Chevy/Vettefest Nationals Car Show/Swap Meet

Chevy/Vettefest Nationals Car Show/Swap Meet

Chicago's "CHEVY/VETTEFEST NATIONALS," The World's largest indoor Chevrolet and Corvette Car Show, Car Sale, and Swap Meet will be held Saturday, November 20th and Sunday, November 21st from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at McCormick Place's East building. ... Continue reading

Collins & Aikman Appoints Glenn Peacock, Director - Corporate Communications

Collins & Aikman Appoints Glenn Peacock, Director - Corporate Communications

Collins & Aikman Corporation announced the appointment of Glenn Peacock to the position of Director of Corporate Communications. ... Continue reading

Composite Automobile Research Ltd.-Announcement

Composite Automobile Research Ltd.-Announcement

World Transport Authority (WTA) is pleased to announce the shipment of tow factories to CBN Philippines Inc., the WTA Master License Holder for the Republic of the Philippines. ... Continue reading

Copart Opens its Third Seattle Area Facility

Copart Opens its Third Seattle Area Facility

Copart, Inc., announced that it has opened its third full salvage vehicle auction facility in the Seattle area. The new green-field facility is located south of Seattle in Graham, Washington. ... Continue reading

Deck the Halls with Carbs by Holley

Deck the Halls with Carbs by Holley

Pep Boys, the nation's leading automotive retail and service chain, recently put together its version of a car lover's ideal surprise when he or she comes down the stairs Christmas morning to see what Santa left under the tree (see photo). ... Continue reading

DynaMotive Presents Prospects as the Company Files 10Q for Q3 1999

DynaMotive Presents Prospects as the Company Files 10Q for Q3 1999

DynaMotive Technologies Corporation filed its 1999 third quarter financial results and Andrew Kingston, President and CEO, presented the future prospects for the Company as follows: ... Continue reading

Easyriders Reports Results for Three Months Ended Sept. 30, 1999

Easyriders Reports Results for Three Months Ended Sept. 30, 1999

Easyriders Inc. announced that for the three-month operating period ended Sept. 30, 1999, the company recorded revenues of $11.6 million, which generated a loss of $3.3 million, or $0.15 per share. ... Continue reading

Energy Conversion Devices Announces First Quarter Operating Results

Energy Conversion Devices Announces First Quarter Operating Results

Conversion Devices, Inc. announced results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 1999 as follows: ... Continue reading

Ford and TeleTech Form Joint Venture to Unite Ford's Global Customer Contacts

Ford and TeleTech Form Joint Venture to Unite Ford's Global Customer Contacts

Ford Motor Company and TeleTech Holdings, Inc. announced they intend to form a joint venture to consolidate Ford's customer contact services around the globe. ... Continue reading

Genuine Parts Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

Genuine Parts Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

The Board of Directors of Genuine Parts Company declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 26 cents per share on the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable January 3, 2000 to shareholders of record December 3, 1999. ... Continue reading

Heafner Reports Improved Sales and Earnings

Heafner Reports Improved Sales and Earnings

Heafner Tire Group, Inc. announced its operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

Hometown Auto Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months 1999 Results

Hometown Auto Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months 1999 Results

HOMETOWN AUTO RETAILERS, INC. announced financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

I.D. Systems Receives Order from General Motors

I.D. Systems Receives Order from General Motors

I.D. Systems, Inc., a leader in wireless monitoring systems for industry, announced that General Motors Corp. has placed a $50,000 order for I.D. Systems' automated vehicle tracking and management system. ... Continue reading

International Star, Inc. Issues Corporate Update

International Star, Inc. Issues Corporate Update

The Company has received its first purchase order from American Consolidators. The order is to equip 1,000 tractors and 5,000 trailers for their trucks operating out of Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. The gross value of this initial order exceeds $11m. ... Continue reading

IRL: St. Clair Apparel named official clothier of Indy Racing for 2000

IRL: St. Clair Apparel named official clothier of Indy Racing for 2000

IRL: St. Clair Apparel named official clothier of Indy Racing for 2000 ... Continue reading

Isuzu Offers Transferable 10 Year/120,000-Mile Warranty in 2000

Isuzu Offers Transferable 10 Year/120,000-Mile Warranty in 2000

The new warranty covers the original owner or lessee for 10 years or 120,000 miles, which ever comes first, from the date the customer receives their new 2000 Isuzu SUV, making it the longest powertrain warranty offered by any automaker in the US. ... Continue reading

IUE Negotiates Richest Packages Ever with Delphi, GM

IUE Negotiates Richest Packages Ever with Delphi, GM

IUE negotiators are taking back to their 20,000 members the richest contracts ever reached with Delphi Automotive Systems and General Motors in the first negotiations since Delphi spun off from GM, including significant advancements in job security. ... Continue reading

Karts International Announces 60% Increase in Third Quarter Revenues

Karts International Announces 60% Increase in Third Quarter Revenues

Karts International Incorporated announced results of operations for its nine and three-month periods ended September 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

Kmart and the Center for Injury Prevention to Help Save Kids' Lives

Kmart and the Center for Injury Prevention to Help Save Kids' Lives

Child car seats save lives. In fact, when used correctly, child car seats can reduce the risk of death by 69 percent for infants and by 47 percent for children ages 1 through 4, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ... Continue reading

Lexus Surpasses Its Record-Setting 1998 Sales

Lexus Surpasses Its Record-Setting 1998 Sales

Lexus' year-long sales momentum continues as the company has surpassed its 1998 record of 156,260. ... Continue reading

Mazda Names Its All-New 2001 Sport-Utility Vehicle 'Tribute'

Mazda Names Its All-New 2001 Sport-Utility Vehicle 'Tribute'

Mazda North American Operations announced that its new sport- utility vehicle will be called the Mazda Tribute. ... Continue reading

Muench Motorrad Technik GmbH Presents a Bike Legend Reborn

Muench Motorrad Technik GmbH Presents a Bike Legend Reborn

Muench Motorrad Technik GmbH in Wuerzburg will be building a new edition of the legendary motorbike Muench Mammut in the coming year. ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Eric Norris Twin Ring Motegi, Japan Race Preview

NASCAR: Eric Norris Twin Ring Motegi, Japan Race Preview

NASCAR: Eric Norris Twin Ring Motegi, Japan Race Preview ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Martin's Back Surgery the Day After Atlanta

NASCAR: Martin's Back Surgery the Day After Atlanta

NASCAR: Martin's Back Surgery the Day After Atlanta ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Kenny Wallace 'pushes' to the final race of the season

NASCAR WCUP: Kenny Wallace 'pushes' to the final race of the season

NASCAR WCUP: Kenny Wallace 'pushes' to the final race of the season ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Pennzoil Yellow Everywhere at Homestead But Park Needed A Caution Yellow

NASCAR WCUP: Pennzoil Yellow Everywhere at Homestead But Park Needed A Caution Yellow

Pennzoil Yellow Everywhere at Homestead But Park Needed A Caution Yellow ... Continue reading

Natex Announces Dept of Energy Report On Powerball Fuel Pellets

Natex Announces Dept of Energy Report On Powerball Fuel Pellets

Natex Corporation through its joint venture partner Powerball Technologies, is pleased to announce that a report as prepared by Energetics, Inc. for the Department of Energy Office of Power Technologies Hydrogen Program is complete and ready. ... Continue reading

National-Standard Company Announces Executive Appointments

National-Standard Company Announces Executive Appointments

National-Standard Co. announced that Ronald B. Kalich has been elected to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Michael B. Savitske, who was elected Vice Chairman of the Company. ... Continue reading

New Kysor MD9 Fan Offers Cooling Capability For Medium Duty Trucks

New Kysor MD9 Fan Offers Cooling Capability For Medium Duty Trucks

Borg-Warner Cooling Systems announces the new Kysor MD9, a polymer fan offering better efficiency and better performance to Class 5, Class 6, Class 7 and vocational vehicles. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Chevrolet Notes and Quotes, Pomona

NHRA: Chevrolet Notes and Quotes, Pomona

NHRA: Chevrolet Notes and Quotes, Pomona ... Continue reading

NHRA: Dunn, Toliver, Coughlin Jr., Hines and Johns close out '99 season with victories

NHRA: Dunn, Toliver, Coughlin Jr., Hines and Johns close out '99 season with victories

NHRA: Dunn, Toliver, Coughlin Jr., Hines and Johns close out '99 season with victories ... Continue reading

NHRA: Hines Wins 3d Straight Motorcycle Title

NHRA: Hines Wins 3d Straight Motorcycle Title

NHRA: Hines Wins 3d Straight Motorcycle Title ... Continue reading

NHRA: Jeg Coughlin Win's Season Ending Race & Ends Up #2

NHRA: Jeg Coughlin Win's Season Ending Race & Ends Up #2

Jeg Coughlin Win's Season Ending Race & Ends Up #2 ... Continue reading

NHRA: Steve Johns wins his first pro stock truck title

NHRA: Steve Johns wins his first pro stock truck title

NHRA: Steve Johns wins his first pro stock truck title ... Continue reading

Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. Earnings Double For 3rd Quarter 1999

Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. Earnings Double For 3rd Quarter 1999

Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. net earnings per share for the 3rd Quarter ending September 30, 1999, doubled to $.06 per share versus $.03 per share for the same quarter of 1998. ... Continue reading

Porsche Cars North America to Relocate Parts Distribution Center

Porsche Cars North America to Relocate Parts Distribution Center

Porsche Cars North America Inc. (PCNA), the exclusive importer of Porsche cars and parts for the United States and Canada, today announced the relocation of its Reno, Nev., National Parts Distribution Center to sites in Atlanta, and Ontario, Calif. ... Continue reading

Precision Auto Care Announces Joint Venture With Service Champ

Precision Auto Care Announces Joint Venture With Service Champ

Precision Auto Care, Inc. announced that it has entered into a joint venture with Service Champ regarding the operation of Precision Auto Care's parts and distribution business. ... Continue reading

RV Travelers Enjoy Holidays on Wheels

RV Travelers Enjoy Holidays on Wheels

While other holiday travelers wait in line for overcrowded flights, recreation vehicle (RV) owners will be cruising in comfort to grandmother's house, according to a newly released survey. ... Continue reading

Saab Tops 4-Door Mid-Size Car Category in HLDI Study

Saab Tops 4-Door Mid-Size Car Category in HLDI Study

Saab's real-life safety philosophy puts priority on systems and structures designed to protect Saab occupants during a real- world collision. ... Continue reading

SEMA Show * ITE '99 Biggest Ever Aftermarket Expo in Las Vegas

SEMA Show * ITE '99 Biggest Ever Aftermarket Expo in Las Vegas

Continuing a trend, the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show * International Tire Expo (ITE) has once again experienced a growth in all of its attendance numbers, from buyers to exhibitors to media. ... Continue reading

Shared Technologies Cellular Reports Q3 and Nine-Month Results

Shared Technologies Cellular Reports Q3 and Nine-Month Results

Shared Technologies Cellular, Inc. announced that revenues for the three months ended September 30, 1999 reached $7,893,000, gross margin was $2,262,000, and the net loss was $3,642,000, or $0.45 per common share on 8,148,000 shares outstanding. ... Continue reading

SmarTire Systems Introduces Next Generation Tire Monitoring System

SmarTire Systems Introduces Next Generation Tire Monitoring System

SmarTire Systems Inc. introduced the next generation of tire monitoring technology for passenger cars at the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas, Nov 2-5, 1999. ... Continue reading

S&P Rates WFS Financial 1999-C Owner Trust 'AAA'

S&P Rates WFS Financial 1999-C Owner Trust 'AAA'

Standard & Poor's assigned its triple-'A' rating to WFS Financial 1999-C Owner Trust's US$447.5 million auto receivable- backed notes and US$52.5 million auto receivable-backed certificates (see list). ... Continue reading

The CCRE Exposes Fallacy of 'Premium Increase' Threats

The CCRE Exposes Fallacy of 'Premium Increase' Threats

The CCRE has taken a close look at the insurance industry's threats to increase auto insurance premiums if not provided some form of relief through federal or state governments. ... Continue reading

TI Group Automotive to Close Auto Parts Plant in Iowa

TI Group Automotive to Close Auto Parts Plant in Iowa

TI Group Automotive Systems announced that it will close its automotive parts manufacturing plant in Maquoketa. ... Continue reading

Tire Warehouse Implements Customer Service Solution From Linx

Tire Warehouse Implements Customer Service Solution From Linx

Linx Communications, Inc., announced that Tire Warehouse has implemented an innovative Interactive Voice Response solution from Linx that allows customers to find and connect with more than 50 retail locations throughout New England and New York. ... Continue reading

Tracks: Veterans Show the Way at Auburndale Speedway

Tracks: Veterans Show the Way at Auburndale Speedway

Veterans Show the Way at Auburndale Speedway ... Continue reading

Transportation Advocacy Group Responds to National Congestion Study

Transportation Advocacy Group Responds to National Congestion Study

The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) will release its annual urban congestion study, which is expected to conclude that urban traffic is getting worse. For a state-perspective on the analysis, contact: ... Continue reading

Ultimate Range Rover Forged from Land Rover-Holland & Holland Partnership

Ultimate Range Rover Forged from Land Rover-Holland & Holland Partnership

Land Rover and its equivalent in the gunmaking/sporting apparel business -- the British firm Holland & Holland -- have collaborated to create one of the most exclusive Range Rovers ever produced: the 2000 model Holland & Holland Range Rover. ... Continue reading

Vehicular Thermal Management Unveiled at Automotive Hall of Fame

Vehicular Thermal Management Unveiled at Automotive Hall of Fame

The creation of a total system integration company -- Vehicular Thermal Management, LLC (VTM) -- was formally announced at the Automotive Hall of Fame. ... Continue reading

Woodhead Industries Announces Centralized Sales Organization

Woodhead Industries Announces Centralized Sales Organization

Woodhead Industries, Inc. announced a new centralized sales management organization for established market channels in North and South America. ... Continue reading

Woodside and Bill McAnally Racing Prepared for Japan Season Finale

Woodside and Bill McAnally Racing Prepared for Japan Season Finale

Woodside and Bill McAnally Racing Prepared for Japan Season Finale ... Continue reading

Zapworld.com Signs Exclusive Agreement for Electric Pedicab

Zapworld.com Signs Exclusive Agreement for Electric Pedicab

Electric vehicle pioneer ZAPWORLD.COM announced it has signed an agreement with ZEV Technologies (ZEV) of Syracuse, New York for the exclusive right to distribute its electric pedicab. ... Continue reading

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