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Tuesday, May 16, 2000

108 Engineering Schools to Compete in Automobile Design Competition

108 Engineering Schools to Compete in Automobile Design Competition

The spacious south parking lot of the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is the site on May 17-20 for the Society of Automotive Engineers Formula SAE(R) collegiate design competition. ... Continue reading

2000 Mercedes SLK review

2000 Mercedes SLK review

2000 Mercedes SLK review ... Continue reading

AK Steel 2000 Annual Meeting; Text of the Chairman's Message

AK Steel 2000 Annual Meeting; Text of the Chairman's Message

AK Steel held its annual shareholders meeting here this morning, which was attended by approximately 20 shareholders. ... Continue reading

AMA: Flat Track action back on the throttle

AMA: Flat Track action back on the throttle

AMA FLAT-TRACK ACTION BACK ON THE THROTTLE ... Continue reading

AMA: Weekend Motorcycle Racing Results

AMA: Weekend Motorcycle Racing Results

Weekend Motorcycle Racing Results ... Continue reading

American Access Designs Custom Zone Cabling Unit for Auto Manufacturer

American Access Designs Custom Zone Cabling Unit for Auto Manufacturer

American Access Technologies announced that its distributor, Anicom, Inc. negotiated the sale of 70 custom zone cabling enclosures to be installed in the main computer room at the Detroit-area corporate headquarters of a major automanufacturer. ... Continue reading

ARCA: Mark Gibson wins in wild ARCA finish

ARCA: Mark Gibson wins in wild ARCA finish

Mark Gibson wins in wild ARCA finish ... Continue reading

Auteo Media Introduces Online Auto Database

Auteo Media Introduces Online Auto Database

Washington Auteo Media, Inc. announced it has secured a national data-base of over 300,000 vehicles from over 5000 dealerships across the United States. ... Continue reading

Auto Insurance Rates Decline: Insurer Competition, Safer Vehicles Key

Auto Insurance Rates Decline: Insurer Competition, Safer Vehicles Key

Automobile insurance rates fell by 3.2% in 1999, only the second decline since 1973. In 1998, automobile insurance rates fell by 2.8%. ... Continue reading

Automotive Trade Exchange to be Called 'Covisint'

Automotive Trade Exchange to be Called 'Covisint'

The automotive Internet exchange to be formed by General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Renault and Nissan will be named "Covisint," said representatives of the respective firms. ... Continue reading

AUXER Reports First Quarter Results

AUXER Reports First Quarter Results

The Auxer Group, Inc. announced that the company filed its initial Form 10-QSB with the United States Securities & Exchange Commission. ... Continue reading

Ben Delphia of Magna Seating Systems Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Ben Delphia of Magna Seating Systems Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Ben Delphia, Director of Styling, Design & Graphics at Magna Seating Systems, received the 2000 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Automotive Interiors International Award. ... Continue reading

Budd's Greening Donald Subsidiary to Add 150 Jobs

Budd's Greening Donald Subsidiary to Add 150 Jobs

The Budd Company announced that its Greening Donald Co. Ltd. subsidiary in Orangeville, Ontario will nearly double its employment this year as a result of expanding its airbag component product line. ... Continue reading

CarsDirect.com Plans Initial Public Offering

CarsDirect.com Plans Initial Public Offering

CarsDirect.com announced that a registration statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the initial public offering of its common stock on the NASDAQ National Market under the trading symbol CRSD. ... Continue reading

CART: Jason Bright lands Champ Car ride for Honda Indy 300

CART: Jason Bright lands Champ Car ride for Honda Indy 300

CART: Jason Bright lands Champ Car ride for Honda Indy 300 ... Continue reading

CART: Montoya dominates Motegi; Pop-off valve costs first win for Toyota

CART: Montoya dominates Motegi; Pop-off valve costs first win for Toyota

CART: Montoya dominates Motegi; Pop-off valve costs first win for Toyota ... Continue reading

Cray Inc. Announces First Quarter Results

Cray Inc. Announces First Quarter Results

Cray Inc. reported results for the first quarter 2000. ... Continue reading

Delphi Expands Software Capabilities

Delphi Expands Software Capabilities

To meet the increasing demand for vehicle software, Delphi Automotive Systems has announced the establishment of a software technical center in Bangalore, India. ... Continue reading

Donnelly Corporation Announces Dividend

Donnelly Corporation Announces Dividend

Donnelly Corporation announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of 10 cents ($0.10) per share on its Class A Common Stock. ... Continue reading

DynaMotive Files 10Q for 1st Quarter 2000

DynaMotive Files 10Q for 1st Quarter 2000

DynaMotive Technologies Corporation filed its financial results for the first quarter of 2000. President & CEO Andrew Kingston also outlined highlights of activities during the quarter. ... Continue reading

Eight Michigan Students Honored At ISEF Grand Award Event

Eight Michigan Students Honored At ISEF Grand Award Event

Eight Michigan high school students were honored at the concluding Grand Award Ceremony for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) this afternoon at Cobo Area. ... Continue reading

Energy Conversion Devices Announces Q3 Operating Results

Energy Conversion Devices Announces Q3 Operating Results

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. announced results for the three- and nine-months ended March 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

EV Global Motors Company the Recipient of Clean Air Award

EV Global Motors Company the Recipient of Clean Air Award

Lee Iacocca's EV Global Motors Company was awarded a Clean Air Award recently at the Coalition for Clean Air's Annual Award Luncheon. ... Continue reading

Formula One: Michelin's F1 Tire Development Program Continues

Formula One: Michelin's F1 Tire Development Program Continues

Formula One: Michelin's F1 Tire Development Program Continues ... Continue reading

GenesisIntermedia.com Acquires Car Rental Direct.com

GenesisIntermedia.com Acquires Car Rental Direct.com

GenesisIntermedia.com, Inc. announced that it has acquired Car Rental Direct.com, Inc. (CRD), a fast growing car rental agency that provides vehicles for the local and replacement segments of the $16.9 billion auto rental industry. ... Continue reading

Haartz Receives Second Contract To Produce TPO Coverskins

Haartz Receives Second Contract To Produce TPO Coverskins

As Haartz ramps up production of thermoplastic olefincoverstock for the 2001 Mazda Tribute instrument panel, the company announced that it will supply TPO coverskin for the instrument panel of another major automaker's 2002 model-year vehicle. ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Blueprint Racing seventh fastest in Monday practice session

INDY 500: Blueprint Racing seventh fastest in Monday practice session

INDY 500: Blueprint Racing seventh fastest in Monday practice session ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Gordon leads Monday practice with 223 mph lap

INDY 500: Gordon leads Monday practice with 223 mph lap

INDY 500: Gordon leads Monday practice with 223 mph lap ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Infiniti Indy Fourth Fastest in Monday Practice

INDY 500: Infiniti Indy Fourth Fastest in Monday Practice

Infiniti Indy Fourth Fastest in Monday Practice ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Leonard recalls what almost was in 1968 at Indy

INDY 500: Leonard recalls what almost was in 1968 at Indy

INDY 500: Leonard recalls what almost was in 1968 at Indy ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Pagan Racing Notes and Quotes

INDY 500: Pagan Racing Notes and Quotes

INDY 500: Pagan Racing Notes and Quotes ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Scott Goodyear ready to put 'close' calls behind him with Indy win

INDY 500: Scott Goodyear ready to put 'close' calls behind him with Indy win

INDY 500: Scott Goodyear ready to put 'close' calls behind him with Indy win ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Speed Chart, Monday May 15

INDY 500: Speed Chart, Monday May 15

INDY 500: Speed Chart, Monday May 15 ... Continue reading

INDY 500: Tyce Carlson remains in hospital

INDY 500: Tyce Carlson remains in hospital

INDY 500: Tyce Carlson remains in hospital ... Continue reading

MCII Announces Additional Shareholder Investment of $50 Million

MCII Announces Additional Shareholder Investment of $50 Million

Motor Coach Industries International, Inc. announced a $50 million equity investment in the Company by an investment group led by Joseph Littlejohn & Levy Inc. ... Continue reading

Megamergers Accelerating Trends That Are Reshaping the Auto Industry

Megamergers Accelerating Trends That Are Reshaping the Auto Industry

A new PricewaterhouseCoopers survey notes that the dealmaking is accelerating strong trends which are fundamentally reshaping the ways carmakers approach the consumer. ... Continue reading

Michigan Rivet Corporation Declares Dividend

Michigan Rivet Corporation Declares Dividend

The Board of Directors of Michigan Rivet Corporation declared a dividend of twelve cents ($.12) per share payable June 23, 2000 to Shareholders of Record as of May 30, 2000. ... Continue reading

MISC: Dodge Viper cruises to victory in Michelin One Lap of America

MISC: Dodge Viper cruises to victory in Michelin One Lap of America

MISC: Dodge Viper cruises to victory in Michelin One Lap of America ... Continue reading

MISC: Terri Hundertmark endures extreme Michelin One Lap of America

MISC: Terri Hundertmark endures extreme Michelin One Lap of America

MISC: Terri Hundertmark endures extreme Michelin One Lap of America ... Continue reading

Modine named Supplier of the Year to John Deere Dubuque Works

Modine named Supplier of the Year to John Deere Dubuque Works

Modine Manufacturing Company's plant here has been named supplier of the year to John Deere Dubuque Works in Dubuque, Iowa. ... Continue reading

Motor Club of America Announces First Quarter Results

Motor Club of America Announces First Quarter Results

Motor Club of America announced its first quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Advisory from www.AdamPetty.com Website

NASCAR: Advisory from www.AdamPetty.com Website

NASCAR: Advisory from www.AdamPetty.com Website ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Tim Fedewa Finds Victory at New Hampshire International Speedway

NASCAR BGN: Tim Fedewa Finds Victory at New Hampshire International Speedway

NASCAR BGN: Tim Fedewa Finds Victory at New Hampshire International Speedway ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Martin Likes The Winston 'Surprise'

NASCAR: Martin Likes The Winston 'Surprise'

NASCAR: Martin Likes The Winston 'Surprise' ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Roush Racing and Northern Light Extend Partnership to Bring New Sponsors to NASCAR

NASCAR: Roush Racing and Northern Light Extend Partnership to Bring New Sponsors to NASCAR

Roush Racing and Northern Light Extend Partnership to Bring New Sponsors to NASCAR ... Continue reading

National Auto Credit Announces Results for Year End and Q4

National Auto Credit Announces Results for Year End and Q4

National Auto Credit, Inc. announced financial results for its year ended January 31, 2000 and the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2000. ... Continue reading

Navistar Reports Second Quarter, First Half Results

Navistar Reports Second Quarter, First Half Results

Navistar International Corporation, producer of International (R) brand trucks, school buses and diesel engines, reported record earnings for the second quarter and first six months of its fiscal year. ... Continue reading

Newcor Announces Key Changes in Organization

Newcor Announces Key Changes in Organization

Newcor, Inc. announced the reorganization of both its sales and manufacturing operations functions by creating two new positions that will report directly to the President and CEO. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Racers Getting 3d Degree

NHRA: Racers Getting 3d Degree

NHRA: Racers Getting 3d Degree ... Continue reading

Nissan & Renault Consolidate European Efforts

Nissan & Renault Consolidate European Efforts

Nissan & Renault Consolidate European Efforts ... Continue reading

Pickups Plus Files 10-Q Management

Pickups Plus Files 10-Q Management

Pickups Plus, Inc. announced the filing of its 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

Power Technology Awarded Patent For Electrochemical Battery Structure

Power Technology Awarded Patent For Electrochemical Battery Structure

Power Technology Inc. announced that it has been awarded Patent No. 6,060,198 for a new electrochemical battery structure. ... Continue reading

SDRC Receives CIMdata's cPDm Market Presence Award

SDRC Receives CIMdata's cPDm Market Presence Award

SDRC announced it has received CIMdata's first annual market recognition award for outstanding performance in the collaborative Product Definition management market. ... Continue reading

SEMA/FORD Deliver on Technology Transfer

SEMA/FORD Deliver on Technology Transfer

The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) and the Ford Motor Company have launched Phase I of the SEMA/FORD Technology Transfer Pilot Program. ... Continue reading

S&P Asgns Rtgs to DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2000-B

S&P Asgns Rtgs to DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2000-B

Standard & Poor's assigned its ratings to DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2000-B's US$1.5 billion asset-backed notes (see list). ... Continue reading

Superior Tire Service Moves Headquarters

Superior Tire Service Moves Headquarters

Superior Tire Service owner and founder Jim Ryan has announced that Superior Tire Service will be relocating its headquarters from 2350 Mission Street to 4230 27th Court SE, Salem,Oregon. ... Continue reading

Tenneco Automotive Teams With Andersen Consulting

Tenneco Automotive Teams With Andersen Consulting

Tenneco Automotive announced it has launched one of the industry's first online aftermarket customer order management systems -- www.ta-direct.com -- that allows customers to place and track orders 24 hours a day. ... Continue reading

The Auxer Group's Form 10-SB Is Cleared of SEC Comments

The Auxer Group's Form 10-SB Is Cleared of SEC Comments

The Auxer Group, Inc. announced that The Auxer Group's Form 10- SB has been cleared of further comments from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ... Continue reading

The Cobalt Group Hires Automotive Industry Veteran Chuck Russo

The Cobalt Group Hires Automotive Industry Veteran Chuck Russo

The Cobalt Group, Inc. announced that Chuck Russo has joined the company as vice president of account services and general manager-Detroit, bringing more than 20 years of automotive marketing experience to Cobalt. ... Continue reading

The Favorite Cars of Comparison Shoppers: April 2000

The Favorite Cars of Comparison Shoppers: April 2000

InvoiceDealers, The Leader in Automotive Comparison Shopping, released the favorite cars, trucks, SUVs and minivans of online comparison shoppers in April 2000. ... Continue reading

The Plymouth Neon (2000)

The Plymouth Neon (2000)

2000 Plymouth Neon, It will make you Glow ... Continue reading

Titan Announces First Quarter Results

Titan Announces First Quarter Results

Titan Motorcycle Co. of America announced first quarter financial results for the period ending April 1, 2000. ... Continue reading

Turbodyne Reports Results for the 3 Months Ended March 31, 2000

Turbodyne Reports Results for the 3 Months Ended March 31, 2000

Turbodyne Technologies Inc. reported financial results for the three months period ended March 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

Two Honda Bikes Receive Cycle World 10-Best honors

Two Honda Bikes Receive Cycle World 10-Best honors

Honda CR250R, CBR929RR receive Cycle World 10-Best honors ... Continue reading

UnitedAuto, Penske, CarsDirect.com Form Alliance

UnitedAuto, Penske, CarsDirect.com Form Alliance

UnitedAuto Group Inc., a leading publicly-traded automobile retailer, and Penske Automotive Group Inc. announced a strategic alliance with CarsDirect.com, a leading direct on- line automotive provider. ... Continue reading

USAC: Day wins Hanford Midgets; Johnson tops Irwindale TQs

USAC: Day wins Hanford Midgets; Johnson tops Irwindale TQs

USAC: Day wins Hanford Midgets; Johnson tops Irwindale TQs ... Continue reading

USAC: Hines eyes Saturday's 'Coca-Cola 100' at IRP

USAC: Hines eyes Saturday's 'Coca-Cola 100' at IRP

USAC: Hines eyes Saturday's 'Coca-Cola 100' at IRP ... Continue reading

USAC: Justus leads F2000 to Mosport for Rounds 2 & 3

USAC: Justus leads F2000 to Mosport for Rounds 2 & 3

USAC: Justus leads F2000 to Mosport for Rounds 2 & 3 ... Continue reading

USAC: Tyler stars in Hawkeye Downs Sprints

USAC: Tyler stars in Hawkeye Downs Sprints

USAC: Tyler stars in Hawkeye Downs Sprints ... Continue reading

US Fuel Cell Council Growing Rapidly

US Fuel Cell Council Growing Rapidly

The US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) has added eight new member companies to its roster. Formed in 1998, with 14 original members, the Council now boasts 47 member companies. ... Continue reading

USWA: Oregon Steel Mills Board Member Resigns

USWA: Oregon Steel Mills Board Member Resigns

In another blow to Oregon Steel Mills, Inc., a member of the company's board of directors has resigned for "personal and business" reasons. ... Continue reading

V-Twin Reports Third Quarter Revenue Increase with New Superstores

V-Twin Reports Third Quarter Revenue Increase with New Superstores

V-Twin Holdings, Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter ended March 31, 2000 that reflect its acquisition of Bikers Dream dealerships, web-site and licenses. ... Continue reading

Winnebago Industries Launches Enhanced Investor Relations Web Site

Winnebago Industries Launches Enhanced Investor Relations Web Site

Winnebago Industries, Inc. launched enhancements to the investor relations portion of the company's web site, http://www.winnebagoind.com/investor_relations.htm, providing instant internet access to company information. ... Continue reading

ZAP Rolls Out Inline Scooter

ZAP Rolls Out Inline Scooter

ZAPWORLD.COM is rolling out a new generation of kick scooter called the Kick(TM) that uses inline skate technology and folds small enough to fit in a backpack. ... Continue reading

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