Monday, December 18, 2000

AVM Opens New Dist. Center

Spicer Aims At WDs, Jobbers, Installers

Michelin Rolling With Power

Cote Replacing Gorman At TRW

Folding Sun Roof

Higher Mileage Oil

554 New Dealerships Join Parts.com Supplier Network In Four Days; 51% Increase Puts Total Dealerships At 1638; Part Sales Increase 218% From October to November

554 New Dealerships Join Parts.com Supplier Network In Four Days; 51% Increase Puts Total Dealerships At 1638; Part Sales Increase 218% From October to November

AAA Offers Advice for Holiday Air Travelers

AAA's Holiday Season Fuel Prices and Travel Advisories (4 Parts)

Aftermarket Technology Corp. Outlines Plans For 2001

A. O. Smith Reaches Agreement to Sell Storage Tank Business

ARCA RE/MAX Series Test Notes from Daytona International Speedway

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ARCA RE/MAX Series Top Test Speeds at Daytona Int'l Speedway

ARCA RE/MAX Series Top Test Speeds at Daytona Int'l Speedway ... Continue reading

Automotive Equipment Manufacturer Projects Million-Dollar Savings with SmarTeam PDM

Automotive Rear-Seat Entertainment Aftermarket Poised for Growth

Driven by economic prosperity, changing lifestyles, longer drive times and the need to keep kids amused, the automotive rear-seat entertainment aftermarket continues to experience phenomenal growth. ... Continue reading

Automotive Technical Resources, Inc. Announces Strategic Partnership With EASE Diagnostics to Support ATRisys(TM)

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 51 YEAR 2000

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Autoweb Announces New CFO and Strategy

CarMax Group Reports Record Third Quarter Earnings

In a separate release, Circuit City Stores, Inc. reported third quarter results for the company, including record earnings for the CarMax Group that were slightly ahead of expectations. ... Continue reading

Collins & Aikman Names Mesaros Director, Commercial and Program Management

comScore Networks Enters Automotive Information Market as Castrol North America Implements comScore's Customer Knowledge Platform

DaimlerChrysler AG and its Mercedes-Benz Plant in Alabama Donate $500,000 for Tornado Relief Efforts

DaimlerChrysler AG Issues Letter to Shareholders

Disagree with DCX? Got a View on GM Plant Closure? Let just-auto.com and the Industry Know

DTM(TM) Corporation Says EOS Patent Infringement Suit Without Merit DTM LOGO DTM logo. (PR NewsFoto)[AS] AUSTIN, TX USA 08/05/1998    

Edmunds.com Adds 2000 Model Year Used Vehicle Pricing to True Market Value(SM) Used Vehicle Appraiser;

Ford and Toyota to Join as Global Auto Demand Slows Says just-auto.com Editor

Ford Chooses CAD/IQ for CAD Model Quality

Ford Focus Wagon (2001)

Ford Focus Wagon (2001) Review ... Continue reading

Fuel-Saving Liberator Muffler By Advanced Exhaust Technologies Meets 2002 California Noise Standards

GE Capital to Acquire I-Sim Corporation

I-Sim Corporation announced that GE Capital has purchased a majority stake in the company, according to Nicholas Smith, chairman and chief executive officer of I-Sim. ... Continue reading

General Motors Names Coactivity.com Interactive Promotion Agency for Chevrolet's North Central Region

Germany-Based Micronas GmbH Licenses 0.25um CMOS Technology from IMEC

IMEC has licensed its 0.25-micron CMOS technology to Micronas GmbH. This 0.25-micron CMOS technology includes both the standard digital CMOS as well as the analog modules including double poly devices. ... Continue reading

Green Hills Software's PowerPC Cross Compiler Selected For Jaguar S-Type

Green Hills Software announced that its PowerPC C cross compiler and instruction set simulator have been selected by Ford to produce software that controls spark timing, fuel injection, and emission control systems for all Jaguar S-Type. ... Continue reading

Insurance Companies Provide Claims Assistance for Alabama Twisters METLIFE AUTO & HOME LOGO MetLife Auto & Home is a brand of Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company and its Affiliates, Warwick, RI. (PRNewsFoto)[AG] WARWICK, RI USA 10/12/2000    

International Panels at SAE Congress Confer on Asian Commerce And the Environment

ITS America Chief Joins Traffic.com; Will Coordinate National Market Deployment and Manage Telematics Business

ITS America Chief Joins Traffic.com; Will Coordinate National Market Deployment and Manage Telematics Business

It's Official: MyCarPage.com is in the Black!; Dot-Com Zooms to Profitability

It's Official: MyCarPage.com is in the Black!; Dot-Com Zooms to Profitability

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' BMW Sold

LDM Technologies Announces Fiscal Year 2000 Financial Results

LDM Technologies, Inc. reported net sales for the year ended September 24, 2000 of $496.4 million, a decrease of $34.1 million or 6.5% from $530.5 million in 1999. ... Continue reading

MascoTech, Inc. and Simpson Industries, Inc. Complete Merger

MascoTech, Inc., which is controlled by Heartland Industrial Partners, L.P. and its co-sponsor, CSFB Private Equity, announced that a subsidiary of MascoTech completed a merger with Simpson Industries, Inc. ... Continue reading

Mazda to Enhance Dynamic Web User Experience by Bringing More Accurate and Timely Content Online with Interwoven TeamSite

Mercedes Benz CL600 (2001)

Mercedes Benz CL600 (2001) Review ... Continue reading

Michelin Continues to Dominate J.D. Power and Associates Tire Study

Michelin(R) has done it again. The brand has just received its 25th and 26th J.D. Power and Associates Awards -- an astonishing 75 percent of the 34 ever given in the tire category. ... Continue reading

Michigan Rivet Corporation Declares Dividend

Moldflow Launches Moldflow Plastics Advisers 5.0 Software

Moldflow Corporation, a world leader in process-wide solutions for optimizing the design and manufacture of plastic products, announces the latest release of the Moldflow Plastics Advisers (TM) (MPA(TM)), release 5.0. ... Continue reading

Moody Confirms Collins & Aikman's Corporate Credit Rating

NASCAR SJAPS: Bigley Finally Secures First NASCAR Touring Series Championship

Bigley Finally Secures First NASCAR Touring Series Championship ... Continue reading

National Auto Credit Announces Financial Results for Fiscal 2001 Q3

National Auto Credit, Inc. announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2000, first nine months of its fiscal year 2001 ended October 31, 2000 and the adoption of a five-year business plan. ... Continue reading

'Nation's Hottest Pundit' to Keynote Society of Automotive Analysts Automotive Outlook Conference

Navox Awarded Key First Patent for its SVD Voice-Data Communication Technology Over Wireless Channels

NTSB Chairman to Speak at Child Passenger Safety Conference; Event Will be One of His Last Official Acts Before January 18 Resignation

Oldsmobile Bravada (2001)

Oldsmobile Bravada (2001) Review ... Continue reading

Olds Shuttered, GM Gets New CFO - A Special Report Today on TheCarConnection.com.

RMS Networks Helps Retailers During the Christmas Day Countdown; In-store Television Networks Offer Consumers Gift-Giving Ideas

Scientific Measurements Systems, Inc. Files Bankruptcy

Smart Choice Automotive Group 256% Increase in Second Quarter Earnings

Smart Choice Automotive Group, Inc., which sells and finances used cars in Florida and Texas, announced higher sales and earnings for the second quarter and first half of Fiscal 2001. ... Continue reading

Speed and Connectivity: The New Landscape is the Theme Of 25th Automotive News World Congress, January 15-18

Starcraft Corporation Refinancing Completed

Statement of William C. Duncan, Ph.D., General Director, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, U.S. Office, December 18, 2000

Subaru of New England Reduces Inventory Levels by 44% With Servigistics; Web-based Service Parts Logistics System Enables Inventory Optimization, Improved Customer Satisfaction

TACH Coverage of L.A. Auto Show News Conferences

Textron Systems' Terrain Commander Selected by Australian Defence Materiel Organisation for Unattended Ground Sensor Program

The end for Mitsubishi Australia? Asks just-auto.com

Toyota Reports All-Time Best-Ever November For Certified Used Vehicle Sales

Traffic.com Launches Service in Chicago; Traffic Information Provider Further Expands its National Presence

Traffic.com Launches Service in Chicago; Traffic Information Provider Further Expands its National Presence

Traffic.com Launches Service in Detroit; Traffic Information Provider Further Expands its National Presence

Traffic.com Launches Service in Detroit; Traffic Information Provider Further Expands its National Presence

UAW Members Ratify New Contract at Freightliner

Members of United Auto Workers Local 5285 in Mt. Holly, North Carolina ratified a new three-year labor agreement with the truck manufacturer Freightliner, a division of DaimlerChrysler Corporation. ... Continue reading

UGN, Inc. Appoints Renner Director of Research and Development

VIA Information Tools' Man-IT Sequencing Software to Help Autoliv Deliver Airbag/Steering Wheel Systems for New Ford Escape SUV