21st Century Insurance Company Expands Internet Presence
21st Century Insurance Company announced that it is expanding its Internet sales capacity to offer products at insweb.com, the online shopping site of Redwood City, California-based InsWeb Corporation, and an Internet insurance marketplace. ... Continue reading
Affiliated Resources Corporation Announces New Acquisition
Affiliated Resources Corporation announced that it has acquired an 85% interest in Seneca Energy Partners L.P., a Texas Limited Partnership, engaged in the oil and gas business, in a stock for partnership unit transaction. ... Continue reading
Affiliated Resources Corporation Announces New President
Affiliated Resources Corporation announces the appointment of Mr. Michael R. Bradle as president and chief operating officer. ... Continue reading
AMA: Pro Honda Oils Marks 10-year Relationship with AMA 600 Supersport Racing
PRO HONDA OILS MARKS 10-YEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH AMA 600 SUPERSPORT RACING ... Continue reading
American Axle & Manufacturing Elects New Board Member: John P. Reilly
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. announced the election of a new member to its board of directors: John (Jack) P. Reilly, partner with Reilly, Erwin & Company,L.L.C. ... Continue reading
American Honda Sets New All-Time January Record
American Honda posted a new record for light truck and total vehicle sales for January, with total vehicle sales of 74,606 beat the January, 1999 record of 72,220, up 3.3%. ... Continue reading
Arvin Reports Record 1999 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
Arvin Industries, Inc. reported record financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended January 2, 2000. ... Continue reading
Audi Kicks Off New Year With Best January Ever
Audi of America, Inc. reported sales of 6,185 for the month of January, up 80.1 percent over the same month last year when sales were 3,435. It was Audi's best January ever. ... Continue reading
BMW Records Best January Ever; BMW Sales Up 23 Percent
BMW of North America, Inc. reported its best January on record with sales of 12,480 vehicles, compared to 10,135 sold a year ago, an increase of 23 percent. ... Continue reading
Carey International Announces Record Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
Carey International, Inc. reported record results for the fourth quarter and year ended November 30, 1999. ... Continue reading
Carlisle Companies Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
The Board of Directors of Carlisle Companies Incorporated declared a regular quarterly dividend on common stock of $.18 per share payable on March 1, 2000 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 18, 2000. ... Continue reading
Cars That Call 911, Extinguish Fires and Help Save Lives
Your car crashes. The airbags deploy. The vehicle automatically calls 911. What, a car that can make phone calls? Yes, and there are many more safety features of future cars equipped with an Integrated Safety System (ISS). ... Continue reading
Chicago Auto Show to give away 50,000 Corvettes ... and 1 Suburban
In what show organizers believe to be an unprecedented event, the first 40,000 people through the turnstiles on the Feb. 11 opening day of the nation's largest auto show will receive a red Corvette. ... Continue reading
Clean Diesel Closes ARIS 2000 License Agreement
Clean Diesel Technologies Inc. announced that it has finalized the previously announced license agreement with Ridgefield, Conn.- based RJM Corp. ... Continue reading
Daewoo Achieves Best Ever Sales
Daewoo Motor America started the year 2000 off on a high note by recording its best sales month in its 16 months of operation. ... Continue reading
Delphi Receives Partner Status Award From John Deere
Delphi Automotive Systems was recently honored for achieving "Partner Status" in John Deere's 1999 Achieving Excellence/JD CROP Program. ... Continue reading
Dollar Thrifty Reports Record Revenue, Net Income and EPS For Q4 and Full Year 1999
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. announced record results for the 1999 fourth quarter and full year. For the fourth quarter ended December 31, 1999, total revenue was $228.5 million, an 11.1 percent increase over the same period in1998. ... Continue reading
Edelbrock Achieves Double-Digit Improvement in Sales
Edelbrock Corp. reported that it achieved double-digit gains in sales with improved earnings for its fiscal 2000 second quarter and first six months ended Dec. 25, 1999. ... Continue reading
Federal-Mogul Announces Record 1999 Results
Federal-Mogul Corporation announced 1999 financial results with record earnings from operations of $4.08 per share, a 52 percent increase from the $2.69 per share in 1998. ... Continue reading
Federal-Mogul Competition Series Rod Bearings Now Offered For Performance Honda Engines
The same Federal-Mogul engine bearing technologies are now available for the leading nameplate within the rapidly expanding high-performance import market -- Honda. ... Continue reading
Fiber Optics and MEMS Come Together At Standard MEMS Inc.
Standard MEMS Inc. announced that it has acquired Blue Road Research, Inc., the leading design company of fiber optic sensors for industrial, telecommunications and military applications. ... Continue reading
Fleetwood Reports Record Third Quarter and Nine-Month Sales
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. announced preliminary sales for the third quarter and nine months ended January 30,2000. ... Continue reading
Ford and GM Are Cruising Along on the Internet
If there's one thing that gets Ford Motor's Chief Executive Officer Jac Nasser to shout "Yahoo!," it's the Internet. ... Continue reading
Ford and UPS Logistics to Slash Vehicle Delivery Times
Ford Motor Company and UPS Logistics Group, a subsidiary of United Parcel Service, have formed a strategic alliance to reduce by up to 40 percent the time required to deliver vehicles from Ford plants to dealers and customers. ... Continue reading
Ford Motor Company's January U.S. Sales Up 8%
U.S. consumers purchased or leased 281,169 cars and trucks from Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Jaguar, and Volvo dealers in January. ... Continue reading
Formula One: Button ready for F1 debut
Formula One: Button ready for F1 debut ... Continue reading
Formula One: Indianapolis Motor Speedway to be busy place for Reynard in 2000
Formula One: Indianapolis Motor Speedway to be busy place for Reynard in 2000 ... Continue reading
Formula One: No wedding bells in Melbourne for Villeneuve
Formula One: No wedding bells in Melbourne for Villeneuve ... Continue reading
Formula One: Snow delays F1 Testing
Formula One: Button ready for F1 debut ... Continue reading
GenRad Strengthens Manufacturing Test Capabilities With Acquisition
GenRad, Inc. announced it has acquired Altest, headquartered in Willebroek, Belgium. Altest provides vehicle OEM's with assembly line test solutions. This acquisition further advances GenRad's position in the automotive manufacturing test market. ... Continue reading
GM Ratings Affirmed By Fitch IBCA On Hughes Restructuring
General Motors Corporation's (GM) 'A' senior debt and `F1' commercial paper ratings are affirmed by Fitch IBCA following GM's announcement that it plans to restructure its economic interest in Hughes Electronics Company (Hughes). ... Continue reading
GM Starts 2000 with Gains in Trucks, Cars, & Retail Sales
General Motors reported strong sales for the month of January. Total vehicle sales rose 11.5% to 348,137 units. ... Continue reading
Gold Dot(TM) Technology to be Featured at DesignCon 2000
Recent innovations in Packard-Hughes Interconnect's (PHI) Gold Dot(TM) connection systems could bring increased speed and more density to the products in the telecom switching, computer networking and electronic test equipment markets. ... Continue reading
Honda announces Performance First
American Honda has selected a theme to convey the spirit of the company's Motorcycle Division into the 21st century - "Performance First". ... Continue reading
Hyundai Starts the Year With Record Sales
Hyundai Motor America announced sales of 14,834 vehicles for the month of January, up 96 percent from one year ago. ... Continue reading
Infiniti Reports Sales Increase of 66.4 Percent
Marking its best January ever, Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA), reported total January sales of 6,522 units, an increase of 66.4 percent over the previous year. ... Continue reading
Internet Operations Center Strengthens Automotive Client Service
Internet Operations Center Inc., a leading application service provider, has hired Eric Head, 31, as automotive program manager. ... Continue reading
Kia Continues With Strong Sales Numbers; Sephia Sales Up 21 Percent
After posting record sales of nearly 135,000 units in 1999, Kia has started strong in 2000 with vehicles sales of 8,143 in January. Sephia sales of 4,973 were up 21 percent over a year ago. ... Continue reading
Land Rover Announces Record January Sales Figures of 2,292 Units
Land Rover North America, Inc. has posted its best January sales figures ever. The company sold 2,292 units in January 2000, an increase of 28 percent versus January 1999. ... Continue reading
Lear Appoints Osvaldo (Dino) de Falco President - Mexican Operations
Lear Corporation announced the appointment of Osvaldo (Dino) de Falco to President - Mexican Operations reporting to Douglas D. DelGrosso, President - North American Operations. ... Continue reading
Mazda Reports January Sales Gain
Mazda North American Operations announced U.S. sales of 13,739 units for the month of January, a 2.2 percent increase over the same period last year. ... Continue reading
Mechanical Dynamics Reports Record Revenue for the Fourth Quarter of 1999
Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. reported revenue of $11.0 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 1999, a 2% increase over the corresponding period in 1998 and the highest quarterly revenue amount in the company's history. ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz Starts 2000 with January Sales Record
Mercedes-Benz USA, Inc. (MBUSA) reported sales of 13,647 new vehicles during the month of January 2000, an 11.6 percent increase over last year's January 1999 sales record of 12,225. ... Continue reading
Mexico's President Zedillo Dedicates New DaimlerChrysler Mexico Headquarters
Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo dedicated DaimlerChrysler's new Mexico headquarters . ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Motors Reports Increased Sales for January 2000
Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Inc. reported a strong start for 2000, with January vehicle sales of 18,787 units, up 9.1% from January 1999. ... Continue reading
Motorola Adds Navigation Expertise to Continue Telematics Industry Leadership
Motorola has positioned itself to provide leading automotive navigation solutions to the telematics industry by investing in two prominent development companies, BCI Navigation, S.A. and Liikkuva Systems International, Inc. of Sacramento, Calif. ... Continue reading
MSN CarPoint Steers Chicago Man to Unforgettable Detroit Auto Show Experience
Two big winners emerged in the MSN(TM) CarPoint(TM) Most Unforgettable Cars poll and sweepstakes: the Volkswagen New Beetle and a 44-year-old Chicago water department employee, Louis Atkins. ... Continue reading
MTS Receives $4 Million Order for New Tire Tester
MTS Systems announced receipt of a $4 million order for a new version of its patented Flat-Trac(R) dynamic tire test system. ... Continue reading
NADA Endorsement Drives The Cobalt Group's NADA Convention Success
The Cobalt Group announced that it added 103 franchised dealerships to its rapidly growing network during the just- ended annual National Automotive Dealers Association (NADA) Convention and Exposition in Orlando, Fla. ... Continue reading
Napier Announces ICI Hydrostrip Update
Napier International Technologies Inc. and ICI are currently completing the next phase of the North American education and training campaign for the SV-35 stripper series being sold under the Devoe Coatings Hydrostrip label. ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Johnny Benson Back In Familiar Situation
Johnny Benson Back In Familiar Situation ... Continue reading
Nationwide Named Preferred Insurer for Sonic Automotive Customers
Nationwide Insurance, one of the country's largest auto and homeowner insurers, has been named Sonic Automotive Inc.'s preferred automotive insurance provider. ... Continue reading
New Penn Delivered 99.82% of Shipments Claim-Free in 1999
New Penn Motor Express, Inc. announced a new company record for freight handling quality as 99.82% of shipments were delivered claim-free in 1999. The company also set a record low cargo claims ratio of .30% in 1999. ... Continue reading
Nissan Reports a 22.5 Percent Increase in Sales
Paced by the growing popularity of its all-new Maxima sedan and its line of Frontier trucks, Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) saw sales totals rise 22.5 percent in January, reaching a total of 45,445 units. ... Continue reading
One + One Membership Campaign Begins for the Corvette Museum
The National Corvette Museum has announced the kick-off of their annual Membership campaign to begin February 1st, 2000. ... Continue reading
Phil's Shadow Knows: Goodyear Winter Tires Required
Despite a winter that arrived late in North America, Goodyear said that it might not be too late to think about winter tires. The tiremaker already has shipped more than 80 percent more winter tires this year than last. ... Continue reading
Rally: RallyUSA Postponed Until 2001
RallyUSA postponed ... Continue reading
Record Chrysler Sales Lead to Second-Best January For DaimlerChrysler
Record sales of Chrysler brand vehicles led DaimlerChrysler Corporation to its second-best January sales level. ... Continue reading
Rolex 24: Goodyear fast facts for Daytona
Rolex 24: Goodyear fast facts for Daytona ... Continue reading
Rolex 24: Lynx Racing: 24 hours on a tightrope
Lynx - Daytona ... Continue reading
SAE Releases `Occupant Protection Technology Collection on CD-ROM'
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International) announces the release of the "SAE Occupant Protection Technology Collection on CD-ROM." ... Continue reading
SatCon to Build Fuel Cell Power Converters for H Power Corp.
SatCon Technology Corp, a leader in power and energy management products, announced that it will build fuel cell power converters for H Power Corp. of Belleville, New Jersey. ... Continue reading
Sirius Satellite Radio Closes on $200 Million Blackstone Investment
Sirius Satellite Radio, the satellite radio broadcaster, announced that affiliates of The Blackstone Group completed the purchase of $200 million of preferred stock in the company. ... Continue reading
Sonic Automotive, Inc. Adds Industry Leaders to Management Team
Sonic Automotive, Inc. announced additions to its operations management team, completing development of its operations infrastructure. ... Continue reading
SpareTank.com Drives Sales of Emergency Gasoline Derivative
phobo.com announced its new interactive web site, SpareTank.com, which offers for sale the revolutionary gasoline derivative SPARE TANK. ... Continue reading
Subaru Announces January Sales Figures
Subaru of America, Inc. announced its January sales figures. Subaru recorded a sales total of 12,450 units for the month, up 27 percent over January 1999 sales. This marks the company's best January total sales month in 14 years. ... Continue reading
Thor Announces Record Sales in Quarter, 6 Months
Thor Industries announced record preliminary sales for the 3 and 6 months ended January 31, 2000. Sales were $414.6 million for the 6 months, up 17% from $354.7 million last year. ... Continue reading
Toyota Reports Best-Ever January Sales
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., reported best-ever January sales of 128,123 vehicles, up 35.7 percent over the same period last year. ... Continue reading
Tracks: Kroger returns for 19th year as sponsor of IRP Busch race
Tracks: Kroger returns for 19th year as sponsor of IRP Busch race ... Continue reading
VitriSeal Announces Hiring of Executive Vice President
VitriSeal Inc. announced that Paul G. Kokx has agreed to the terms of a four-year employment agreement effective Feb. 1, 2000, to serve as the executive vice president and general manager of VitriSeal's coatings subsidiary. ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Sales Up 48 Percent - Best January Since 1979
Volkswagen of America, Inc. reported its best January sales in 21 years. ... Continue reading
Volvo Continues Aggressive Growth; Up 21% in U.S. Sales
Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. posted a 21.1 percent increase in U.S. monthly sales at 9,256, compared with 7,643 units sold in January 1999. ... Continue reading
Wagoner's in, and TCC has the First In-Depth Interview With GM's New CEO
Rick Wagoner is in, GM chairman Jack Smith is still around, and we've got the first in-depth report and interview on General Motors' morning management moves at http://www.thecarconnection.com . ... Continue reading
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