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Tuesday, January 20, 2004

ADIRONDACK INT'L SPEEDWAY BECOMES FIRST NEW YORK ASA MEMBER TRACK

ADIRONDACK INT'L SPEEDWAY BECOMES FIRST NEW YORK ASA MEMBER TRACK

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Lancaster Colony To Webcast Second Quarter Conference Call

Lancaster Colony To Webcast Second Quarter Conference Call

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 20 -- Lancaster Colony Corporation announced today that fiscal 2004 second quarter financial results will be released on Thursday, January 29, 2004, prior to the opening of the market, and will be followed by a conference call at 10:00 am ET. The conference call will be webcast live via the Interne ... Continue reading

MHI Launches 8MACH-30G 8-Cylinder Gas Engine to Achieve Comprehensive Line-up

MHI Launches 8MACH-30G 8-Cylinder Gas Engine to Achieve Comprehensive Line-up

JapanCorp: <http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> MHI Launches 8MACH-30G 8-Cylinder Gas Engine to Achieve Comprehensive Line-up Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 21, 2004 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; TSE: 7011) has started marketing the 8MACH-30G, a newly developed 8-cylinder inline engine now part of it ... Continue reading

Arzoon Acquires Best-in-Class Event Management Technology

Arzoon Acquires Best-in-Class Event Management Technology

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Arzoon Acquires Best-in-Class Event Management Technology Arzoon Acquisition of Vigilance Enhances Event and Performance Management Capabilities, Helping Organizations Better Manage Business Process Execution SAN MATEO, Calif. Jan. 20, 2004 -- Arzoon, Inc., a leading provider of Supply Chain Proce ... Continue reading

Specter Werkes - Daytona News Release

Specter Werkes - Daytona News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Thawley &#8211; 248.356.5699 Sonia Soroka &#8211; 248.583.9559 Specter Werkes #24 Cauley Corvette GTR presented by the Highlander Driver Line-Up for the 2004 Rolex 24 at Daytona Pete Halsmer steps in for Richard Berry DETROIT - January 20, 2004: While preparation of the Specter Werke ... Continue reading

Environmental Solutions Worldwide, Inc. Files for California ARB Certificate for Three Way Catalyst

Environmental Solutions Worldwide, Inc. Files for California ARB Certificate for Three Way Catalyst

TELFORD, Penn.--Jan. 20, 2004--Environmental Solutions Worldwide, Inc. (ESW) (OTCBB:ESWW), is pleased to announce the successful completion of a comprehensive testing program to validate and verify performance of its Enviro-Cat(TM) gasoline catalytic converter product and subsequent filing to the California Air Resourc ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi consigue la victoria en el Paris-Dakar gracias a la tecnología Kinetic de Tenneco Automotive

Mitsubishi consigue la victoria en el Paris-Dakar gracias a la tecnología Kinetic de Tenneco Automotive

BRUSELAS, Belgica, January 20 -- - El sistema avanzado de suspensión mejora la estabilidad, manejo y movilidad del vehículo El Mitsubishi Pajero ha conseguido una contundente victoria en una de las carreras de automóviles más duras del mundo, la cita que recorre durante 18 días el duro terreno desértico que abarc ... Continue reading

Edmunds.com Reports Automakers' True Cost of Incentives: Average Incentive Swells Nearly 30% From 2002 to 2003, Expected to Level Off in 2004

Edmunds.com Reports Automakers' True Cost of Incentives: Average Incentive Swells Nearly 30% From 2002 to 2003, Expected to Level Off in 2004

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 20 -- Edmunds.com ( http://www.edmunds.com/ ), the premier online resource for automotive information, reported today that the average incentive per vehicle sold in the United States was $2,455 in December 2003, up $251 or 11.4% from December 2002, and up 2.9% from November 2003. For calendar ... Continue reading

Magna anuncia cambios en la dirección

Magna anuncia cambios en la dirección

AURORA, Ontario, January 20 -- Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A, MG.B; NYSE: MGA) ha anunciado que Belinda Stronach ha hecho efectiva esta mañana su dimisión como presidenta ejecutiva y que Frank Stronach ha asumido el puesto de presidente en funciones. El consejo de administración de la compañía ha convocado u ... Continue reading

R. L. Polk & Co. Establishes Commercial Vehicle Advisory Board

R. L. Polk & Co. Establishes Commercial Vehicle Advisory Board

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 20 -- R. L. Polk & Co. announced today the formation of its first-ever Commercial Vehicle Advisory Board. This unique board is charged with advising on Polk's strategic position in the Commercial Vehicle sector, consulting on Polk's Commercial Vehicle product offerings, providing input on market ... Continue reading

AutoTrader.com Posts Big Gains in Two J.D. Power and Associates Studies

AutoTrader.com Posts Big Gains in Two J.D. Power and Associates Studies

Company Continues to Dominate Online Used Vehicle Classifieds in Site Visitation and Used Car Purchases ATLANTA, Jan. 20 -- AutoTrader.com, the world's largest automotive marketplace, today announces important placements in two J.D. Power and Associates studies, the 2003 Used Autoshopper.com Study and the 2003 Dealer S ... Continue reading

AAA Names ADP Claims Services Group Preferred Supplier, Extends Benefits To AAA Clubs

AAA Names ADP Claims Services Group Preferred Supplier, Extends Benefits To AAA Clubs

SAN RAMON, Calif., Jan. 20 -- ADP Claims Services Group, a leading provider of integrated business solutions for the property and casualty, collision repair and automotive recycling industries, announced today that AAA has chosen ADP as the preferred provider of computerized estimating systems for AAA Approved Auto Bod ... Continue reading

AIAG Partners with AutoCom for Automotive Public Relations

AIAG Partners with AutoCom for Automotive Public Relations

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--Jan. 20, 2004--The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), one of the industry's largest trade associations, has selected AutoCom Associates as its public relations agency of record. "AutoCom was selected based on their experience with automotive clients such as the United States Council for Automot ... Continue reading

AutoNation Drives Down Costs and Security Risks with Network Appliance Internet Access and Security Solution

AutoNation Drives Down Costs and Security Risks with Network Appliance Internet Access and Security Solution

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Jan. 20, 2004-- Largest U.S. Auto Retailer Experiences Immediate and Long-Term Benefits by Deploying NetApp(R) Internet Access and Security Solution Network Appliance(TM), Inc. , today announced that AutoNation, Inc. , America's largest retailer of both new and used vehicles, has deployed a Network A ... Continue reading

Capital Automotive Declares Initial Preferred Share Dividend

Capital Automotive Declares Initial Preferred Share Dividend

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 20 -- Capital Automotive REIT , the nation's leading specialty finance company for automotive retail real estate, today announced that its Board of Trustees has declared its initial preferred dividend payment equal to $0.26042 per Series A preferred share (which is the pro-ration of the regular quarte ... Continue reading

ChevronTexaco Global Lubricants Selected as Preferred Coolant Provider by TravelCenters of America

ChevronTexaco Global Lubricants Selected as Preferred Coolant Provider by TravelCenters of America

SAN RAMON, Calif.--Jan. 20, 2004--ChevronTexaco Global Lubricants (CTGL), a leading provider of heavy-duty engine oils, lubricants and coolants, today announced that its Chevron brand has been selected as the "preferred" coolant by TravelCenters of America (TA). Chevron branded coolant products will be used in TA servi ... Continue reading

CTS Awarded Electronic Accelerator Pedal Program by Chinese Automotive Manufacturer

CTS Awarded Electronic Accelerator Pedal Program by Chinese Automotive Manufacturer

ELKHART, Ind.--Jan. 20, 2004--CTS Corporation , a global leader in the production of automotive electronic sensors and components, today announced that a leading Chinese vehicle manufacturer has selected CTS Automotive Products to supply non-contacting Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) Pedal Assemblies for use in passe ... Continue reading

Edelbrock Corporation Schedules Release of Earnings for Second Quarter Fiscal Year Ending 2004 Conference Call

Edelbrock Corporation Schedules Release of Earnings for Second Quarter Fiscal Year Ending 2004 Conference Call

TORRANCE, Calif.--Jan. 20, 2004--Edelbrock Corporation today announced that it will release earnings for its Second Quarter Fiscal Year Ending 2004, before the market opens on February 3, 2004. Senior management consisting of Vic Edelbrock, President and Chief Executive Officer and Jeffrey L. Thompson, Executive Vice P ... Continue reading

Evader Hits The Golf Links

Evader Hits The Golf Links

SEATTLE--Jan. 20, 2004--Bellevue-Washington based Evader, Inc (www.evader.us.) (NASD.OTC:EVDR), the maker of electric high-performance vehicles powered by their leading-edge proprietary technology announced today the introduction of the 900 series Golf Cart product line. "It was only natural that Evader would move into ... Continue reading

Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Builds Innovative Credit Program with GE Business Credit Services

Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. Builds Innovative Credit Program with GE Business Credit Services

STAMFORD, Conn.--Jan. 20, 2004-- GE Unit Signs Long-term Agreement with Wholesale Distributor, Providing Customer Greater Financial Flexibility Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. and GE Business Credit Services, the commercial arm of GE Consumer Finance, recently signed an exclusive multi-year agreement to provide a national c ... Continue reading

Finnish Radiator Manufacturing Company Selects Copper/Brass Brazing to Meet Demand for Superior Heat Exchangers

Finnish Radiator Manufacturing Company Selects Copper/Brass Brazing to Meet Demand for Superior Heat Exchangers

NEW YORK--Jan. 20, 2004--The International Copper Association announced that Suomen Jaahdytintehdas Oy (SJT), also doing business as the Finnish Radiator Manufacturing Company Limited, has adopted CuproBraze(R) copper/brass brazing technology to better serve its customers and further bolster its reputation as high-qual ... Continue reading

Greenhouse Gas Technology Center Completes Verification of ConocoPhillips Fuel-Efficient Rear Axle Gear Lubricant

Greenhouse Gas Technology Center Completes Verification of ConocoPhillips Fuel-Efficient Rear Axle Gear Lubricant

Lubricant improved fuel efficiency in a light-duty truck RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan. 20 -- The Greenhouse Gas Technology Center (GHG Center) today announced that it has independently verified the performance of a new gear lubricant tested on a light-duty truck, one of the most widely used passenger vehicles in t ... Continue reading

Insurance Auto Auctions Announces Opening of Greenfield Facility in Tucson, Arizona

Insurance Auto Auctions Announces Opening of Greenfield Facility in Tucson, Arizona

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Jan. 20 -- Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. , a leading provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, today announced the opening of a new greenfield facility in Tucson, Ariz. This new 16-acre facility will provide needed coverage in the southern part of the state an ... Continue reading

Lear Receives Informal SEC Inquiry

Lear Receives Informal SEC Inquiry

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 20 -- Lear Corporation today announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has commenced an informal inquiry into the Company's September 2002 amendment of its 2001 Form 10-K. The amendment was filed to report Lear's employment of relatives of certain of its directors and offi ... Continue reading

Magna announces management changes

Magna announces management changes

AURORA, ON, Jan. 20 -- Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A, MG.B; NYSE: MGA) announced that, effective this morning, Ms. Belinda Stronach has resigned as its President and Chief Executive Officer and that Mr. Frank Stronach has assumed the position of Interim President. The Company's Board of Directors has established ... Continue reading

Metaldyne Wins Contract with Ford to Supply Front Spindle Assembly At New Castle, IN, Plant

Metaldyne Wins Contract with Ford to Supply Front Spindle Assembly At New Castle, IN, Plant

PLYMOUTH, Mich., Jan. 20 -- Metaldyne announced today that it has been awarded a contract with Ford Motor Company to supply front spindle assemblies for a future-model Ford truck at Metaldyne's newly acquired New Castle, Ind. facility. The front spindle assembly is expected to launch in July and includes a machined cas ... Continue reading

New York Drivers Gain Additional Auto Insurance Options

New York Drivers Gain Additional Auto Insurance Options

Esurance Introduces New Auto Insurance Program to the Empire State SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20 -- New York drivers now have another option to consider when shopping for auto insurance. Esurance Inc., a direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, recently announced the launch of its new auto insurance program in New ... Continue reading

OEConnection Introduces D2D Plus(SM), a New Inventory Management and Idle Inventory Reduction Tool for Automotive Parts Businesses

OEConnection Introduces D2D Plus(SM), a New Inventory Management and Idle Inventory Reduction Tool for Automotive Parts Businesses

RICHFIELD, Ohio, Jan. 20 -- OEConnection, LLC, provider of online supply chain solutions to automotive dealerships in the original equipment replacement parts business, announced today the introduction of a new parts department productivity tool, D2D Plus(SM). The D2D Plus tool is designed to help parts departments inc ... Continue reading

Outokumpu American Brass Earns Stringent Quality Certification

Outokumpu American Brass Earns Stringent Quality Certification

First integrated copper and alloy strip and sheet products manufacturer in North America to achieve new quality standard BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 20 -- Outokumpu American Brass has become the first integrated copper and copper-alloy sheet and strip products manufacturer in North America to earn the manufacturing sector's st ... Continue reading

Payless Car Rental Expands Down Under With New Affiliate Agreement

Payless Car Rental Expands Down Under With New Affiliate Agreement

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--Jan. 20, 2004--Payless Car Rental System, Inc. announced today an affiliate agreement with Network Car & Truck Rentals Australia expanding the Payless brand to Australia and New Zealand. Network Car & Truck Rentals operates 90 locations covering all Australian States. Reciprocal reservation system ... Continue reading

Raser Technologies Groups Symetron Technology Demonstration Programs to Expedite Testing Implementation Schedules

Raser Technologies Groups Symetron Technology Demonstration Programs to Expedite Testing Implementation Schedules

PROVO, Utah--Jan. 20, 2004--Raser Technologies Inc. (OTC BB: RSTG) announces that it has test demonstration agreements with major automotive, electric motor manufacture, aerospace and military contractors to conduct test demonstration programs installing the company's Symetron(TM) advanced motor technology into electri ... Continue reading

SSA Global Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2004 Earnings

SSA Global Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2004 Earnings

CHICAGO--Jan. 20, 2004-- New fiscal year begins with solid performance following ten straight quarters of continued profitable growth SSA Global(TM), a leading provider of extended enterprise solutions and services, today announced financial results for the company's first quarter ended October 31, 2003. For the quarte ... Continue reading

Valence Delivers Samples of Second Generation Saphion Technology for Customer Evaluation

Valence Delivers Samples of Second Generation Saphion Technology for Customer Evaluation

AUSTIN, Texas--Jan. 20, 2004--Valence Technology Inc. , a leader in the development and commercialization of Saphion(R) technology, the only safe large format Lithium-ion rechargeable battery technology, today announced that it has delivered samples of its second generation cylindrical Saphion Lithium-ion technology fo ... Continue reading

Webcast Alert: Gentex Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter 2003 Earnings Call Webcast

Webcast Alert: Gentex Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter 2003 Earnings Call Webcast

ZEELAND, Mich., Jan. 20 -- Gentex Corporation announces the following Webcast: What: Gentex Fourth Quarter 2003 Earnings Call When: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004 @ 9:30 a.m. Eastern Where: http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz396848497gf12.ht ml How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address abov ... Continue reading

Ganassi Dodge Team Quotes from January 2004 Media Tour

Ganassi Dodge Team Quotes from January 2004 Media Tour

Lowe's Motor Speedway Media Tour Ray Cooper Chip Ganassi Breakfast . Clear!Blue Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004. 704-975-3232 CHIP GANASSI (Owner Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Dodges) "PIP, performance, innovation and partnership and we hold those as our core values like you said. That's a reminder of what we're all ab ... Continue reading

Reynolds and Reynolds Introduces WebMakerX

Reynolds and Reynolds Introduces WebMakerX

Built on next generation .NET Web technology, this advanced Web platform offers the latest in Web site features, administration tools, inventory controls and Web site marketing DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 20 -- The Reynolds and Reynolds Company today announced that it is introducing WebMakerX 4.0, a powerful Web site management ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group to Host 'Stand By Your Van' Contest at 2004 Chicago Auto Show

Chrysler Group to Host 'Stand By Your Van' Contest at 2004 Chicago Auto Show

"Survivor-like" contest invites 20 minivan fans to compete for a new 2005 Chrysler Town & Country or Dodge Grand Caravan * Last one standing drives home in brand new minivan * "May the best minivan fan win!" AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 20 -- Chrysler Group, the long-standing leader and inventor of the minivan market segm ... Continue reading

Magna gibt personelle Veränderungen an der Führungsspitze bekannt

Magna gibt personelle Veränderungen an der Führungsspitze bekannt

AURORA, Ontario, January 20 -- Wie die Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A, MG.B, NYSE: MGA) heute bekannt gab, hat Belinda Stronach ihre Ämter als President und Chief Executive Officer des Unternehmens mit sofortiger Wirkung niedergelegt. Frank Stronach übernimmt auf Interimsbasis die Position des President. Der Vor ... Continue reading

GenCorp Announces Plan to Develop 1,400 Acres of Aerojet's Land in Northern California

GenCorp Announces Plan to Develop 1,400 Acres of Aerojet's Land in Northern California

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 20 -- GenCorp Inc. today announced that it had filed an application with the County of Sacramento, California for the development of a 1,400 acre master plan community called "Easton." The Company expects that the application process will take up to three years and that construction could begin ... Continue reading

Isuzu and Westport Sign New CNG Collaboration Agreement

Isuzu and Westport Sign New CNG Collaboration Agreement

VANCOUVER, Jan. 20 -- Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT) today announced it has signed a new collaboration agreement with Isuzu Motors of Japan to further advance their development partnership. Isuzu and Westport will assess the global market opportunity for the monofuel CNG-powered direct injection technology the two ... Continue reading

Acting Pennsylvania Attorney General Pappert Sues PA Warranty Company Accused of Not Providing and/or Deceiving Car Buyers About Coverage

Acting Pennsylvania Attorney General Pappert Sues PA Warranty Company Accused of Not Providing and/or Deceiving Car Buyers About Coverage

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 20 -- Acting Attorney General Jerry Pappert today announced that a seven-count lawsuit has been filed against a Westmoreland County used car warranty company accused of failing to honor its warranties, failing to disclose key terms and conditions of its warranties and misrepresenting other warrant ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi gewinnt Paris-Dakar mit Tenneco Automotive Kinetic Technologie

Mitsubishi gewinnt Paris-Dakar mit Tenneco Automotive Kinetic Technologie

BRÜSSEL, Belgien, January 20 -- Modernes Radaufhängungssystem verbessert Fahrzeugstabilität, Handhabung und Mobilität Der Mitsubishi Pajero erzielte einen überzeugenden Sieg in einem der schwierigsten Autorennen der Welt, einem 18-Tage Rennen das raues Wüstenterrain von Paris, Frankreich nach Dakar, Senegal umfas ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Takes Fourth Straight Dakar Crown for Record Ninth Win

Mitsubishi Motors Takes Fourth Straight Dakar Crown for Record Ninth Win

- Peterhansel, Masuoka Drive Montero Evolutions to 1-2 Finish - TOKYO, Jan. 20 -- Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), together with motor sport affiliate MMSP GmbH., took its record-breaking fourth consecutive win and ninth overall victory since first entering the event in 1983, on Sunday, January 18, 2004 when Stepha ... Continue reading

DataLogic International Launches GPS Based Vehicle Tracking Solution as First Wireless M2M Application

DataLogic International Launches GPS Based Vehicle Tracking Solution as First Wireless M2M Application

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 20 -- DataLogic International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DLGI; Berlin Stock Exchange: 779612) today announced that it has launched a GPS based vehicle tracking device as its first Machine-to-Machine (M2M) application. DataLogic's vehicle tracking device, known as Panther, consists of a Global Posit ... Continue reading

Outrageous Camping Trip Wins Thrifty Car Rental's 'Honeymoon Disasters' Contest

Outrageous Camping Trip Wins Thrifty Car Rental's 'Honeymoon Disasters' Contest

Entries Sought for 2005 Contest TULSA, Okla., Jan. 20 -- Camping trips, in the best of circumstances, probably don't make the best honeymoons. Add a campsite on an incline and interloping youngsters at a church camp, and it's a surefire recipe for disaster. Cyndy and Roger Wilber of Ravena, NY, had such an extraordinar ... Continue reading

Delphi Continues Strong Cash Generation in Q4, CY 2003

Delphi Continues Strong Cash Generation in Q4, CY 2003

Non-GM business sees double-digit growth for quarter; Restructuring efforts on track; Quarterly earnings per share hits high end of guidance TROY, Mich., Jan. 20 -- Delphi Corp. today reported increased operating cash flow year-over-year for the fourth quarter of 2003, bringing calendar year 2003 operating cash flow to ... Continue reading

The Cobalt Group Expands and Extends Agreement with Subaru; Leading car company to enhance national parts locator database with Cobalt's PartsVoice

The Cobalt Group Expands and Extends Agreement with Subaru; Leading car company to enhance national parts locator database with Cobalt's PartsVoice

SEATTLE--Jan. 20, 2004--The Cobalt Group today announced they have expanded and extended their agreement with leading car company Subaru of America, Inc. Under the terms of the new agreement, Subaru of America, Inc. will utilize Cobalt's PartsVoice(R), a comprehensive parts locating solution for automotive dealers, to ... Continue reading

Capital Automotive Announces 24th Consecutive Increase in Quarterly Dividend

Capital Automotive Announces 24th Consecutive Increase in Quarterly Dividend

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 20 -- Capital Automotive REIT , the nation's leading specialty finance company for automotive retail real estate, today announced that its Board of Trustees has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.4165 per common share of beneficial interest for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2003. The dividen ... Continue reading

Darrell Waltrip and Duncan Hines(R) Invite Fans to Get 'Boogity, Boogity, Boogity(TM)' With Brownies

Darrell Waltrip and Duncan Hines(R) Invite Fans to Get 'Boogity, Boogity, Boogity(TM)' With Brownies

NASCAR Legend to Help Judge Brownie Recipe Contest ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20 -- NASCAR legend Darrell Waltrip is inviting NASCAR fans and baking enthusiasts everywhere to "rev up" their ovens, combine a Duncan Hines(R) Brownie Mix with creative ingredients and enter a favorite, original dessert recipe in the Duncan Hines "Boo ... Continue reading

Mazda RX-8 Wins Wheels Car of the Year

Mazda RX-8 Wins Wheels Car of the Year

JapanCorp: <http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> Mazda RX-8 Wins Wheels Car of the Year Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 20, 2004 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation's revolutionary rotary-powered, four-door, four-seat sports car has been named the 2003 Car of the Year by the Australian-based Wheels* magazine. Final results ... Continue reading

Nissan unveils multi-purpose SUV X-TRAIL In India

Nissan unveils multi-purpose SUV X-TRAIL In India

New Delhi, Jan. 18 - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today unveiled its multi-purpose sports utility vehicle (SUV) X-TRAIL at the 7th Auto Expo 2004, the first time for Nissan to exhibit a vehicle at the biennial show in New Delhi. The X-TRAIL features a 2.2-liter turbo diesel engine producing 136 horsepower. Together with its ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Wins Paris-Dakar with Tenneco Automotive Kinetic Technology

Mitsubishi Wins Paris-Dakar with Tenneco Automotive Kinetic Technology

Advanced Suspension System Enhances Vehicle Stability, Handling and Mobility BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan. 19 -- The Mitsubishi Pajero took a convincing win in one of the world's toughest automobile races, an 18-day race covering rough, desert terrain from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal. The Pajero had a unique advantage wi ... Continue reading

2004 Detroit Auto Show Sets Host of Records

2004 Detroit Auto Show Sets Host of Records

DETROIT, Jan. 19 -- The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) today announced that 808,833 people attended the show this year, making it the second highest attendance in show history. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040114/NAIASLOGO ) Other NAIAS records include $7 million raised at the Charity Pr ... Continue reading

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