Toyota Motor Corporation President Cho Charts Course for 21st Century Mobility
TOKYO--Oct. 24, 2001--At the 35th Tokyo Motor Show, opening this week, Toyota Motor Corporation's concept and production vehicles emphasize the environmental and information technologies that Toyota President Fujio Cho sees as driving car evolution in the 21st century. "The car is facing great changes in the 21st centu ... Continue reading
SAE-Detroit Section and ASM International-Detroit Chapter Announce Fall Lecture Series
DETROIT--Oct. 24, 2001--SAE-Detroit Section and ASM International-Detroit Chapter have teamed up to present a Fall Lecture Series on Propulsion Systems for Hybrid Vehicles. The presentations, organized by Rich Bergen of SAE and Jack Simon of ASM, will take place November 6, 13, and 20 at the USCAR Office in Southfield, ... Continue reading
Honeywell's 3rd-Quarter Ongoing Net Income Is $360 Million - EPS $0.44
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J.--Oct. 24, 2001--Honeywell : - Free Cash Flow Up 5% To $353 Million (Conversion Exceeds 98%), Company Incurs After-Tax Charge Of $668 Million - Reported Loss Per Share Of ($0.38) - Third-Quarter Sales Are $5.8 Billion - Double-Digit Sales Growth In Commercial Air Transport And Regional OE, Turbocha ... Continue reading
Its Like Driving A PC- Suzuki Unveils "COVIE" In Tokyo, Ya Gotta See This Mini!
At the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show Suzuki unveiled the "Covie," a compact electric vehicle (EV), developed by combining Suzuki's downsized EV unit with GM's "Home Fuel Cell Generating System." This vehicle provides an environmental means of daily transportation for short distances and shows an innovative approach to the comp ... Continue reading
PennySaver Classifieds "Car Of The Day " 1954 Kaiser Manhattan
The present owner of a 1954 Kaiser Manhattan says it needs a good home(don't we all) This unusual car for sale is appearing in The Auto Channel PennySaver Classifieds. For the details Click here. ... Continue reading
WSJ REPORTS: Ford Shelves Plan for New Explorer Fuel Efficiency Technology
The WSJ has reported that Ford Motor Co., which has vowed to boost the fuel economy of its sport-utility vehicles by 25 percent by 2005, has killed an effort to use an innovative starter-generator system to make a more fuel-efficient version of its best-selling Explorer SUV, according to Ford engineers and suppliers fa ... Continue reading
Toyota Unveils Concepts In Tokyo
TOKYO--October 24, 2001--Toyota Motor Corporation today unveiled its new prototypes and production vehicles at the 35th Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota's exhibit spotlights the company's innovations in environmental and information technology as well as sporty performance and motor sports. Toyota's commitment to environmental ... Continue reading
Willys2 Concept Expands Go-Anywhere, Do-Anything Attitude of Jeep
TOKYO, Oct. 24 -- Continuing the momentum of its award- winning Jeep® Willys concept vehicle, the Chrysler Group design team today presented its first Tokyo Motor Show world premiere design study: the radical Jeep Willys2 concept.``Willys2 embodies the Jeep brand's core values of fun, freedom and legendary capability, ... Continue reading
KARNAC.com Racin' Talk Radio (Radio Show)
KARNAC.com Racin' Talk Radio Show ... Continue reading
BorgWarner Earns $0.70 Per Share in Third Quarter
CHICAGO, Oct. 23 -- BorgWarner Inc. today announced third quarter results in line with stated company expectations. The company reported that it earned $0.70 per share on sales of $559.9 million in the 2001 third quarter. The company's results were bolstered by its broad customer base, geographic growth and key technol ... Continue reading
The 2002 Acura MDX luxury SUV Pricing and Specs
TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 23 -- The 2002 Acura MDX luxury SUV will be priced at $34,700 when it goes on sale today at Acura dealers nationwide. The MDX is available with only two factory options: Luxury Touring Package priced at $2,600 and the Acura Satellite-Linked Navigation System priced at $2,000. MDX prices represent ... Continue reading
Car-X Shares Tips and Recommendations for Winterizing Automobiles
CHICAGO, Oct. 23 -- Along with the freezing winds and subzero temperatures, the last thing a driver needs is to be stuck in an automobile that is unsafe and unprepared for the effects of winter. Just as car owners would not want to be left out in the cold, neither would their cars. Winterizing now will save time in the ... Continue reading
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Oct. 23 -- Experian® Automotive today announced a strategic partnership with DriveChicago.com, Chicago's most comprehensive, online resource for researching and purchasing new and used cars. This partnership allows automotive dealers and consumers access to Experian's Auto History(SM) and free Auto L ... Continue reading
Bill Cosby Joins Porsche(R) 50-State Drive for Hope
ATLANTA, Oct. 23 -- Bill Cosby will join The Porsche 50-State Drive For Hope in New York City on Oct. 24. The record-setting challenge to benefit The Hope Foundation, one of the nation's leading cancer research organizations, began in Honolulu on Oct. 18. ... Continue reading
Johnson Controls Inaugural Exhibit at the Tokyo Motor Show
Tokyo, Oct. 23 -- Leading automotive interior supplier Johnson Controls has been around for more than 115 years, but it will be the newest kid on the block at the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show. As a first- time exhibitor in Tokyo, the company will demonstrate its global capabilities in innovative interior systems, showing cust ... Continue reading
Santerre Going to Phoenix As Primary Driver This Time
Santerre Going to Phoenix As Primary Driver This Time Maine Native Tested For Park Last Year, Now Gets Chance to Drive Phoenix Last year when the #31 Whelen Monte Carlo team tested for the Busch Series race in Phoenix it called upon friend Andy Santerre to help work on the Phoenix setups. The team spent a day at New Ha ... Continue reading
MIDGETS, SPRINTS AT IRWINDALE SATURDAY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 22, 2001 Contact: DICK JORDAN 2001-180 MIDGETS, SPRINTS AT IRWINDALE SATURDAY Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway hosts the USAC Western Sprint Car and Western WorldCom Midget Car Series Saturday night in a doubleheader racing program expected to have a dynamic impact on the 2001 championships in ... Continue reading
USAC ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY NIGHT MARCH 27
USAC MCI WORLDCOM WESTERN STATES MIDGET / IN-HAND ENTRIES FOR 10.27.01 AT IRWINDALE # Driver, Hometown Major Sponsor Chassis, Engine 01 Steve Paden, Downey, CA Esslinger/Castex Rentals/Kayco Cons Beast, Esslinger 07 Travis Miniea, Sharon, PA Mico Racing Drinan, Esslinger 1 Wally Pankratz, Orange, CA STA-Rite/Trench Sho ... Continue reading
Sears Point Ready to Begin Construction of Tunnels, Hillside Terrace Seats
JPEG IMAGE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Contact: John Cardinale Sears Point Raceway (707) 938-8448 X107 Crews Ready to Begin Construction of Underground Tunnels, Hillside Terrace Seats SONOMA, Calif. (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Preliminary work is just about complete on several key areas of the $50 million Modernization Plan as co ... Continue reading
Cadillac's 'Art And Science' Applied To Its Retail Environment
FOR RELEASE: October 23, 2001 Cadillac's 'Art And Science' Applied To Its Retail Environment MIAMI -Inspired by Cadillac concept vehicles like the Evoq, Cadillac's 'Art and Science' vision continues its rollout with the grand opening of Williamson Cadillac in Miami. Williamson Cadillac is a hint of what's to come from ... Continue reading
NHRA: Memories abound as Lampus hits Las Vegas
For more information, contact Rob Geiger at 281-913-3316. Memories abound as Lampus hits Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (Oct. 23) – The return of Top Fuel racer Don Lampus continues this weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the inaugural ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. Lampus, the reigning Winston Rooki ... Continue reading
USAR 2002 Tentative Sked 2002 USAR Hooters ProCup Series Tentative Schedule Date Day Track Location Division February 23 Saturday USA International Speedway Lakeland, FL Southern March 16 Saturday Five Flags Speedway Pensacola, FL Southern April 6 Saturday New Smyrna Speedway New Smyrna, FL Southern April 13 Saturday J ... Continue reading
76/Circle K Zoomfest Rolls Into the Valley Of The Sun
PHOENIX--Oct. 23, 2001--76/Circle K Zoomfest will get the Checker Auto Parts 500 race weekend off to a roaring start. Presented in conjunction with Phoenix International Raceway, Zoomfest promises to be bigger and better in its third year. This racing-themed street festival offers music, food and fun for everyone and i ... Continue reading
USAC'S PANKRATZ ORGANIZES A FUNDRAISER FOR D. HAMILTON
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: USAC DRIVER WALLY PANKRATZ ORGANIZES A "LET'S GET DAVEY TO TURKEY NIGHT FUND" Saying: "We just think that Davey should be out here on Turkey Night ... " driver Wally Pankratz from Orange, California announced his plans to lead competitors in "passing the helmet" around in the pit area to raise ai ... Continue reading
Phoenix Ride for Kids maintains record fundraising pace
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday morning, October 21, 2001 in Phoenix, Arizona was a day like many others with one special exception -- $168,443 was collected at the annual Phoenix Ride for Kids to fund the ongoing research and programs of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the U.S. (PBTFUS). This represents a whoppin ... Continue reading
PACCAR Announces Third Quarter 2001 Results
BELLEVUE, Wash.--Oct. 23, 2001--PACCAR . "PACCAR earned $39.4 million ($.51 per diluted share) for the third quarter of 2001," reported Mark C. Pigott, chairman and chief executive officer. That compares with $93.1 million ($1.21 per diluted share) for the same period a year ago. Third quarter net sales and financial s ... Continue reading
Residential Fuel Cell Generator for Japanese Market
VANCOUVER, B.C.--Oct. 23, 2001--Ballard Power Systems announced today that its stationary power subsidiary, Ballard Generation Systems (BGS), its stationary alliance partner, EBARA Corporation, and EBARA BALLARD Corporation have agreed with Osaka Gas to collaborate in the development of stationary proton exchange membr ... Continue reading
Harley-Davidson Roars into the New Millennium
HOUSTON--Oct. 23, 2001--The following is an advisory by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Inc.; Houston, Texas). You can hear them approaching from hundreds of yards away. That guttural, rumbling, roar can only denote one thing, a Harley is near. Harley-Davidson Motor Company (Milwaukee, Wi.) has bee ... Continue reading
Excellent Opportunities Still Exist in Automotive Electronics
LONDON--Oct. 23, 2001--Despite the generally difficult global trading conditions, Strategy Analytics still expects to see positive growth in the automotive electronics systems market. The value of this market is expected to grow from $89 billion in 2000, to $121 billion in 2005, a compound annual average growth rate (C ... Continue reading
CARBON FIBER-LOOK TONNEAU COVER FROM DOWNEY PRODUCTS
Attached please find a new press release and low-res photo from Downey Products. If you would like to view a high-res image please respond to this email to request. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE EMAILED PRESS RELEASES: You may reply to this email to remove yourself from our list IF YOU PREFER TO RECEIVE OUR NEWS VIA RE ... Continue reading
Subaru of America Implementing Manugistics Automotive Industry Solutions
ROCKVILLE, Md.--Oct. 23, 2001--Manugistics Group, Inc. , the leading global provider of Enterprise Profit Optimization(TM) (EPO) solutions - the market's first solutions to simultaneously optimize a company's supply- and demand-side business processes - today announced that Subaru of America, Inc., a pioneer of crossov ... Continue reading
HIDDEN HITCH OFFERS FULL LINE OF TAILLIGHT CONVERTERS
Attached please find a new press release and low-res photo from Hidden Hitch. If you would like to view a high-res image please respond to this email to request. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE EMAILED PRESS RELEASES: You may reply to this email to remove yourself from our list ------------------------------------------- ... Continue reading
Ford Credit Canada Limited and Ford Motor Company Bond Ratings
Press Release: Ford Credit Canada Limited and Ford Motor Company Date of Release: Oct 23, 2001 Confirms at R-1 (low) Kam Hon, David Schroeder / 416-593-5577 ext.2243, ext.2232 / e-mail: khon@dbrs.com Ford Motor Company Rating Trend Rating Action Debt Rated R-1 (low) Stable Confirmed Commercial Paper Ford Credit Canada ... Continue reading
Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Credit Company Bond Ratings
Press Release: Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Credit Company Date of Release: Oct 23, 2001 Downgrades to A (low) Kam Hon, David Schroeder / 416-593-5577 ext.2243, ext.2232 / e-mail: khon@dbrs.com Ford Motor Company Rating Trend Rating Action Debt Rated A (low) Stable Downgraded Long-Term Debt Ford Credit Canada Limi ... Continue reading
General Motors Group of Companies Bond Ratings
Press Release: General Motors Group of Companies Date of Release: Oct 23, 2001 Confirms at "A" and R-1 (low), Long-Term Trend Now Negative David Schroeder, Kam Hon / 416-593-5577 ext.2232, ext.2243 / e-mail: dschroeder@dbrs.com General Motors Corporation Rating Trend Rating Action Debt Rated "A" Negative Trend Change L ... Continue reading
BigLever Sells GEARS to Powerful German Institute
AUSTIN, Texas--Oct. 23, 2001--BigLever Software Inc. today announced that the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (Fraunhofer IESE) in Kaiserslautern, Germany, has purchased BigLever's mass customization software product, GEARS, and will immediately begin using the technology in several of its in ... Continue reading
Organic Launches 2002 Model Year Web Sites for DaimlerChrysler
DETROIT--Oct. 23, 2001--Organic, Inc. , a founding global digital services firm, and DaimlerChrysler Corporation announced today the launch of 2002 model year brand Web sites for Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep(R). Organic and DaimlerChrysler have successfully orchestrated a multifaceted launch across all three prestigious br ... Continue reading
MONTERREY, Mexico--Oct. 23, 2001--Grupo IMSA, S.A. de C.V. , one of America's leading metal and plastics processors, today announced results for the third quarter of 2001. Unless otherwise stated, all figures are presented in millions of September 30, 2001, pesos (Ps), or in millions of nominal U.S. dollars(a) (US$). 2 ... Continue reading
CustomerLink Systems Appoints Walt Samuelson as President and Chief Executive Officer
ROSEVILLE, Calif.--Oct. 23, 2001--Today, CustomerLink Systems, a leader in delivering high quality Customer Retention and Loyalty services to the automotive service and repair industry, announced the appointment of Walt Samuelson as President and Chief Executive Officer. Since 1994, Samuelson has been a key executive w ... Continue reading
O'Reilly Automotive Reports Third Quarter Operating Margin of 11.7% and Record Revenues and Earnings
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--Oct. 23, 2001--O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. ("O'Reilly") today announced record revenues and earnings for the third quarter of 2001, representing 32 quarters of record revenues and earnings for O'Reilly since becoming a public company in April 1993. For the three months ended September 30, 2001, net inco ... Continue reading
Denison International Meets Q3 2001 Analysts' Earnings Expectations
MARYSVILLE, Ohio--Oct. 23, 2001--Denison International plc today reported results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2001. For the current quarter ended September 30, 2001, the Company's net sales were $36.6 million, very similar to net sales recorded in the third quarter of 2000 of $36.7 million. Restated at 20 ... Continue reading
Senior METI Official Hails 'Borderless' Automobile Industry
TOKYO--Oct. 23, 2001-- In remarks at the Tokyo International Automotive Conference 2001 Speaking on the opening day of the Tokyo International Automotive Conference 2001, Keiji Furuya, Senior Vice Minister of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), hailed the globalization of the automobile industry, no ... Continue reading
Who Needs Reindeer? BMW Driving Schools Deliver The Ultimate Holiday Cheer
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 23 -- With nine reindeer leading the way, Santa may not need to attend BMW's Performance Center Driving School in Spartanburg, South Carolina. But there's no reason he shouldn't bring the high performance driving and safety tips offered there to all of the people you care about on your list.` ... Continue reading
Polk Announces Mid-Year Automotive Loyalty Leaders-GM Leads in 'Overall' Category
DETROIT, Oct. 23 -- R. L. Polk & Co. released its mid-year consumer automotive loyalty rankings today and General Motors Corporation (GM) is once again positioned to capture the overall manufacturer loyalty award. At present, GM's consumer loyalty average is more than 12 percentage points higher than the industry avera ... Continue reading
The Auto Channel Video Coverage and News of the 2002 South Florida International Auto Show
Coverage of the 2002 South Florida International Auto Show ... Continue reading
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