The Auto Channel
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
Official Website of the New Car Buyer

February 2003

Select Another Month

Monday, February 24, 2003

DaimlerChrysler workers strike at Ontario truck plant

DaimlerChrysler workers strike at Ontario truck plant

St. Thomas February 24, 2003; Dan Hart writing for Bloomberg News reported that DaimlerChrysler AG workers at an Ontario heavy-truck factory went on strike last night after the company and the Canadian Auto Workers Union were unable to reach agreement on a new contract. About 1,100 production and maintenance workers at ... Continue reading

China's Auto Sales Shoot up 77 Percent in January

China's Auto Sales Shoot up 77 Percent in January

Beijing February 24, 2003; The Peoples Daily reported that sales of Chinese-made vehicles maintained robust growth in January, according to an industry association. Vehicle sales last month rose by 77.69 per cent year-on-year to 323,200 units, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said at the weekend. The f ... Continue reading

U.S. gasoline price down for first time in 11 weeks

U.S. gasoline price down for first time in 11 weeks

WASHINGTON, Feb 24, 2003; Tom Doggett writing for Reuters reports that U.S. retail gasoline prices dropped for the first time in 11 weeks, but pump prices are still expected to hit a record high this spring, the government said on Monday. The national price for regular unleaded gasoline fell 0.2 cents over the last wee ... Continue reading

Lebanon Valley Speedway 2003 Schedule

Lebanon Valley Speedway 2003 Schedule

The 2003 Lebanon Valley Speedway Schedule is now posted at <A HREF="www.lebanonvalley.com"> www.lebanonvalley.com</A>. There is a link to a printable version. ... Continue reading

Monaco Coach Corporation Announces Appointment Of Dennis Oklak to Its Board of Directors

Monaco Coach Corporation Announces Appointment Of Dennis Oklak to Its Board of Directors

COBURG, Ore., Feb. 24 -- Monaco Coach Corporation today announced the appointment of Dennis D. "Denny" Oklak to its Board of Directors. Mr. Oklak is currently President and Chief Operating Officer of Duke Realty Corporation, one of the largest real estate investment trusts in the United States. From 1986 through Januar ... Continue reading

Magna announces fourth quarter and 2002 fiscal year results

Magna announces fourth quarter and 2002 fiscal year results

AURORA, ON, Feb. 24 -- Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A, MG.B; NYSE: MGA) today reported sales, profits and earnings per share for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2002. ----------------------------------------------------------- -------------- YEAR ENDED THREE MONTHS ENDED ------------------------ --- ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Names Microchip Technology, Futaba, and Big Lake Transport, As Associate Sponsors for 2003 Champ Car Auto Racing Season

Johnson Controls Names Microchip Technology, Futaba, and Big Lake Transport, As Associate Sponsors for 2003 Champ Car Auto Racing Season

PLYMOUTH, Mich., Feb. 24 -- Three of Johnson Controls' business partners are extending their relationship with the company. Microchip Technology Inc., Futaba, and Big Lake Transport have signed on as associate sponsors with Johnson Controls Motorsports for the company's sponsorship of Lansing, Michigan-based Rocketspor ... Continue reading

Casey Mears, #41 Dodge, Las Vegas Advance

Casey Mears, #41 Dodge, Las Vegas Advance

CONTACT: Nealie Hamilton, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, (704) 662-9642, nhamilton@ganassi.com Casey Mears, #41 Target Dodge UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Advance RACE INFORMATION: EVENT: UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 (race 3 of 36) TRACK: Las Vegas Motor Speedway QUALIFYING: Friday, Feb. 28, 3 p.m. PT RACE: Sunday, March ... Continue reading

FOR RELEASE: February 24, 2003 General Motors Corp. will webcast Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer John Devine's presentation at the Prudential Financial 2003 "Planes, Trains and Automobiles Conference" on February 26, 2003. Devine's presentation is scheduled to being at approximately 3:45 p.m. EST. The present ... Continue reading

Alligator Technologies' New PCI Signal Conditioning, Filter, and Instrumentation Amplifier Card Provides Flexibility For Data Acquisition

Alligator Technologies' New PCI Signal Conditioning, Filter, and Instrumentation Amplifier Card Provides Flexibility For Data Acquisition

COSTA MESA, Calif.--Feb. 24, 2003--Alligator Technologies, a leading supplier of data acquisition and signal conditioning products, today introduced their new AAF-3PCI, a signal conditioning instrumentation amplifier and filter card. Extremely configurable in a wide variety of uses, the AAF-3PCI is a fully programmable ... Continue reading

CSR Drives the Pace of Automotive Bluetooth Uptake; Hands-Free Car Kit Example Design Provides a Quick and Easy Route to Market

CSR Drives the Pace of Automotive Bluetooth Uptake; Hands-Free Car Kit Example Design Provides a Quick and Easy Route to Market

RICHARDSON, Texas--Feb. 24, 2003--CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) today launched a ready-engineered example of a Bluetooth-enabled hands-free car kit. The example design, called AutoSira, will provide car manufacturers and their suppliers with a quick and easy route to market and enable them to benefit from CSR's experie ... Continue reading

Mobil 1 Customers Drive to the Winner's Circle in New Porsche SUV; Top Speed - Mobil 1 - Porsche Sweepstakes Grand Prize Winner Takes Home a 2004 Porsche Cayenne Turbo

Mobil 1 Customers Drive to the Winner's Circle in New Porsche SUV; Top Speed - Mobil 1 - Porsche Sweepstakes Grand Prize Winner Takes Home a 2004 Porsche Cayenne Turbo

FAIRFAX, Va.--Feb. 24, 2003--Drivers dreaming of getting behind the wheel of Porsche's new, first-ever sport utility vehicle can win their own Porsche(R) Cayenne(R) Turbo, valued at a Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price of $89,000, through ExxonMobil's "Top Speed-Mobil 1-Porsche Sweepstakes." Now through May 31, parti ... Continue reading

Pactiv Presentation at Credit Suisse First Boston Global Basics Conference to Be Webcast Live

Pactiv Presentation at Credit Suisse First Boston Global Basics Conference to Be Webcast Live

LAKE FOREST, Ill.--Feb. 24, 2003--Pactiv Corporation today announced that Richard Wambold, chairman and chief executive officer, and Andy Campbell, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will speak to the investment community at Credit Suisse First Boston's Global Basics Conference on February 26 at 1:30 p. ... Continue reading

St. Pete Wrap-Up

St. Pete Wrap-Up

Revolution Motorsports St. Petersburg Wrap-up Hayner & Sak give Corvette Top 10 status St. Petersburg, Fla. February 23, 2003 The inaugural running of the St. Petersburg Grand Prix saw the #02 Trenton Forging Corvette, driven by Stu Hayner, and the #10 Revolution Motorsports Corvette, driven by rookie sensation Bobby S ... Continue reading

ADVISORY/Honda Announces Talent For 2003 Civic Tour; Headlining Acts for This Year's Must-See Music Tour Will Be On-Site at the Civic Tour Press ``Wrap Party'' on February 25, 2003

ADVISORY/Honda Announces Talent For 2003 Civic Tour; Headlining Acts for This Year's Must-See Music Tour Will Be On-Site at the Civic Tour Press ``Wrap Party'' on February 25, 2003

-- WHO: Doug Hoffman, manager of national advertising, and Charles Koch, manager of regional marketing for American Honda Motor Co., Inc., will announce the talent for the highly-anticipated Civic Tour 2003 at this year's Civic Tour Exclusive "Wrap Party" on the set of the Tour's '03 video shoot. Two of the nation's ho ... Continue reading

Arctic Cat Presents at RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference

Arctic Cat Presents at RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.--Feb. 24, 2003-- Live Webcast at 8:05 a.m. ET on March 3, 2003 Arctic Cat Inc. will participate in the RBC Capital Markets Consumer Conference in Orlando, Fla., on March 3, 2003, at 8:05 a.m. ET. Arctic Cat's President and Chief Executive Officer, Chris Twomey, and Chief Financial Officer, Tim ... Continue reading

Hella Lighting Achieves Employment Milestone

Hella Lighting Achieves Employment Milestone

YORK, S.C., Feb. 24 -- More than one hundred employees are now part of the team at Hella Lighting Corporation's facility in York, South Carolina, as Hella continues its commitment to growth in York County. The state-of-the-art headlamp manufacturing plant in the East York Industrial Park opened in June 2001 with just f ... Continue reading

USAR Post Race Story

USAR Post Race Story

For Immediate Release Tim Southers USAR Media Relations tsouthers@usarprocup.com www.usarprocup.com 843-282-1356 Gaita Visits Victory Lane Lakeland, FL - Although his team had to wait three months to return to the track, Joe Gaita made the wait worthwhile. The Yorktown, VA driver followed up his second-place finish las ... Continue reading

FINAL RESULTS-NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event at Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, Fla.

FINAL RESULTS-NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event at Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, Fla.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA SOUTHEAST DIVISION GAINESVILLE RACEWAY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2003 BARTONE AND SICKLES PREVAIL AT DELAYED GAINESVILLE EVENT GAINESVILLE, Fla. -In the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event being held at Gainesville Raceway, Top Alcohol ... Continue reading

USAR Points Standings as of 2/24/03

USAR Points Standings as of 2/24/03

POS. CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN POINTS 1 06 Joe Gaita Yorktown, VA 175 2 2 Steven Christian Buford, GA 145 3 16 Toby Porter Greenville, SC 145 4 11 Stacy Puryear South Boston, VA 140 5 84 Shane Huffman Hickory, NC 130 6 7 Mike Laughlin Jr Gray Court, SC 125 7 8 Andrew Medlin Largo, FL 123 8 9 Chad Mullis Charlotte, NC 121 9 ... Continue reading

The Major Automotive Companies Announces Extension to Trade on Nasdaq SmallCap

The Major Automotive Companies Announces Extension to Trade on Nasdaq SmallCap

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.--Feb. 24, 2003--The Major Automotive Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq SC: MAJR - news) today announced that the Company has received an extension notice from Nasdaq indicating that the Company has been approved for continued listing on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market for an additional 180 days, or until August ... Continue reading

Riders Test New Portions of Track at Infineon

Riders Test New Portions of Track at Infineon

JPEG IMAGES ARE ATTACHED. TURNS ARE LABELED ON THE IMAGES. PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CREDIT JOE JACOBSON CONTACT: JOHN CARDINALE Infineon Raceway, 707-938-8448, xt. 107 Riders Test New Portions of Track at Infineon Raceway SONOMA, Calif. * Infineon Raceway hosted the *3 Js Motorcycle Day* on Saturday, ... Continue reading

Valeo Extends Wiper System Leadership with General Motors

Valeo Extends Wiper System Leadership with General Motors

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 24 -- Valeo, global leader in wiper systems, has been selected by General Motors to supply wiper systems and components for the next generation of GM full-size pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and full-size passenger cars. "This is an extremely important contract for Valeo," sai ... Continue reading

A.R.E.'s K-Series Truck Cap Capitalizes on Space & Style

A.R.E.'s K-Series Truck Cap Capitalizes on Space & Style

Attached is a new press release and photo from A.R.E., Inc. 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

Cummins Expands Cooperation With Dongfeng Automobile

Cummins Expands Cooperation With Dongfeng Automobile

COLUMBUS, Ind.--Feb. 24, 2003-- Cummins Inc. and Dongfeng Automobile Company Limited (DFAC), a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Company (DFM), announced on Saturday that DFAC's licensee plant, which produces Cummins B series engines, and Cummins cylinder block and head machining company will be integrated into the Cummins ... Continue reading

Updated USAR points

Updated USAR points

POS. CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN POINTS 1 06 Joe Gaita Yorktown, VA 175 2 2 Steven Christian Buford, GA 145 3 16 Toby Porter Greenville, SC 145 4 11 Stacy Puryear South Boston, VA 140 5 84 Shane Huffman Hickory, NC 130 6 7 Mike Laughlin Jr Gray Court, SC 125 7 8 Andrew Medlin Largo, FL 123 8 9 Chad Mullis Charlotte, NC 121 9 ... Continue reading

Sterling Marlin #40 Dodge, Las Vegas Preview

Sterling Marlin #40 Dodge, Las Vegas Preview

Sterling Marlin, #40 Coors Light Dodge UAW-DaimlerChrysler Advance RACE INFORMATION: EVENT: UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 (race 3 of 36) TRACK: Las Vegas Motor Speedway QUALIFYING: Friday, Feb. 28, 3 p.m. PT RACE: Sunday, March 2, 12 p.m. PT BROADCAST: FOX television and PRN radio COORS LIGHT TEAM FACTS: · Chassis: The Coor ... Continue reading

S&P Assigns Honda Auto Rec 2003-1 Owner Tr Prlim Rtgs

S&P Assigns Honda Auto Rec 2003-1 Owner Tr Prlim Rtgs

NEW YORK--Feb. 24, 2003--Standard & Poor's--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its preliminary ratings to Honda Auto Receivables 2003-1 Owner Trust's $1.54 billion asset-backed notes series 2003-1 (see list). The preliminary ratings are based on information as of Feb. 24, 2003. Subsequent information may ... Continue reading

First Pickup Truck Joins Ranks of AAA Auto Guide Award Winners; Mini Cooper Named Coolest Car

First Pickup Truck Joins Ranks of AAA Auto Guide Award Winners; Mini Cooper Named Coolest Car

ORLANDO, Fla.--Feb. 24, 2003--AAA has selected 13 vehicles as best in their class, including the first pickup truck ever to make the list, naming them the 2003 AAA Auto Guide Award winners. AAA's team of evaluators chose Dodge Ram as its first truck winner for its "good looks, performance and creature comforts." The Mi ... Continue reading

Lightpath's Ripp Joins PPG Industries Board

Lightpath's Ripp Joins PPG Industries Board

PITTSBURGH--Feb. 24, 2003--Directors of PPG Industries have elected Robert Ripp a member of the company's board, effective March 1. He is chairman of Lightpath Technologies, a manufacturer of optical lens and module assemblies for the telecommunications sector. Ripp, 61, was chairman and chief executive officer of elec ... Continue reading

"Asian Engineer of the Year"

"Asian Engineer of the Year"

FOR RELEASE: February 24, 2003 Detroit, Michigan - Jenne-Tai (JT) Wang, Ph.D., Principal Research Engineer and Lab Group Manager of Occupant Safety Systems at General Motors Research & Development Center, was honored as one of the "Asian Engineer of the Year" at the second annual National Asian American Engineer Award ... Continue reading

Deadline for 2003 PA Fuel Tax Decals is March 1

Deadline for 2003 PA Fuel Tax Decals is March 1

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 24 -- Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of Revenue Gregory C. Fajt today reminded all truck operators that March 1 is the deadline to display the new Road Tax/IFTA decals. The 2003 Motor Carrier Road Tax/IFTA decals must be displayed on the following qualified motor vehicles: two-axle trucks having a ... Continue reading

Carmichael Gets Win Number 5 In Atlanta!

Carmichael Gets Win Number 5 In Atlanta!

For Immediate Release AMA Supercross Series 250cc/125cc East Round 8: Atlanta, GA February 22, 2003 Ricky Carmichael's Havana, Florida home lies 275 miles east of Atlanta, Georgia, but the 63,749 fans who attended round eight of the AMA Supercross Series made Carmichael feel right at home inside the Georgia Dome. "They ... Continue reading

Toyota Reports Mexico Sales for January

Toyota Reports Mexico Sales for January

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 24 -- Toyota Motor Sales de Mexico (TMEX) reported total January sales of 462 through its six dealerships established in three major cities. Toyota sales have totaled 4,298 units since Toyota began selling cars in Mexico in April 2002. "We are truly pleased with Toyota's January sales figures in Mexic ... Continue reading

Do Crash Test Standards Need to be Re-Evaluated?

Do Crash Test Standards Need to be Re-Evaluated?

Discussion on Whether Current Test Methods Widen Disparity Between Large and Small Vehicles Planned at SAE 2003 World Congress WARRENDALE, Pa., Feb. 24 -- Fixed-barrier frontal crash tests, such as those used by the federal government and an insurance industry- sponsored organization, may need to be re-evaluated becaus ... Continue reading

Lexus Brand to Be Introduced in Japan

Lexus Brand to Be Introduced in Japan

TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 24 -- Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan recently announced it will re-organize its current sales channels and add a Lexus channel with 150 showrooms in mid-2005. Lexus vehicles are currently sold in more than 35 countries, but in Japan, the same vehicles have always been offered as Toyota models ... Continue reading

VW Sees German Passenger Car Market Recovery

VW Sees German Passenger Car Market Recovery

FRANKFURT February 24, 2003;Dow Jones reports that Volkswagen AG is optimistic about a turnaround in the German passenger car market, a VW executive told investors Monday. "We expect it to pick up in the second half of this year," said Detlef Wittig, who is responsible for the VW brand's sales and marketing. Speaking a ... Continue reading

Subaru To Adopt Toyota Telematics System

Subaru To Adopt Toyota Telematics System

TOKYO, Feb 24, 2003; Reuters reported that Toyota Motor Corp said today it had agreed with Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd to let Fuji's Subaru-brand vehicles carry its "G-Book" information and entertainment system. Under a basic agreement unveiled by the two Japanese automakers, Toyota's G-Book telematics system would be lo ... Continue reading

Mears has learning day at North Carolina Speedway

Mears has learning day at North Carolina Speedway

Contact: Nealie Hamilton, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, (704) 662-9642 ext. 1130, nhamilton@ganassi.com <mailto:nhamilton@ganassi.com> For Immediate Release Mears has learning day at North Carolina Speedway Rockingham, N.C. (February 23, 2003) --- Casey Mears and Team Target made it through some growing pains ... Continue reading

Delphi Selected by GM to Provide Additional Passenger Airbag Suppression Systems

Delphi Selected by GM to Provide Additional Passenger Airbag Suppression Systems

Delphi System Readying Vehicles For FMVSS 208 Compliance KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 24 -- Delphi Corp. has been selected to supply its RECOGNITION(TM) passive occupant detection system for six future General Motors car platforms. Delphi Delco Electronics Systems is already supplying the system for several GM truck platforms in ... Continue reading

All Systems Go For SAE 2003 World Congress: Excitement Builds in Final Week of Preparation

All Systems Go For SAE 2003 World Congress: Excitement Builds in Final Week of Preparation

Non-North American Attendance Expected to be Strong in Spite of International Uncertainty WHO: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International) WHAT: SAE 2003 World Congress WHEN: Conference runs March 3-6, 2003. WHERE: Cobo Center, One Washington Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48126 WEB SITE: www.sae.org/congress Excitemen ... Continue reading

Jaguar to Develop Production Based V8 Engine for Trans-Am Series With Rocketsports Racing

Jaguar to Develop Production Based V8 Engine for Trans-Am Series With Rocketsports Racing

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 24 -- It was the perfect race weekend, for Scott Pruett of Rocketsports Racing, taking the Jaguar R Performance Pole Award, the fastest lap of the race, and winning the inaugural Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, the season opener of the 2003 Trans-Am Series for the BF Goodrich Tires Cup. Pruett' ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce North America Site Goes Live

Rolls-Royce North America Site Goes Live

CHANTILLY, Va., Feb. 24 -- Rolls-Royce said today (February 24) that it has launched a new website that highlights the company's presence in North America. The site, located at www.rolls-royce.com/northamerica provides information on Rolls-Royce businesses in North America, including facilities and locations, joint ven ... Continue reading

2002 a record year in South Africa: New regional head office in South Africa to coordinate business in the region

2002 a record year in South Africa: New regional head office in South Africa to coordinate business in the region

SCANIA PRESS INFO / Bo Östlund 21 February 2003 2002 a record year in South Africa: New regional head office in South Africa to coordinate business in the region Following its best year to date since it resumed operations in South Africa in 1995, Scania&#8217;s wholly owned subsidiary, South Africa Pty. Ltd., has open ... Continue reading

Orbital Engine Corporation Open Briefing

Orbital Engine Corporation Open Briefing

PERTH, Australia, Feb. 23 -- The following is a dialogue between corporatefile.com.au and Orbital Engine Corporation Limited CEO Peter Cook: corporatefile.com.au Orbital Engine Corporation Limited recently reported a net loss of $2.9 million for the first half ended December 2002 compared with a loss of $20.7 million i ... Continue reading

US Fuel Cell Council to Exhibit at 2003 SAE World Congress

US Fuel Cell Council to Exhibit at 2003 SAE World Congress

WASHINGTON--Feb. 24, 2003--Following the exciting announcements by the Bush Administration on the Hydrogen/Fuel Cell future, the U.S. Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) is expecting a flood of interest at the 2003 World Congress held by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) March 3rd through 6th in Detroit, Michigan. The US ... Continue reading

Marlin has car troubles in Subway 400

Marlin has car troubles in Subway 400

Contact: Nealie Hamilton, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, (704) 662-9642 ext. 1130, nhamilton@ganassi.com <mailto:nhamilton@ganassi.com> For Immediate Release Marlin has car troubles in Subway 400 Rockingham, N.C. (February 23, 2003) --- Sterling Marlin found some bad luck this weekend as he lost an engine in t ... Continue reading

RPMworld.com Online Racing Game Draws One Million Users

RPMworld.com Online Racing Game Draws One Million Users

CHICAGO--Feb. 24, 2003--RPMworld.com, home to the popular RPMworld Virtual Drag Race game, today announced that they have surpassed the One Million registered players mark. The game is played online, without the need for store-bought software, or a game console like Xbox or Playstation. Players simply direct their brow ... Continue reading

ATX Forecasts Arrival of Customized In-Vehicle Voice Applications in 2003

ATX Forecasts Arrival of Customized In-Vehicle Voice Applications in 2003

White Paper to Auto Industry Focuses on Integration of Telematics and Interactive Voice Technology DALLAS, Feb. 24 -- Delivering interactive voice recognition applications customized for specific automotive brands and perhaps even model lines within a brand will become a key component of new telematics programs deliver ... Continue reading

Edmunds.com Automotive Site Redesign Looking Alot Like AutobyTel

Edmunds.com Automotive Site Redesign Looking Alot Like AutobyTel

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 24 -- Edmunds.com ( http://www.edmunds.com ), the premier online consumer resource for automotive information, today announced the launch of its new site, carefully designed to maximize visitor and advertiser experiences while offering unsurpassed flexibility and modularity for efficient synd ... Continue reading

Renault F1 Team and 3D Systems Launch Advanced Digital Manufacturing Center

Renault F1 Team and 3D Systems Launch Advanced Digital Manufacturing Center

Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available VALENCIA, Calif.--Feb. 24, 2003--3D Systems Corp. has announced the launch of the Advanced Digital Manufacturing (ADM(SM)) Center with the Mild Seven Renault F1 Team. Under the new five-year agreement, 3D Systems and the Renault F1 Team have launched an Advanc ... Continue reading

Largest Biodiesel Plant in the U.S. Now Being Assembled in Bakersfield, California

Largest Biodiesel Plant in the U.S. Now Being Assembled in Bakersfield, California

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--Feb. 24, 2003--Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) announced today that the largest biodiesel plant in the US is now being assembled in Bakersfield, California. The production capacity of this plant is expected to be 35 million gallons per year at full production. This is significant when consider ... Continue reading

FinishMaster Announces Financial Results for 2002

FinishMaster Announces Financial Results for 2002

INDIANAPOLIS--Feb. 24, 2003--FinishMaster, Inc. reported today that net income for the year ended December 31, 2002 was $12,897,000, or $1.64 per share, compared to net income of $6,208,000, or $0.81 per share, in the prior year period. Assuming the adoption of SFAS No. 142 on January 1, 2001, net income in the prior y ... Continue reading

Asahi Glass and Catalytic Solutions in Diesel Development Agreement

Asahi Glass and Catalytic Solutions in Diesel Development Agreement

TOKYO AND OXNARD, Calif--Feb. 24, 2003--Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC), and Catalytic Solutions, Inc. (CSI), have entered into an agreement to develop new catalyzed diesel particulate filters based upon AGC's novel silicon nitride substrate technology and CSI's unique MPC(R) catalyst. This agreement reflects the special r ... Continue reading

Financial Times: GM, Toyota Stockpile Parts In Case Of War

Financial Times: GM, Toyota Stockpile Parts In Case Of War

NEW YORK February 23,2003; Dow Jones reported that the FT said that General Motors Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. have told their component suppliers in Asia and Japan to stockpile spare parts in Europe in case an invasion of Iraq leads to disruption of shipping through the Suez canal. According to the report, which cite ... Continue reading

Oakley boys Cannon and Scelzi out but not down in Phoenix

Oakley boys Cannon and Scelzi out but not down in Phoenix

DON SCHUMACHER RACING NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Round 2 of 23 CHECKER SCHUCK'S KRAGEN NATIONALS FIREBIRD RACEWAY CHANDLER, ARIZONA SUNDAY, FEB. 23, 2003 Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501 FINAL ELIMINATIONS OAKLEY BOYS OUT BUT NOT DOWN CHANDLER, ARIZ. (February 23, 2003): Scotty Cannon, and his Oakley Time Bomb ... Continue reading

NHRA Sunday: WJ's Day is Cut Short in Phoenix

NHRA Sunday: WJ's Day is Cut Short in Phoenix

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Warren Johnson's Day is Cut Short in Phoenix. Chandler, Ariz., February 23, 2003 - In the opening race of the season, Warren Johnson combined outstanding reaction times with great runs to score a dominating win in Pomona. After quali ... Continue reading

McMurray Scores Top-Five Honors at The Rock

McMurray Scores Top-Five Honors at The Rock

Media Contact: Jason Wise, (704) 500-6121 Email: jwise@ganassi.com <mailto:jwise@ganassi.com> - For Immediate Release - McMurray Marches Forward at Rockingham to Score Top-Five Honors ROCKINGHAM, N.C., (February 23, 2003) --- Jamie McMurray and North Carolina Speedway have a love affair with one another. McMurray conti ... Continue reading

NHRA Sunday: KJ Proves to be Too Fast in Phoenix

NHRA Sunday: KJ Proves to be Too Fast in Phoenix

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net Kurt Johnson Proves to be Too Fast in Phoenix Phoenix, Ariz., February 23, 2003 - Throughout the weekend of the Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals, Kurt Johnson's ACDelco Cavalier was among the quickest and fastest cars in Pro Stock. ... Continue reading

SUN. RESULTS-NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event at Gainesville Raceway-Gainesville, Fla.

SUN. RESULTS-NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event at Gainesville Raceway-Gainesville, Fla.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA SOUTHEAST DIVISION GAINESVILLE RACEWAY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2002 RACING AT GAINESVILLE RACEWAY DELAYED UNTIL MONDAY GAINESVILLE, Fla. -The third day of racing at NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event being held at Gainesville Raceway, is delayed until Mon ... Continue reading

Honda to release remodeled Fusion scooter

Honda to release remodeled Fusion scooter

TOKYO February 22, 2003; Honda Motor Co said Friday it will release next Friday remodeled versions of its Fusion scooter, with an engine displacement of 250 cc. Honda, which stopped manufacturing the Fusion in 1999, has resumed production because large scooters have become popular with young people in Japan. The Fusion ... Continue reading

Bridgestone reports 161% rise in profit

Bridgestone reports 161% rise in profit

TOKYO February 23, 2003; Bridgestone Corp said Friday it chalked up a consolidated net profit of 45.38 billion yen in the business year that ended in December, up a sharp 161.0% from 17.39 billion yen the previous year. ... Continue reading

Search The Auto Channel

The Auto Channel content library (since 1996) has grown to become the world’s most extensive and complete interactive archive of automotive centric news, articles, reviews and intense event coverage, presented to viewers as Text, Video and Images.

The Auto Channel Content by Topic

Vehicle manufacturers and alt fuels.