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Thursday, March 25, 1999

1999 F2000 Season Kicks-Off at Phoenix this Weekend

1999 F2000 Season Kicks-Off at Phoenix this Weekend

1999 F2000 Season Kicks-Off at Phoenix this Weekend ... Continue reading

AAdvantage Members Earn Triple Bonus Miles With Offer From Dollar

AAdvantage Members Earn Triple Bonus Miles With Offer From Dollar

Dollar Rent A Car is offering American Airlines AAdvantage members triple miles on leisure rentals of a mid-size car or larger for two or more days now through June 15, 1999.* ... Continue reading

America West FlightFund Members Can Receive Double Bonus Miles

America West FlightFund Members Can Receive Double Bonus Miles

America West FlightFund(R) members will receive double bonus miles on Dollar Rent A Car leisure rentals through June 30, 1999.* ... Continue reading

Auto Body Shops go High Tech

Auto Body Shops go High Tech

Yes, now even your local Auto Body shop uses full solution Windows software to help keep your prices as well as their own costs down so that your Insurance companies premiums stay low. ... Continue reading

Auto Leasing Arithmetic Confusing to Consumers

Auto Leasing Arithmetic Confusing to Consumers

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the cost of leasing a car these days -- but it helps. Complicated pricing coupled with unfamiliar terms are stumbling blocks for many prospective auto-lease customers. ... Continue reading

Banks Named VP of Total Quality for Arvin Ride & Motion Control

Banks Named VP of Total Quality for Arvin Ride & Motion Control

David Hoyte, President of Arvin Ride & Motion Control (ARMC), a division of Arvin Industries, Inc., announced that Dr. Kathaleen Banks has accepted the position of Vice President of Total Quality for ARMC's worldwide operations. ... Continue reading

CART: Driver Standings Through March 25

CART: Driver Standings Through March 25

CART: Driver Standings Through March 25 ... Continue reading

COAST Suspension System Could Save Insurance Industry Millions

COAST Suspension System Could Save Insurance Industry Millions

The development of a revolutionary computer controlled suspension system for the automotive, truck and bus industry has been the dedicated direction for AimRite Holdings Corporation for the last six years. ... Continue reading

CTS Corporation Announces Divestitures

CTS Corporation Announces Divestitures

CTS Corporation announced it is nearing completion of activities related to the divestiture of the noncore businesses of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dynamics Corporation of America (DCA). ... Continue reading

DCR Rates SNAAC Securitization Corp. III

DCR Rates SNAAC Securitization Corp. III

Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR) has assigned a 'A' (Single-A) rating to the $25,668,256, 7.00 percent Class A Notes and a 'BBB' (Triple-B) rating to the $5,867,030, 8.67 percent Class B Notes issued by SNAAC Securitization Corp. III. ... Continue reading

Eaton to Sell Engineered Fasteners and Fluid Power Divisions

Eaton to Sell Engineered Fasteners and Fluid Power Divisions

Eaton Corporation said it will sell the company's Engineered Fasteners and Fluid Power Divisions to offset, in part, the cost of the impending acquisition of Aeroquip-Vickers, Inc. ... Continue reading

Electrobike Squares Off Against Lee Iacocca at Bike Expo

Electrobike Squares Off Against Lee Iacocca at Bike Expo

BAT International's subsidiary, Electrobike, will introduce it's new electric bicycle, "Jazz" at the Southern California Bike Expo at the LA Convention Center on April 23rd to 25th. ... Continue reading

Ford Wins Annual California Sales Race... Again

Ford Wins Annual California Sales Race... Again

Ford Motor Company sold more cars and trucks during 1998 than any other automotive company in the important California market, according to registration figures released by R.L. Polk Company. ... Continue reading

Formula One: Driver Standings Through March 25

Formula One: Driver Standings Through March 25

Formula One: Driver Standings Through March 25 ... Continue reading

Intelliworxx and ComROAD Present In-Vehicle Computer System

Intelliworxx and ComROAD Present In-Vehicle Computer System

Intelliworxx, Inc., a Florida technology corporation announced that it has entered into the automotive computing market with its Pentium(R) based CarPC product. ... Continue reading

IRL: Driver Standings Through March 25

IRL: Driver Standings Through March 25

IRL: Driver Standings Through March 25 ... Continue reading

LucasVarity Reports Fiscal Year and Fourth Quarter Results

LucasVarity Reports Fiscal Year and Fourth Quarter Results

LucasVarity plc reports its results for the full year and three month (fourth quarter) periods ended 31 January 1999. ... Continue reading

Mario Scandellari Appointed Managing Director of Moto Guzzi, S.p.A.

Mario Scandellari Appointed Managing Director of Moto Guzzi, S.p.A.

Mark Hauser, Exec Chairman of Moto Guzzi Corp., announced the appointment of Mario Scandellari as the Managing Director of Moto Guzzi, S.p.A., the international motorcycle company's principal manufacturing facility. ... Continue reading

Meritor Becomes the Most Complete Braking System Supplier

Meritor Becomes the Most Complete Braking System Supplier

Meritor Automotive Inc. has announced its position as North America's most complete supplier braking systems for commercial vehicles. Meritor unveiled the new system at the Mid-America Trucking Show. ... Continue reading

Meritor Builds Stronger Heavy-Duty Aftermarket Presence

Meritor Builds Stronger Heavy-Duty Aftermarket Presence

Meritor Automotive Inc. is taking aggressive steps to expand its aftermarket presence. ... Continue reading

Meritor Introduces Lightweight Braking Package

Meritor Introduces Lightweight Braking Package

Meritor Automotive Inc. has introduced a lightweight braking package that can eliminate more than 300 pounds from a typical tractor-trailer combination braking system, increasing vehicle payload and fuel efficiency. ... Continue reading

Miami Area High School Students to Present Their 'Dream' Vehicles

Miami Area High School Students to Present Their 'Dream' Vehicles

Student teams from four area high schools have been selected as finalists in "Build Your Dream Vehicle," an automotive design competition sponsored by DaimlerChrysler. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Driver Standings Through March 25

NASCAR BGN: Driver Standings Through March 25

NASCAR BGN: Driver Standings Through March 25 ... Continue reading

NASCAR-BGN: McLaughlin Heads to Texas Roundup

NASCAR-BGN: McLaughlin Heads to Texas Roundup

NASCAR-BGN: McLaughlin Heads to Texas Roundup ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Schrader Makes First Start in NASCAR Busch Series Race at Texas Motor Speedway

NASCAR BGN: Schrader Makes First Start in NASCAR Busch Series Race at Texas Motor Speedway

NASCAR BGN: Schrade Makes First Start in NASCAR Busch Series Race at Texas Motor Speedway ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Driver Standings Through March 25

NASCAR Trucks: Driver Standings Through March 25

NASCAR Trucks: Driver Standings Through March 25 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Lap Sponsors Show Support of Sport

NASCAR WCUP: Lap Sponsors Show Support of Sport

NASCAR WCUP: Lap Sponsors Show Support of Sport ... Continue reading

NASCAR Winston Cup: Driver Standings Through March 25

NASCAR Winston Cup: Driver Standings Through March 25

NASCAR Winston Cup: Driver Standings Through March 25 ... Continue reading

'New Pieces' Come Together to Enhance Meritor's Overall Drivetrain Offering

'New Pieces' Come Together to Enhance Meritor's Overall Drivetrain Offering

Meritor Automotive Inc. showcased how its "new pieces" fit into the company's complete drivetrain system at the 1999 Mid- America Trucking Show. ... Continue reading

Oklahoma City Auto Dealers Launch Fred Jones Auto Collection

Oklahoma City Auto Dealers Launch Fred Jones Auto Collection

Oklahoma City auto dealers and Ford Investment Enterprises Corp launched the Fred Jones Auto Collection -- a new concept in automotive retailing designed to provide customers a maximum level of satisfaction in their automotive sales and service. ... Continue reading

Progressive Reduces Auto Insurance Rates in Oregon by Four Percent

Progressive Reduces Auto Insurance Rates in Oregon by Four Percent

Progressive, one of the largest auto insurers in Oregon and in the nation, is reducing its rates in Oregon, John Vrijmoet, Progressive's Oregon General Manager, announced. ... Continue reading

RALLY: Vintage McRae delivers victory for Ford in Portugal

RALLY: Vintage McRae delivers victory for Ford in Portugal

Colin McRae and Nicky Grist today won the Rally of Portugal in their Ford Focus World Rally Car. The Ford Martini World Rally Team pairing led from the first, and ended 12.3 seconds ahead of Carlos Sainz after 360km in northern and central Portugal ... Continue reading

Students and Faculty 'Plug In' to 21st Century Transportation Concept

Students and Faculty 'Plug In' to 21st Century Transportation Concept

More than 200 students and faculty at the University of California, Riverside, are sharing 15 Honda EV PLUS electric vehicles for their daily driving needs through the IntelliShare program. ... Continue reading

Textron Automotive Honored With 1998 GM Supplier of the Year Award

Textron Automotive Honored With 1998 GM Supplier of the Year Award

Textron Automotive Company (TAC) -- Trim Division has been chosen as the General Motors Supplier of the Year for instrument panels for 1998. ... Continue reading

Toyota Awards Science Teachers Across the Nation With $500,000

Toyota Awards Science Teachers Across the Nation With $500,000

In an effort to keep students interested in science -- and in learning -- nearly $500,000 in Toyota TAPESTRY teaching grants were distributed in Boston. ... Continue reading

TRW and Linamar Agree To Form A Joint Venture

TRW and Linamar Agree To Form A Joint Venture

TRW Inc. and Linamar Corporation signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture to supply machined and assembled engine components and modules, including the cylinder head, crankcase, crankshaft, camshaft, and connecting rod. ... Continue reading

Two New Brake Linings from Meritor Increase Customer Options

Two New Brake Linings from Meritor Increase Customer Options

Meritor Automotive Inc. has introduced two new brake lining materials which will offer North American truck operators various braking benefits, including longer life and outstanding value. ... Continue reading

Visteon Automotive Systems: The Facts

Visteon Automotive Systems: The Facts

Visteon Automotive Systems is committed to developing a customer-focused global enterprise -- an enterprise that is relentlessly pursuing innovation and cutting-edge technologies to make its customers successful. ... Continue reading

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