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Thursday, September 26, 2002

Aluminum Lights Up the Paris Auto Show

Aluminum Lights Up the Paris Auto Show

Audi, Jag, Saab and Others Put Aluminum in the Spotlight at Paris Auto Show DETROIT, Sept. 26 -- "Leading automakers like Jaguar, Audi and Saab are using the Paris Auto Show to spotlight aluminum in their vehicles in yet another sign that the fastest-growing automotive material is an increasingly important way to diffe ... Continue reading

Ford, Kylie ka Out in Paris

Ford, Kylie ka Out in Paris

By PARIS, Sept 26, 2002 Tom Brown reporting for Reuters said that Ford Motor Co. has been on anything but a roll lately, but its struggles to implement a massive belt-tightening plan were hardly on display at the Paris auto show this week. The world's second-largest automaker cut a lavish image at the show, splashing o ... Continue reading

Trailing the pack, VW unveils new offroader

Trailing the pack, VW unveils new offroader

PARIS, Sept 26, 2002 Michael Steen reporting for Reuters from The Paris Auto Show said that Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest carmaker, took the wraps off its new sports utility vehicle (SUV) at the Paris motor show on Thursday, insisting that its late entry into a booming but crowded market segment would not hinder sale ... Continue reading

HY-Wire: No pedals, No Pollution The Car of the Future

HY-Wire: No pedals, No Pollution The Car of the Future

By PARIS, Sept 26, 2002 Rebecca Harrison reporting for Reuters from the car show: "It has no noisy engine, no gear stick and no brake pedal. It purrs across tarmac spewing nothing but water from its exhaust pipe. Yet the car being trumpeted as the vehicle of the future by the world's biggest auto maker accelerates quic ... Continue reading

Renault Executive Says Too Early To Assess Luxury Push

Renault Executive Says Too Early To Assess Luxury Push

PARIS -September 26, 2002; Dow Jones is reporting that French car maker Renault SA Thursday said it is too early to assess its push in high-end segments despite the weak commercial start of its flagship luxury sedan Vel Satis and minivan coupe Avantime. "We must remain calm and persevere," Renault Commercial director F ... Continue reading

MAKE-A-WISH AT IRWINDALE UPDATE 09/26/02

MAKE-A-WISH AT IRWINDALE UPDATE 09/26/02

MAKE-A-WISH UPDATE 09/26/02: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, WILL SEE THE CULMINATION OF THIS PROJECT AT IRWINDALE WITH OVER 100 PEOPLE (FAMILIES AND STAFF MEMBERS) ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION IN ATTENDANCE AS GUESTS OF THE SPEEDWAY … DEL DALRYMPLE WILL PRESENT THE FOUNDATION WITH A LARGE CHECK AND TWO YOU ... Continue reading

Airtrax Corporation Announces Listing in Standard & Poor's

Airtrax Corporation Announces Listing in Standard & Poor's

HAMONTON, N.J.--Sept. 26, 2002--Airtrax Corporation (OTCBB:AITX) announced today that the Editorial Board of Standard and Poor's ("S&P") has approved Airtrax Corporation for a complete corporate listing and description in Standard and Poor's Corporation Records. Additionally, Airtrax Corporation will have its corporate ... Continue reading

EquityOutlook.com Announces Stock Evaluation Ratings: New Ratings on Brocade, QLogic, Micron Technology, Ford Motor Company, and Motorola

EquityOutlook.com Announces Stock Evaluation Ratings: New Ratings on Brocade, QLogic, Micron Technology, Ford Motor Company, and Motorola

SHREVEPORT, La.--Sept. 26, 2002-- EquityOutlook.Com (IARD#118718) - www.equityoutlook.com - evaluates the following stocks: (Get FREE ratings at http://www.equityoutlook.com/index.htm) Brocade - Outperform QLogic Corp - Underperform Micron Technology Inc - Outperform Ford Motor Company - Underperform Motorola - Underpe ... Continue reading

High Profile 'Birthday Boy' To Be Honored Friday At The State Fair Of Texas

High Profile 'Birthday Boy' To Be Honored Friday At The State Fair Of Texas

FOR RELEASE: September 26, 2002 High Profile 'Birthday Boy' To Be Honored Friday At The State Fair Of Texas Official Vehicle Of The Fair Delivers Special 50th Anniversary Present DALLAS - Move over, Your Majesty! True, this is a Golden Jubilee Year for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, but it's also the 50th birthday of Bi ... Continue reading

Jimmie Johnson Weekly Teleconference

Jimmie Johnson Weekly Teleconference

JIMMIE JOHNSON TO DISCUSS ROOKIE SEASON, OUTLOOK FOR THE EA SPORTS 500 AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse Chevrolet, will be available on Tuesday, October 1, for a media teleconference to discuss his rookie season, his performance in Kansas this weekend and ... Continue reading

KleenAir Systems Issued Patent on Sonic Flow Carburetor

KleenAir Systems Issued Patent on Sonic Flow Carburetor

IRVINE, Calif.--Sept. 26, 2002-- Company's Patent-Protected Technology Well Fits Growing Government Regulations for Emission Control While Improving Fuel Efficiency KleenAir Systems, Inc.(OTC BB:KAIR) announced today that Lester P. Berriman, Chairman of the Board and John M. Zabsky, Vice President of Engineering have b ... Continue reading

Reichhold Acquires Millennium Polymer

Reichhold Acquires Millennium Polymer

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--Sept. 26, 2002--Reichhold, Inc. announced today that it has acquired the unsaturated polyester resin business of Millennium Polymer, a Houston, Texas (USA) resin supplier. The announcement was made during the Composite Fabricators Association's (CFA's) COMPOSITES 2002 trade show in Atlanta ... Continue reading

Starcraft Corporation Announces Redemption and Cancellation of Warrants and Options; Transaction Will Be Accretive To Future Years' Diluted Earnings Per Share

Starcraft Corporation Announces Redemption and Cancellation of Warrants and Options; Transaction Will Be Accretive To Future Years' Diluted Earnings Per Share

GOSHEN, Ind.--Sept. 26, 2002--Starcraft Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the redemption and cancellation of 360,000 warrants and 500,000 stock options previously issued to Kelly L. Rose and G. Raymond Stults. Mr. Rose is Starcraft Corporation's Chairman, CEO and President. Mr. Stul ... Continue reading

Westcorp Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Outstanding Minority Interest in WFS Financial Inc

Westcorp Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Outstanding Minority Interest in WFS Financial Inc

IRVINE, Calif.--Sept. 26, 2002--Westcorp , the financial services holding company whose principal subsidiaries are Western Financial Bank and WFS Financial , today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire the outstanding 16% minority interest in WFS that it does not currently own. On July 17, 2002, Westc ... Continue reading

Total N.A. GM Car and Truck Weekly Production

Total N.A. GM Car and Truck Weekly Production

FOR RELEASE: September 26, 2002 Total U.S. Passenger Car 33,975 Total U.S. Truck 53,529 Total Canada Passenger Car 13,225 Total Canada Truck 7,369Total N.A. Car and Truck 117,273 North American Scheduled Overtime/Downtime for Week of Sept. 30, 2002 Mon 9/30 Tue 10/1 Wed 10/2 Thu 10/3 Fri 10/4 Sat/Sun 10/5 - 10/6 Approx ... Continue reading

CASCAR Super Series - Delaware Preview

CASCAR Super Series - Delaware Preview

CASCAR Super Series For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 For immediate release / September 26, 2002 Super Series championship to be settled at Delaware LONDON, ON - This weekend at Delaware Speedway, the CASCAR Super Series will crown its 2002 National champion. One of the biggest events on this countr ... Continue reading

Cadillac Announces 2003 Escalade ESV Pricing

Cadillac Announces 2003 Escalade ESV Pricing

September 26, 2002 DETROIT - Cadillac today announced pricing for its new Escalade ESV, the most powerful luxury SUV available, will be $56,160 MSRP at introduction. The ESV will be in dealer showrooms by December 2002. "The Escalade ESV is like no other vehicle in its segment," said Susan Docherty, Escalade marketing ... Continue reading

007 CARS TO PREMIERE AT BRITISH INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW

007 CARS TO PREMIERE AT BRITISH INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW

Three special effects stunt cars filmed for the brand new James Bond movie DIE ANOTHER DAY will get their world public debuts at The British International Motor Show, in October. EON Productions and MGM Pictures’ highly-anticipated James Bond adventure DIE ANOTHER DAY, produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Br ... Continue reading

Alcan Technology Enables Landmark Aluminum Jaguar

Alcan Technology Enables Landmark Aluminum Jaguar

PARIS--Sept. 26, 2002--Jaguar's all new XJ sedan, unveiled to journalists today at the Paris Auto Show, is capturing attention for more than its luxurious styling. Beneath the surface of this landmark automobile is a unique aluminum structure made possible by the pioneering technology of Alcan Inc., a leader in the sup ... Continue reading

GM Helps Boilermakers

GM Helps Boilermakers

FOR RELEASE: September 26, 2002 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - General Motors Corp. is changing how it makes its vehicles - and, even more significantly, how it prepares its next generation of engineers and technologists to design and build cars to compete in the global economy. To do this, GM and its corporate partners, EDS a ... Continue reading

Purdue Recieves Gift To Further CAD/CAM/CAE Education

Purdue Recieves Gift To Further CAD/CAM/CAE Education

FOR RELEASE: September 26, 2002 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - General Motors Corp., Sun Microsystems and EDS today announced an in-kind gift valued at $116.1 million that will continue a tradition of preparing Purdue University students to step directly from the classroom into the corporate world. Partners for the Advancement ... Continue reading

2003 INDIANA FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES ANNOUNCED

2003 INDIANA FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES ANNOUNCED

(WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE LENT A HAND IN THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT TRIALS OF THE FORD FOCUS MIDGET HERE AT IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY ... WE'VE GOT TWO FFM RACES STILL ON THE CALENDAR FOR 2002: OCTOBER 19 AND NOVEMBER 28 ... C'MON OUT AND GET A GOOD LOOK AT A GREAT NEW USAC DIVISION! THANKS! STOKES/IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY PR) FOR IM ... Continue reading

FORD FOCUS INSPIRES C-MAX CONCEPT

FORD FOCUS INSPIRES C-MAX CONCEPT

“The compact Multi-Activity Vehicle segment is one of the fastest growing in Europe, and people have been waiting impatiently for Ford’s entry. The truth is, we could have been there sooner. We had plans on the drawing board, but at an intense and soul-searching meeting in Cologne early in 2000, we looked a ... Continue reading

Ford Intros New Models In Paris

Ford Intros New Models In Paris

<p>PARIS, France, 26 September 2002 &#8211; Ford of Europe is introducing six new products at the Paris Motor Show, bringing its tally to 32 in as many months. The record-setting pace is part of the Company's ongoing product led transformation strategy. <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]> Ford of Europe Chairman and ... Continue reading

BILL FORD, SPEECH AT EUROPE INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE ROUNDTABLE, PARIS

BILL FORD, SPEECH AT EUROPE INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE ROUNDTABLE, PARIS

SEPT. 25, 2002 When I first got this invitation to come here this morning I was very pleased to do so, but more than that when Dave Power and Keith Crain are putting a group together to talk about our industry, you better be there. What I&#8217;d like to do this morning is to share my perspective on the opportunities a ... Continue reading

Ford of Europe Showcases Most Extensive Range Ever at the 2002 Paris Show

Ford of Europe Showcases Most Extensive Range Ever at the 2002 Paris Show

September 2002 (Newstream) -- Ford boasts its youngest and most comprehensive range of cars and commercial vehicles ever at the Paris Mondial de l'Automobile, 2002. The Ford range includes all-new products, new technologies and niche derivative models. Leading Ford's charge at Paris is the stylish production Streetka r ... Continue reading

Scale Motorsport Sets New Standards in Model Car World with Avatech Solutions and Autodesk Inventor

Scale Motorsport Sets New Standards in Model Car World with Avatech Solutions and Autodesk Inventor

Innovative Instructional CD Walks Users Through Model Car Assembly in 3D, Replacing Paper Booklets OWINGS MILLS, Md.--Sept. 26, 2002--Avatech Solutions, the nation's leading provider of design automation tools, training, integration services, and technical support, today announced that Scale Motorsport is setting new s ... Continue reading

Oshkosh Truck Turns Out To Support Local National Guard Unit's Deployment Company Contributes to Support Soldiers' Families

Oshkosh Truck Turns Out To Support Local National Guard Unit's Deployment Company Contributes to Support Soldiers' Families

OSHKOSH, WIS.--Sept. 26, 2002-- Oshkosh Truck Corporation's President of Defense John Stoddart will join Gov. Scott McCallum, senior Wisconsin National Guard officers and other officials at a formal send-off ceremony today at the Oshkosh National Guard armory for the Oshkosh-based 1157th Transportation Company. One hun ... Continue reading

New Car Review: Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S (2002)

New Car Review: Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S (2002)

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS The specifications sound familiar, today: transverse engine driving the front wheels, and a unit-construction chassis with four- wheel independent suspension, with the wheels pushed out toward the corners of the car for maximum space efficiency. But when the Austin Seven and Morris ... Continue reading

A Maxi History Of The Original Mini

A Maxi History Of The Original Mini

Mini History By Carey Russ British Motor Corporation (BMC) Project ADO-15 was a revolutionary automobile, and, perhaps, the most historically important after the Ford Model T. European journalists voted it ``Car of the Century'' (20th), for good reason. For maximum space utilization, designer Alec Issigonis chose a fro ... Continue reading

Toyota confident of 1 mln Europe vehicle sales

Toyota confident of 1 mln Europe vehicle sales

PARIS, Sept 26, 2002 Reuters reported that the President of Toyota Motor Marketing Europe said on Thursday that he was confident of selling one million vehicles in Europe by 2005, significantly more than the company's annual sales target. Akira Imai told Reuters in an interview that the company's official target of 800 ... Continue reading

China - promised land or pitfall for automakers?

China - promised land or pitfall for automakers?

TOKYO, Sept 26, 2002; Edwina Gibbs writing for Reuters submitted this analysis of the auto sector in China. "Among a raft of recent auto deals in Asia, last week's pact between Nissan Motor Co and Dongfeng Motor Corp stands out -- not only because of its $1 billion size but because it represents a new peak in China fev ... Continue reading

$213,200 Loaned to Thermal Energy by President & CEO, And Founder to be Reimbursed Through Issuance of Flow Through Shares for Debt

$213,200 Loaned to Thermal Energy by President & CEO, And Founder to be Reimbursed Through Issuance of Flow Through Shares for Debt

OTTAWA--Sept. 23, 2002--Thermal Energy International Inc. (TSX Venture:TMG) (www.tse-cdnx.com) is pleased to announce the approval of a proposed Flow Through Shares For Debt Settlement agreement to reimburse $213,200 of loans provided during the 4th quarter ending August 31st, 2002 by Company President & CEO, and found ... Continue reading

Borden Chemical, Inc. Secures $175 Million Credit Facility

Borden Chemical, Inc. Secures $175 Million Credit Facility

COLUMBUS, Ohio--Sept. 23, 2002--Borden Chemical, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a new three-year, $175 million revolving credit facility with a group of nine banks. The facility is secured with inventory and receivables in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom and will be used for general corp ... Continue reading

Brickyard Crossing Hosts 9/25 "Inside Racing"

Brickyard Crossing Hosts 9/25 "Inside Racing"

"INSIDE RACING" Radio Show Attention! NEW Location This Week! 9/25 Show Broadcast from the Flag Room in the Brickyard Crossing Golf Resort & Inn on the grounds of the world-famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway!! FEATURED GUESTS for 9/25: F1 / U.S. Grand Prix Show! DANNY SULLIVAN 1985 Indianapolis 500 Winner; Former Formu ... Continue reading

Budweiser Autosport 2002 Show

Budweiser Autosport 2002 Show

Scheduled guests for the Budweiser Autosport 2002 Show broadcast live from McGilvery's Speedway beginning at 7:00 pm Central will be... ----------------------------------------------------------- --------- The First Citizen of Indianapolis, His Honor The Mayor Mr. Bart Peterson, will be our guest for the third time Ste ... Continue reading

CCC Reaches 15,000 Collision Repair Customer Milestone; Signing of Gregg Young Chevrolet Puts CCC on Pathway to Continued Success

CCC Reaches 15,000 Collision Repair Customer Milestone; Signing of Gregg Young Chevrolet Puts CCC on Pathway to Continued Success

CHICAGO--Sept. 24, 2002--CCC Information Services Inc. today announced that it has reached a milestone of active contracts to serve 15,000 collision repair locations across the country. With the signing of Gregg Young Chevrolet Inc. in Omaha, Neb., CCC's Pathways(R) Estimating Solution is now used in 15,000 collision r ... Continue reading

Fw: Fogleman Release

Fw: Fogleman Release

----- Original Message ----- From: "LaBord, Karen" <Karen.LaBord@BellSouth.com> To: <homezone97@aol.com>; <usar@bellsouth.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 5:12 PM Subject: Fogleman Release > > September 23, 2002 > > MEDIA CONTACT: > Karen LaBord > 800-450-3827 > 1-877-303-6559 (pager) > > > Fogleman Loses Brakes ... Continue reading

Fw: Winchester Release (Christian)

Fw: Winchester Release (Christian)

----- Original Message ----- From: "LaBord, Karen" <Karen.LaBord@BellSouth.com> To: <homezone97@aol.com>; <rminter@ajc.com>; <nascarhood@hotmail.com>; <usar@bellsouth.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:04 AM Subject: Winchester Release (Christian) > > Christian Begins Championship Series with Top 5 > > Atlanta, ... Continue reading

LoJack Intoduces Early Warning!

LoJack Intoduces Early Warning!

Hello Editors, I wanted to alert you of a new wireless product that is to hit the market this fall. LoJack, the leader in wireless stolen vehicle recovery technology, is planning on debuting this fall its LoJack Early Warning? to assist auto owners - the minute their car is moved without their permission -- in the even ... Continue reading

PACCAR Announces Dividend and Stock Repurchase Program

PACCAR Announces Dividend and Stock Repurchase Program

BELLEVUE, Wash.--Sept. 24, 2002--PACCAR Inc's board of directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of twenty cents ($.20) per share, payable on December 5, 2002, to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 20, 2002, according to Mark C. Pigott, PACCAR chairman and chief executive ... Continue reading

PACCAR Will Expense Employee Stock Options

PACCAR Will Expense Employee Stock Options

BELLEVUE, Wash.--Sept. 24, 2002--PACCAR Inc's board of directors today approved company plans to expense the estimated value of employee stock options granted by the company effective January 1, 2003. Mark C. Pigott, chairman and chief executive officer said, "Under current accounting rules, the impact on earnings per ... Continue reading

Payless Car Rental System, Inc. Offers Worldspan Car Source Connectivity

Payless Car Rental System, Inc. Offers Worldspan Car Source Connectivity

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--Sept. 24, 2002--Payless Car Rental System, Inc., an Avalon Global Group, Inc. company, announced they will participate in Worldspan Car Source(R), the highest level of electronic information and car booking connectivity in the Worldspan global distributions system (GDS). Car Source enables Worldsp ... Continue reading

PEMBERTON Closes In On $10 Million

PEMBERTON Closes In On $10 Million

JASPER MOTORSPORTS PROTECTION ONE 400 (KANSAS SPEEDWAY-400.5 miles/267 laps) 2002 NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES (RACE #29 OF 36) ..Entering this weekend race in Kansas City, CREW CHIEF RYAN PEMBERTON needs only $123,643 to become the THIRD-YOUNGEST CREW CHIEF IN NASCAR WINSTON CUP HISTORY TO REACH THE $10 MILLION MARK IN E ... Continue reading

PR: Modacar Helps Sheehan Motor Racing See the Light

PR: Modacar Helps Sheehan Motor Racing See the Light

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24, 2002 Modacar Helps Sheehan Motor Racing See the Light Martinez, CA: Sheehan Motor Racing is proud to announce Modacar's involvement with the U.S. Touring Car racing team. Modacar (www.modacar.com) is a one-stop aftermarket performance shop that carries all major brands of engine, sus ... Continue reading

Textron to Release Third Quarter Earnings on October 17, 2002

Textron to Release Third Quarter Earnings on October 17, 2002

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Sept. 24, 2002--Textron Inc. will release its third quarter 2002 financial results on Thursday morning, October 17, 2002. The company will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time which will be available via webcast at www.textron.com or by direct dial at (888) 428-4473 in the U.S. or (612) 2 ... Continue reading

TRW Automotive Upgrades to Niku 6; Driving Change with User-Friendly Performance

TRW Automotive Upgrades to Niku 6; Driving Change with User-Friendly Performance

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--Sept. 24, 2002--Niku Corporation the leading provider of Services Relationship Management (SRM) software, today announced that TRW Automotive, the automotive systems and products division of TRW, Inc., has selected Niku 6 enterprise software to improve business processes, enhance global collaborat ... Continue reading

Veteran Plastics Executive Joins BChinaB

Veteran Plastics Executive Joins BChinaB

Asset Caption: Frank Lozano, vice president of sales, BChinaB, Inc. Asset Caption: Web-ready logo Asset Caption: Press releaseAsset Description: Word document file Asset Caption: Downloadable headline & body textAsset Description: Text file containing headline & body text Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia asse ... Continue reading

ABRA Names New Vice President of Corporate Development

ABRA Names New Vice President of Corporate Development

MINNEAPOLIS--Sept. 25, 2002--ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a Minneapolis-based damaged vehicle repair company, announced that Timothy S. Allen has been named Vice President of Corporate Development. Allen will play an instrumental role in meeting the short and long-term growth objectives of ABRA. Allen was most recently Seni ... Continue reading

SEPTEMBER 28: TWO MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE DECIDED AT IRWINDALE

SEPTEMBER 28: TWO MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE DECIDED AT IRWINDALE

TWO MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL BE DECIDED AT IRWINDALE "FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT" ADULTS: ONLY $10.00 & KIDS FREE THIS SATURDAY: SEPTEMBER 28 Presented by The Automobile Club of Southern California Irwindale, Calif. - - With two more season championships right on the line on Saturday night what better way to say "… THANK ... Continue reading

Subaru of America, Inc. Selects DealerTrack as Its Dealer Finance System

Subaru of America, Inc. Selects DealerTrack as Its Dealer Finance System

MELVILLE, N.Y.--Sept. 25, 2002--DealerTrack, Inc. announced today that Subaru of America, Inc. has selected DealerTrack(TM), the most widely used application and contracting system in the market, as its dealer finance tool of choice. Through DealerTrack, Subaru dealers can use the power of the Internet to connect to Su ... Continue reading

BMW's CFO Optimistic On 2003 Outlook

BMW's CFO Optimistic On 2003 Outlook

PARIS -September 26 Dow Jones reported that Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is upbeat about its outlook for 2003 and still expects to set a record in 2002 for sales and earnings, Chief Financial Officer Stefan Krause said Thursday. "We are optimistic," Krause told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview at the Paris auto show. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi to recall minicars, cost seen at Y10 bln

Mitsubishi to recall minicars, cost seen at Y10 bln

TOKYO, Sept 26 Reuters reported that Mitsubishi Motors Corp, said on Thursday it is recalling 164,584 minicars due to possible transmission defects and at an estimated cost of 10 billion yen ($82 million). The recall and its comparatively high cost is another thorn in the side for the automaker, still working to overco ... Continue reading

Porsche Chairman Says New Cayenne SUV Will Boost Sales, Profit

Porsche Chairman Says New Cayenne SUV Will Boost Sales, Profit

Wednesday , 4:58 pm ET PARIS September 25 German luxury sports car maker Porsche AG Wednesday said the addition of a third model to its lineup should lift unit sales by around 50% in the coming years and boost profit as soon as fiscal year 2003. Porsche Chairman and Chief Executive Wendelin Wiedeking said the company m ... Continue reading

XM, Delphi Unveil Portable Satellite Radio System

XM, Delphi Unveil Portable Satellite Radio System

Wednesday 5:28 pm ET By NEW YORK, September 25, Franklin Paul writing for Reuters reported that XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and auto parts maker Delphi Corp. on Wednesday debuted a pocket-sized portable device that allows listeners to tune into the broadcaster's service using a home stereo or as part of a portable ... Continue reading

NHRA Pre-Race: Hammonds hopes for another notable weekend at Route 66 Raceway

NHRA Pre-Race: Hammonds hopes for another notable weekend at Route 66 Raceway

(Note: The following is attached in text format for your convenience.) Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Phone: (704) 662-3121 J2Racing@aol.com HAMMONDS HOPES FOR ANOTHER NOTABLE WEEKEND AT ROUTE 66 RACEWAY Former NBA star continues to tune and drive his Winnebago/GM Vehicle Care Cavalier Crestview, Fla., Sept ... Continue reading

JIMMY KITE CLOSES OUT 2002 WITH DOUBLEHEADER WEEKEND

JIMMY KITE CLOSES OUT 2002 WITH DOUBLEHEADER WEEKEND

JIMMY KITE CLOSES OUT 2002 WITH DOUBLEHEADER WEEKEND -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- STOCKBRIDGE, Ga., Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - On Friday, September 27, Indy Racing League (IRL) regular Jimmy Kite will return to his roots at the Auto Tire and Parts Race Park in Benton, Missouri. The 26-year old, whose laidback, smiling ... Continue reading

Warren Report: Chicago Edition

Warren Report: Chicago Edition

For Release: Sept. 24, 2002 Contact: Rick Voegelin TMG Sports Marketing rickvoegelin@compuserve.com 831-761-2201 THE WARREN REPORT: Warren Johnson GM Performance Parts News & Notes for the Craftsman 75th Anniversary NHRA Nationals, Chicago, Sept. 27-29 JOHNSON PRIMED FOR REPEAT VICTORY AT ROUTE 66 RACEWAY Chicago is Wa ... Continue reading

Kurt Chronicles: Chicago Edition

Kurt Chronicles: Chicago Edition

For Release: Sept. 24, 2002 Contact: Rick Voegelin TMG Sports Marketing rickvoegelin@compuserve.com 831-761-2201 THE KURT CHRONICLES: Kurt Johnson ACDelco News & Notes for the Craftsman 75th Anniversary NHRA Nationals, Chicago, Sept. 27-29 KURT JOHNSON EXPECTS RECORD PERFORMANCES IN CHICAGO One year ago, Kurt Johnson s ... Continue reading

Tiger To Visit Mickey - Why Because Buick Says So

Tiger To Visit Mickey - Why Because Buick Says So

FOR RELEASE: September 24, 2002 COLDWATER - The Buick Scramble, now in its 19th season and first under the Buick banner, today announced that 261 teams from 43 states throughout the U.S will journey to Walt Disney World to compete for national championship honors at the 2002 Buick Scramble National Finals, Oct. 2-6. "W ... Continue reading

Telephony Only the Beginning for Bluetooth In the Vehicle, According to ABI

Telephony Only the Beginning for Bluetooth In the Vehicle, According to ABI

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.--Sept. 25, 2002--Nearly 20% of all new vehicles worldwide will contain embedded Bluetooth hardware by 2007, according to the findings of a new Allied Business Intelligence Inc (ABI) study. Future Bluetooth-based automotive applications are poised to deliver new opportunities to all facets of the indust ... Continue reading

Public Input Requested For Strategies to Relieve Congestion on US 101 Freeway - Ha Ha Ha

Public Input Requested For Strategies to Relieve Congestion on US 101 Freeway - Ha Ha Ha

LOS ANGELES--Sept. 25, 2002--The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Thursday completed a series of community meetings designed to gather public input on five proposals to improve traffic conditions on the US 101 Freeway between St ... Continue reading

Team Lowe's NASCAR Kansas Preview

Team Lowe's NASCAR Kansas Preview

For more information contact: John Lewensten Team Lowe's Racing (704) 453-3942 jlewensten@golinharris.com TEAM LOWE'S RACING GETTING HOT Team hopes third win is a sign of more right around the corner KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Sept. 25, 2002) - Team Lowe's Racing did not have much time to celebrate its rookie record tying thir ... Continue reading

Fans Can Follow All the Racing Action on the Web

Fans Can Follow All the Racing Action on the Web

Fans Can Follow All the Racing Action on the Web BOWMANVILLE, Ontario. (September 25, 2002) -- Race fans can follow all the Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series racing action live on the internet during this weekend's Sunoco Ultra 94 presents the Mosport Three Hour at Mosport International Raceway. Zippo Live Timing & Scor ... Continue reading

SwRI Opens Pilot Plant for Producing Fuel Cell Components

SwRI Opens Pilot Plant for Producing Fuel Cell Components

SAN ANTONIO--Sept. 25, 2002--Southwest Research Institute(tm) (SwRI(R)) has opened a unique pilot plant for the high-volume production of fuel cell electrodes, key components of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) and fuel cell systems. The plant was built as part of a $12 million contract, funded by the U.S. Departme ... Continue reading

King County Executive Sims and Seattle Mayor Nickels Start the -- Gas-Electric -- Engines for Flexcar's Hybrid Fleet Expansion

King County Executive Sims and Seattle Mayor Nickels Start the -- Gas-Electric -- Engines for Flexcar's Hybrid Fleet Expansion

SEATTLE--Sept. 25, 2002-- Flexcar Adds Environmentally-friendly Vehicles to Meet Demand as Well as Further Positive Impact On the Environment Flexcar, the nation's largest provider of car-sharing services, today announced the addition of 20 brand new Honda Civic Hybrids to its Seattle area fleet. King County Executive ... Continue reading

Snap-on Names Martin M. Ellen Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer

Snap-on Names Martin M. Ellen Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer

Asset Caption: Martin M. Ellen Asset Caption: Web-ready logo Asset Caption: Press releaseAsset Description: Word document file Asset Caption: Downloadable headline & body textAsset Description: Text file containing headline & body text Business/Photo Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available KENOSHA, Wis.--Sep ... Continue reading

NMRA Awards Ceremony - PRI Friday Dec 6th

NMRA Awards Ceremony - PRI Friday Dec 6th

NMRA Ford Nationals Show Series Official Newsletter http://www.nmraracing.com For Immediate Release: 2nd Annual NMRA DRAG RACING SERIES 2002 AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT PRI INDUSTRY TRADE SHOW, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6th, 2002 Fountain Valley, CA -- ProMedia Events is proud to announce the 2002 NMRA Drag Racing Series Worl ... Continue reading

PRO 2002 Awards Ceremony to be Held at PRI, Saturday Dec 7, 2002

PRO 2002 Awards Ceremony to be Held at PRI, Saturday Dec 7, 2002

For Immediate Release: PRO-EDELBROCK DRAG RACING SERIES 2002 AWARDS CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT PRI INDUSTRY TRADE SHOW, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7th, 2002 Fountain Valley, CA -- ProMedia Events is proud to announce the 2002 PRO-Edelbrock Drag Racing Series World Championship Award Ceremony will be hosted at the Performance Racin ... Continue reading

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