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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Palm Beach Supercar Weekend

Palm Beach Supercar Weekend

A Celebration of Art, Design and Speed The Second Annual Palm Beach Supercar Weekend pays tribute to a dual legacy BATTISTA PININFARINA AND HARLEY EARL A priceless Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina and Richard Earl’s private collection of his paternal grandfather’s motoramic masterpieces (Palm Beach, Florida)- The ... Continue reading

Bluetooth! What Is It? How Does It Work? - VIDEO STORY

Bluetooth! What Is It? How Does It Work? - VIDEO STORY

AUTO CENTRAL - December 28, 2006: Consumers are becoming more technologically advanced with an estimated 1,000 Bluetooth enabled products being sold at a rate of 1 million per week. Bluetooth SIG officials say their wireless products are not only found in phones and computers but also in cars. DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, ... Continue reading

General Motors Opens New Rollover-Crash Testing Facility - VIDEO STORY

General Motors Opens New Rollover-Crash Testing Facility - VIDEO STORY

DETROIT - December 28, 2006: General Motors has opened a new $10 million rollover crash testing facility in Michigan earlier this month. GM officials say the premise of the facility is to reduce the number of rollover-related injuries and deaths by developing sensors for airbags. An estimated 2 percent of all crashes i ... Continue reading

ABRA Auto Body & Glass Announces Durham as Vice President, ABRA-Minnesota

ABRA Auto Body & Glass Announces Durham as Vice President, ABRA-Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS--ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a national damaged vehicle repair company, announced today the appointment of William “Glenn” Durham as Vice President of its Minnesota market. Durham’s main responsibility is to establish and meet financial, team member satisfaction and customer satisfaction goals fo ... Continue reading

Scania Sells 65 City Buses To Tallinn

Scania Sells 65 City Buses To Tallinn

STOCKHOLM, Sweden--Amidst keen competition, Scania (STO:SCVA) (STO:SCVB) has landed its largest single order for city buses in Estonia. The municipal bus operator Tallinn Bus Company is buying 65 low-floor Scania OmniLink type buses. “This is an order than further reinforces our already strong presence in the Esto ... Continue reading

NASA Grants Delphi Nearly $1 Million To Further Develop Its Welding Technology

NASA Grants Delphi Nearly $1 Million To Further Develop Its Welding Technology

TROY, Mich., Dec. 27 -- After receiving encouraging results, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Michigan Research Institute (MRI) will grant Delphi Corporation an additional $950,000 to help fund the continuing development of Deformation Resistance Welding (DRW). (Logo: http://www.newscom. ... Continue reading

ZEX Gen III High Output Nitrous System

ZEX Gen III High Output Nitrous System

Below and attached is the latest information from ZEX on its NEW Gen III High Output Nitrous System. ZEXT Gen III (LS1, -2, -6) High Output Nitrous System Incorporates Multiple Nitrous Breakthroughs Tunable from 100-250 hp, the new ZEXT nitrous system includes innovative Fuel ShearT Technology and Active Fuel ControlT ... Continue reading

Bus Grants Available to Fund Student Trips to NAIAS 2007 Automotive Education Day

Bus Grants Available to Fund Student Trips to NAIAS 2007 Automotive Education Day

WHAT: $250 bus grants now available to supplement transportation costs to Automotive Education Day at the 2007 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060728/NAIASLOGO ) School groups interested in attending Automotive Education Day can ap ... Continue reading

Yaris Production Scheduled to Start in China in Mid-2008

Yaris Production Scheduled to Start in China in Mid-2008

<http://www.japancorp.net/?page_num=1> JapanCorp: Yaris Production Scheduled to Start in China in Mid-2008 Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 28, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC: TSE:7203) announced today that Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (GTMC), a joint vehicle production and sales company established with G ... Continue reading

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