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Friday, September 29, 2000

Volvo Plans SUV

Volvo Plans SUV

PARIS--Volvo Car Corp. is planning to release a sports utility vehicle and boost its annual output by 50 percent--producing about 600,000 vehicles over the next five years. A launch date for the Volvo SUV has not been released, but the company reports that it “will be a further extension of the Cross Country (a four w ... Continue reading

AMA: Watson wraps up 540cc AMA Hillclimb Championship

AMA: Watson wraps up 540cc AMA Hillclimb Championship

WATSON WRAPS UP 540cc AMA HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP ... Continue reading

ASA: Stremme, ISES Racing to return to ASA series in 2001

ASA: Stremme, ISES Racing to return to ASA series in 2001

ASA: Stremme, ISES Racing to return to ASA series in 2001 ... Continue reading

Automotive News and Delphi Announce 'Concept Car of the Year' Awards

Automotive News and Delphi Announce 'Concept Car of the Year' Awards

Global automotive executives gathered with representatives from Automotive News International and Delphi Automotive Systems to celebrate this year's most innovative concept cars. ... Continue reading

Automotive Suppliers to Meet With European Counterparts During SAE 2001

Automotive Suppliers to Meet With European Counterparts During SAE 2001

Key executives of U.S. medium- and small-sized automotive suppliers will have the opportunity to meet with their European counterparts to discuss a host of business opportunities during a unique 'match-making' program. ... Continue reading

Bridgestone/Firestone Clarification Statement Regarding Use of Firestone Tires on 2002 Ford Explorer

Bridgestone/Firestone Clarification Statement Regarding Use of Firestone Tires on 2002 Ford Explorer

The following is a Bridgestone/Firestone clarification statement regarding use of Firestone tire on 2002 Ford Explorers: ... Continue reading

Budco Selected to Handle General Motors' Dealer Communications

Budco Selected to Handle General Motors' Dealer Communications

General Motors Corporation selected Budco, the metro-Detroit- based marketing services firm, to handle the strategy and execution of its communications process with its dealership network. ... Continue reading

CART: Franchitti nabs provisional pole for Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston

CART: Franchitti nabs provisional pole for Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston

CART: Franchitti nabs provisional pole for Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston ... Continue reading

Delphi's Electric Power Steering Launches on Volkswagen Lupo TDI

Delphi's Electric Power Steering Launches on Volkswagen Lupo TDI

Delphi Automotive Systems' E-STEER(TM) Electric Power Steering System will be available as an option on Volkswagen's new 2001 Lupo 3L TDI arriving in Europe this autumn. ... Continue reading

Diesel Technology Forum Offers to Assist California's New Clean Air Plan

Diesel Technology Forum Offers to Assist California's New Clean Air Plan

The Diesel Technology Forum offered to assist the California Air Resources Board (CARB) with implementation of its clean diesel engine management plan. ... Continue reading

Discount Auto Parts, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2001 First Quarter Results

Discount Auto Parts, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2001 First Quarter Results

Discount Auto Parts, Inc. announced results for the Company's first quarter ended August 29, 2000. Total sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2001 increased 16.3% to a record $167.1 million, as compared to $143.6 million a year earlier. ... Continue reading

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Announces Year-End Operating Results

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Announces Year-End Operating Results

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. announced results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000. ... Continue reading

Haldex AWD System Presented by FIAT at Paris Motor Show

Haldex AWD System Presented by FIAT at Paris Motor Show

FIAT AUTO is showing a new concept car named NEA-Tripmate at this year's Paris Motor Show. ... Continue reading

LAPD Officers Honored by the Auto Club for Safe Driving Records

LAPD Officers Honored by the Auto Club for Safe Driving Records

More than 380 officers from the Los Angeles Police Department received awards Thursday from the Automobile Club of Southern California for at least 25 years of safe driving on the job. ... Continue reading

Motorola AIEG Recognized for Leadership in Environmental Management

Motorola AIEG Recognized for Leadership in Environmental Management

Motorola's Automotive and Industrial Electronics Group was presented the Motorola 1999 CEO award for becoming the first Motorola group to have all its manufacturing facilities registered to the international standard, ISO 14001 EMS. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: NAPA Autocare 500 first round qualifying results

NASCAR WCUP: NAPA Autocare 500 first round qualifying results

NASCAR WCUP: NAPA Autocare 500 first round qualifying results ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Woodside Hoping for Success in Familiar Territory

NASCAR: Woodside Hoping for Success in Familiar Territory

Woodside Hoping for Success in Familiar Territory ... Continue reading

New Lemon Law Extends Consumer Protection for California Motorists

New Lemon Law Extends Consumer Protection for California Motorists

California is now one of the nation's leaders in Lemon Law protection, thanks to SB 1718, just signed into law by Governor Gray Davis. The new measure puts the squeeze on auto manufacturers who fail to fix life-threatening safety defects. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Summit Finals from Sears Point

NHRA: Summit Finals from Sears Point

Summit Finals from Sears Point ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: Team Cheever notes and quotes

NorthernLight IRL: Team Cheever notes and quotes

NorthernLight IRL: Team Cheever notes and quotes ... Continue reading

Saab Combustion Control System

Saab Combustion Control System

The Saab Combustion Control (SCC) system is a new engine control system developed to lower fuel consumption while radically reducing the exhaust emissions, but without impairing engine performance. ... Continue reading

Saab Unveils Engine System Using Orbital Technology

Saab Unveils Engine System Using Orbital Technology

Orbital Engine announced that Saab Automobiles AB has unveiled a new "engine control" system incorporating Orbital's direct fuel injection technology. ... Continue reading

SCCA: Late Breaking News - Prescott Forest SCCA ProRally

SCCA: Late Breaking News - Prescott Forest SCCA ProRally

Start Order and Late Breaking News - Prescott Forest SCCA ProRally ... Continue reading

Simpson Industries Agrees to be Acquired By Investor Group

Simpson Industries Agrees to be Acquired By Investor Group

Simpson Industries, Inc. announced that it entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Heartland Industrial Partners, LP, which will result in a merger between Simpson Industries and the Heartland affiliate. ... Continue reading

SmarTire Reports Year End Results

SmarTire Reports Year End Results

SmarTire Systems Inc. reported net income of CDN $3.3 million ($0.25 per share) for the year ended July 31, 2000 compared with a loss of CDN $17.2 million ($1.69 per share) for the same period in 1999. ... Continue reading

Sonic Automotive Withdraws Private Debt Offering

Sonic Automotive Withdraws Private Debt Offering

Sonic Automotive, Inc. announced that due to adverse market conditions, it has withdrawn its previously announced offering of approximately $125 million of its Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008. ... Continue reading

Suit Says Ford Tried to Hide the Explorer's Dangers

Suit Says Ford Tried to Hide the Explorer's Dangers

The dangers of Ford's Explorer, prone to rollover since it was first designed and made worse when equipped with under-inflated Firestone tires that tried to hide the defect, were hidden from consumers... ... Continue reading

Tomkins PLC Statement At the Annual General Meeting

Tomkins PLC Statement At the Annual General Meeting

"Since our comments on trading made at the time of the food disposal announcement in July, conditions in our core markets have remained competitive..." ... Continue reading

TOURING: Borcheller, Fitzgerald take Speedvision World Challenge poles at Road Atlanta

TOURING: Borcheller, Fitzgerald take Speedvision World Challenge poles at Road Atlanta

TOURING: Borcheller, Fitzgerald take Speedvision World Challenge poles at Road Atlanta ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Work Begins Above Turns 2-4 at Sears Point

TRACKS: Work Begins Above Turns 2-4 at Sears Point

Work Begins Above Turns 2-4 at Sears Point ... Continue reading

Unbrakeable AutoLock Wins Key Awards

Unbrakeable AutoLock Wins Key Awards

The Unbrakeable AutoLock(TM), a leading national automotive anti-theft device, took the Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) Conference by storm, winning both the Best Infomercial Producer and the Best Infomercial Production Under $150,000. ... Continue reading

Visteon 'Driver Vision at Night' Promotes Greater Visibility

Visteon 'Driver Vision at Night' Promotes Greater Visibility

Visteon Corporation is changing the way drivers handle the road at night with the introduction of its innovative night vision technology, Driver Vision at Night. ... Continue reading

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