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

August 2000

Select Another Month

Thursday, August 31, 2000

AMA: Big money and points up for grabs at famed Springfield Mile

AMA: Big money and points up for grabs at famed Springfield Mile

REVISED - $221,500 and 890 points up for grabs at famed springfield mile ... Continue reading

A New Way of Moving in Vietnam - From TH!NK

A New Way of Moving in Vietnam - From TH!NK

Ford Motor Company announced the first shipment of environmentally-friendly electric bicycles to Vietnam. The TH!NK bike e.go offers customers in congested metropolitan areas a fun, affordable and clean method of transportation. ... Continue reading

AQM to List on CDNX

AQM to List on CDNX

Commencing September 1st, 2000, the Common Shares of AQM Automotive Corporation will be listed on the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) under the symbol "AQV". ... Continue reading

ARCA DuQuoin Entry List

ARCA DuQuoin Entry List

ARCA DuQuoin Entry List ... Continue reading

ARCA: Duquoin Factsheet, Southern Illinois 500

ARCA: Duquoin Factsheet, Southern Illinois 500

ARCA: Duquoin Factsheet, Southern Illinois 500 ... Continue reading

Auteo Media Initiates Beta Trial for Contact Auto

Auteo Media Initiates Beta Trial for Contact Auto

Auteo Media, Inc., a leading provider of point-of-purchase marketing and Internet-based services to the automotive industry, announced that Harris Ford Dealership of Lynnwood, Washington has begun beta testing Contact Auto. ... Continue reading

AutoTradeCenter.com Saves Millions for American Honda Finance Corp.

AutoTradeCenter.com Saves Millions for American Honda Finance Corp.

AutoTradeCenter.com Inc. announced the automobile industry's first quantifiable savings realized by utilizing the company's Internet technology in the redistribution of off-lease vehicles. ... Continue reading

California Software Is on the Move With Volvo

California Software Is on the Move With Volvo

California Software Corporation announced that it has successfully negotiated a contract with the Volvo Group for a two stage license deployment. ... Continue reading

CART: Molson Indy Vancouver Pre Race Report, Tony Kanaan

CART: Molson Indy Vancouver Pre Race Report, Tony Kanaan

CART: Molson Indy Vancouver Pre Race Report, Tony Kanaan ... Continue reading

CASCAR Castrol Super Series - CARQUEST 500 Race Weekend Preview

CASCAR Castrol Super Series - CARQUEST 500 Race Weekend Preview

CASCAR Castrol Super Series - CARQUEST 500 Race Weekend Preview ... Continue reading

CASCAR: The all-new Loctite Pontiac Grand Prix set to debut at Delaware

CASCAR: The all-new Loctite Pontiac Grand Prix set to debut at Delaware

Loctite Racing / Vanderwyst Motorsports: CASCAR Report ... Continue reading

Center for Auto Safety Moves For Access to Safety Data in Tire Case

Center for Auto Safety Moves For Access to Safety Data in Tire Case

Attorneys for the Center for Auto Safety in a case recently filed in federal court in D.C. against Bridgestone/Firestone, and Ford seeking a broad recall of Firestone tires renewed its request to the federal court to issue a preliminary injunction. ... Continue reading

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 8 cents ($0.08) per share, payable on October 2, 2000 to shareholders of record on September 8, 2000. ... Continue reading

Convergence 2000 Session Is A Blueprint For The Future

Convergence 2000 Session Is A Blueprint For The Future

As demands increase for electrical power to support new electronic vehicle features such as mobile multimedia technologies, automakers are faced with building vehicles that can efficiently channel this power. ... Continue reading

Ford Statement on Congressional Hearings

Ford Statement on Congressional Hearings

The following statement is attributable to Jason Vines, Vice President - Communications of Ford Motor Company : ... Continue reading

Help for Lost Drivers is Just a Phone Call Away

Help for Lost Drivers is Just a Phone Call Away

If you've never been lost, or never will be, then "Help, I'm Lost" isn't for you. But for the rest of us, there's Carclub.com's "Help, I'm Lost," a 24-hour nationwide driving direction service staffed by live operators who can assist. ... Continue reading

High Gas Prices Had Little Effect on Summer Travel

High Gas Prices Had Little Effect on Summer Travel

More than half of U.S. adults (53% or 107.9 million adults) took at least one pleasure or personal trip of 50 miles or more away from home during May, June or July 2000, according to a special Travel Poll by the Travel Industry Ass of America. ... Continue reading

Honda Motorcycle Identification Guide, 1959-2000 now available

Honda Motorcycle Identification Guide, 1959-2000 now available

American Honda is proud to announce the release of the Official Honda Motorcycle Identification Guide, 1959-2000. ... Continue reading

Indy Lights: Vancouver First Of Three In A Row For The Dayton Indy Lights Championship

Indy Lights: Vancouver First Of Three In A Row For The Dayton Indy Lights Championship

Vancouver First Of Three In A Row For The Dayton Indy Lights Championship ... Continue reading

Labor Day Weekend Auction to Feature Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's BMW

Labor Day Weekend Auction to Feature Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's BMW

Jackie Kennedy Onassis's BMW will be featured at an auction of vintage cars and fine arts Thursday, August 31, 2000 of Labor Day weekend. ... Continue reading

Midas Declares Quarterly Dividend

Midas Declares Quarterly Dividend

The board of directors of Midas, Inc., has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.02 per share on the company's outstanding stock, payable Oct. 1, 2000, to stockholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 15, 2000. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Childress to Speak at Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Banquet

NASCAR WCUP: Childress to Speak at Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Banquet

NASCAR WCUP: Childress to Speak at Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Banquet ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Ken Schrader and team continue to make gains

NASCAR WCUP: Ken Schrader and team continue to make gains

ARCA: Duquoin Factsheet, Southern Illinois 500 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: On the Outside Looking In - Mike Wallace's Glass Wall

NASCAR WCUP: On the Outside Looking In - Mike Wallace's Glass Wall

NASCAR WCUP: On the Outside Looking In - Mike Wallace's Glass Wall ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Racer Jerry Nadeau will have a 'racing birthday'

NASCAR WCUP: Racer Jerry Nadeau will have a 'racing birthday'

NASCAR WCUP: Racer Jerry Nadeau will have a 'racing birthday' ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: The Rain Man: Brian Porter shows a knack for entertaining Darlington race fans

NASCAR WCUP: The Rain Man: Brian Porter shows a knack for entertaining Darlington race fans

NASCAR WCUP: The Rain Man: Brian Porter shows a knack for entertaining Darlington race fans ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: Menard: 'Greg Ray will stay on my team in 2001'

NorthernLight IRL: Menard: 'Greg Ray will stay on my team in 2001'

NorthernLight IRL: Menard: 'Greg Ray will stay on my team in 2001' ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: Standings and Stats, August 30, 2000

NorthernLight IRL: Standings and Stats, August 30, 2000

NorthernLight IRL: Standings and Stats, August 30, 2000 ... Continue reading

OnX.com teams with Mazda Canada

OnX.com teams with Mazda Canada

OnX Incorporated and Mazda Canada announced that OnX.com has been retained to design, develop and maintain Mazda's new e- commerce initiative and web site. ... Continue reading

OSHA Tells DaimlerChrysler Electronic Signatures are Okay

OSHA Tells DaimlerChrysler Electronic Signatures are Okay

OSHA recently informed DaimlerChrysler it would accept management's electronic signatures on employee training certificates. ... Continue reading

PeopleFirst.com and giggo.com Join Forces

PeopleFirst.com and giggo.com Join Forces

PeopleFirst.com and giggo.com announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine PeopleFirst.com and giggo.com. ... Continue reading

Pep Boys Announces Improved Sales in August

Pep Boys Announces Improved Sales in August

The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack , the nation's leading full- service automotive aftermarket chain, announced improved sales results for the four weeks ended August 26, 2000. ... Continue reading

Q3 Earnings for Insurance Auto Auctions

Q3 Earnings for Insurance Auto Auctions

Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., a leading provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, announced that its net earnings in the third quarter will be below analysts' expectations of $0.32 per share. ... Continue reading

Ruediger Grube Once Again Takes Charge of DaimlerChrysler Strategy

Ruediger Grube Once Again Takes Charge of DaimlerChrysler Strategy

Aloysius Rauen will take over a new management task as Senior Executive Manager at EADS. ... Continue reading

Sheldahl Announces Discussions With IFT and Morgenthaler

Sheldahl Announces Discussions With IFT and Morgenthaler

Sheldahl, Inc. announced effective immediately that the exclusivity period as previously reported with International Flex Technologies, Inc. and its majority owner Morgenthaler Venture Partners has expired. ... Continue reading

S&P Assigns Dobco Life Insurance Co. 'BBBpi' FSR

S&P Assigns Dobco Life Insurance Co. 'BBBpi' FSR

Standard & Poor's assigned its triple-'Bpi' financial strength rating to Dobco Life Insurance Co. (Dobco). ... Continue reading

Strattec SecurityAnnounces Expanded Share Repurchase Program

Strattec SecurityAnnounces Expanded Share Repurchase Program

STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of an additional 500,000 shares (approximately 11 percent of currently outstanding shares) under its ongoing stock repurchase program. ... Continue reading

Superior Industries Awarded Aluminum Wheel Contracts by Toyota

Superior Industries Awarded Aluminum Wheel Contracts by Toyota

Superior Industries International, Inc. announced that it has been awarded new and replacement aluminum wheel programs by Toyota Motor Manufacturing of North America that represent approximately $28.0 million in annual revenue. ... Continue reading

Tenneco Automotive Offers Reflex and Sensa-Trac Promotion

Tenneco Automotive Offers Reflex and Sensa-Trac Promotion

The program allows consumers who purchase three Monroe Reflex (TM) or Monroe(R) Sensa-Trac(R) shocks or struts, or three Monroe(R) Gas-Magnum(R) shocks, the opportunity to get the fourth unit free. ... Continue reading

Textron Trend Report

Textron Trend Report

The Textron Trend Report provides information on trends that affect businesses where Textron operates. ... Continue reading

Toyota Donates $1 Million to Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Toyota Donates $1 Million to Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc. has announced a $1 million gift to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, a national interactive learning center to be built in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Continue reading

USAC: Indianapolis Speedrome Midget Car Series Race Results

USAC: Indianapolis Speedrome Midget Car Series Race Results

USAC: Indianapolis Speedrome Midget Car Series Race Results ... Continue reading

Visteon Announces Reduction in Q3 Earnings Estimates

Visteon Announces Reduction in Q3 Earnings Estimates

Visteon Corporation reported that the recently announced Ford production cuts will have an adverse impact on the company's estimated earnings for the third quarter. ... Continue reading

Williams Controls Subsidiary and Nestor to Provide Alert System

Williams Controls Subsidiary and Nestor to Provide Alert System

GeoFocus, Inc. and Nestor Traffic Systems, Inc., an affiliate of Nestor, Inc. have signed a teaming agreement to provide an advanced railroad grade crossing warning system for enhanced rail and traffic safety. ... 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.