Promising Mexico City weekend for Derhaag Motorsports Daytona Prototype program, ends early
Due to internet mail problems from Mexico, I am resending the final race results update from the Mexico City Grand American race. Please excuse the inconvenience if you have already received. Cristi Derhaag Motorsports No. 40 Preformed Line Products Daytona Prototype CONTACT: Cristi Brumm 336-210-0980 FOR IMMEDIATE REL ... Continue reading
Crain Communications to Launch Business Insurance Europe
LONDON, March 5 -- Crain Communications Inc announced today it will launch "Business Insurance Europe," a London-based, biweekly news magazine focused on news, trends and issues of interest to corporate risk management executives in Europe. Staffed with a large contingent of business reporters located throughout Europe ... Continue reading
BlueMotion symbolizes Volkswagen's sustainability activities WOLFSBURG / GENEVA – March 5, 2006: At the Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen presented its first series production vehicle under the BlueMotion banner: the Polo BlueMotion. The compact vehicle with a power output of 59 kW / 80 PS consumes an average of just ... Continue reading
BMW and Rolls-Royce Featured at Concorso d´Eleganza Villa D'este 2006
An entire world of automotive dreams. Munich/Geneva. – March 5, 2006: As part of the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2006 press conference at the 76th Geneva Motor Show, the first highlights of this year's edition of the world's most traditional concours d'elegance were announced. Holger Lapp, Chairman of the Co ... Continue reading
GM to sell 20 pct stake in Suzuki Motor ?
TOKYO, March 5, 2006; Reuters reported that General Motors Corp is planning to sell its 20 percent stake in Japanese compact car maker Suzuki Motor Corp (7269.T: Quote, Profile, Research), the economic daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) reported on Sunday. Suzuki said in a statement that "GM and Suzuki will not comple ... Continue reading
New smart ForTwo Model Ready For Sale
FRANKFURT, March 5, 2006; Reuters reported that the successor to the two-seater Smart ForTwo city car should be on sale in April 2007, a spokesman for the DaimlerChrysler (DCXGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) unit said on Sunday. Smart had not previously said when exactly in 2007 the new model would appear. The spokesma ... Continue reading
Auto1 Award: The Passat Is Europe's Number One
40 million readers, experts and editors put the Passat on the winner’s rostrum for the second time already WOLFSBURG, Germany - March 5, 2006: The Passat has just won what is one of Europe’s most prestigious and important readers’ polls, in which over 40 million readers of 24 European magazines publis ... Continue reading
Ford Escape Hybrid and Mercury Mariner Hybrid Bring Eco-Style to Hollywood
Producer of Best Picture Nominated "Crash" to arrive at Oscars in Mariner Hybrid Ford shows its support of awards with an ad in The Hollywood Reporter paying tribute to cars in the movies Ford Motor Company will increase its global hybrid production ten-fold to approximately 250,000 units annually by 2010. LOS ANGELES, ... Continue reading
GM Issues Statement Regarding Relationship with Suzuki
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. has no plans to fully unwind its current equity relationship with Suzuki. The strategic and business relationship between GM and Suzuki is robust and will continue. In the event GM reduces its stake in Suzuki, it will be done in an orderly manner through an open market repurchase. GM has ... Continue reading
KRUSEMAN GRABS CRA WIN AT PAS PERRIS, CALIF
KRUSEMAN GRABS CRA WIN AT PAS PERRIS, CALIF., March 4, 2006 – Series point leader Cory Kruseman, Ventura, Calif., started fifth in Glenn Crossno’s Agromin Soil #38 Bullet and went on to grab his first USAC/CRA win of the young season Saturday night at the Perris Auto Speedway. Damion Gardn ... Continue reading
Joaquin Phoenix, George Clooney to Arrive on the Oscar Red Carpet in Green Cars
DETROIT March 3, 2006; The AP reported that Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal and Frances McDormand are among those expected to step out of green vehicles and onto the red carpet at the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday. In all, 25 VIPs are participating in the fourth annual "Red Carpet, Green Cars" event sp ... Continue reading
The SAMAX Motorsport GT cars enjoyed a classic chase during the Rolex Sports Car Series race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. Driving together for the first time, Rob Bell and Martin Jensen took the No. 17 SAMAX Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car from eighth to sixth in class, edging their teammates Dave Lacey ... Continue reading
Capps Posts Top Time at NHRA Tour de Charity in Sonoma
ATTENTION EDITORS: Attached is an image of NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series driver Ron Capps, who posted the top time at today's NHRA Tour de Charity at the Infineon Raceway Karting Center. PHOTO BY CHUCKE WALKDEN. Contact: John Cardinale (707) 334-9805 Race Fans Trade High-Speed Thrills with Top NHRA Drivers SONOMA, C ... Continue reading
Year-Long Chicago Tribune Investigation of Teen-Driver Fatalities Begins Sunday
Inexperience, speed, alcohol factors in the No. 1 cause of death in youths CHICAGO, March 4 -- Automobile accidents remain the No. 1 killer of teens, a stubborn trend that has prompted a year-long investigation by the Chicago Tribune that not only aims to document each teen-driver fatality in the Chicago area this year ... Continue reading
NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - SAT results from No Problem Raceway Park in Belle Rose, La.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NHRA SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION NO PROBLEM RACEWAY PARK SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2006 Contact: Jill Caliendo, NHRA Field Marketing (626) 327-4207 Torrence and Stidham leaders at No Problem Raceway Park BELLE ROSE, La. - In final rounds of qualifying at the Allstar Automot ... Continue reading
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