Thursday, December 7, 2000

NHTSA Nixes GM Hummer2 Label

Timken Names GSWB Marketing

Leased Mufflers Offered To Trucks

Diamond Sparkles On Internet

Jackie O’s Fave BMW Up For Bid

AADCO Cements Bumber Deal

CARSTAR Boots-Up New Gear

Rover Rates Kiplinger’s Safety Nod

Timken Aftermarket Hires F-M’s Varner

Domed Data Antenna

Acura to Debut RS-X Prototype, Revamped 3.2 TL at Detroit Auto Show

Acura will debut its RS-X prototype, an exhilarating new sports coupe model, at the 2001 North American International Auto Show in January. ... Continue reading

ADP Announces Traver Technologies Acquisition; Acquisition Strengthens ADP's Dealer Services Portfolio

ADP Announces Traver Technologies Acquisition; Acquisition Strengthens ADP's Dealer Services Portfolio

Advanced Exhaust Technologies Offers Leasing Terms to Fleet Purchasers

Advanced Exhaust Technologies LLC (AET) announced that it is offering leasing terms to qualified Class 8 truck fleet and owner/operator customers who make volume purchases of the company's new fuel-saving Liberator muffler. ... Continue reading

ADVISORY/Motorcycles Rumble Through Long Beach! Did You Know That Overall Motorcycle Sales Are Up 20%? Cruisers Own the Road Revving 60% of All Sales?

Allied Holdings, Inc. Results to Be Impacted by Auto Industry Slowdown

ANC Rental Corporation Corrects and Replaces Previous Release, BW2233, FL-ANC-RENTAL

ANC Rental Corporation Will Not Pursue Previously-Announced Re-Financing Transaction

ANC Rental Corporation Will Not Pursue Previously-Announced Re-Financing Transaction

Autoliv's Stockholder Meeting and Next Dividend

Bel Named To Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index; Company Added To S&P's Communications Industry Group

'Booze It & Lose It' Nets 2,039 Impaired Driving Arrests

North Carolina law enforcement officers made 2,039 driving while impaired (DWI) arrests during the fall 2000 "Booze It & Lose It" campaign, which lasted from Nov. 17-Dec. 3. ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Divests Kysor-Westran

Brooks Automation Will Provide Multi-Million Dollar 200mm Sorter Solution for Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd. Fab in Umseong, Korea

BusinessWeek Picks 'The Best Products of 2000'; Razor, Dilberito, BMW's Z8, Audrey and Sound Morpher Included in the List

CART: Klein Tools Joins Team Motorola as Associate Sponsor

CART: Klein Tools Joins Team Motorola as Associate Sponsor ... Continue reading

CART: Pioneer Electronics To Sponsor Second Mo Nunn Entry for Zanardi

CART: Pioneer Electronics To Sponsor Second Mo Nunn Entry for Zanardi ... Continue reading

CCC Information Services Inc. Announces Milestone In Serving More Than 14,000 Automotive Repair Facility Customers

ChoiceParts Recruits Seasoned Talent for CTO, CFO and Product Development Posts

Code-Alarm and @Road Form Alliance to Deliver Web-Based Telematics Solution

Collins & Aikman Receives ``Best of Troy'' Award

Convenience of Airport Check-in at Rental Car Facility Offered First in Las Vegas; New Service Developed, Provided by Certified Airline Passenger Services

"Customers Will Really Decide What Tires They Want in the Longer Term," Ford Motor Company President and CEO Jaques Nasser Tells CNBC's Today's Business

DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Bell & Howell Create On-line Parts and Service Portal

DaimlerChrysler is First Automaker To 'Exceed Safety Expectations'

DaimlerChrysler Corporation has become the first automaker ever in the 33-year history of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to receive the "exceed expectations" status from the safety agency for its response to a safety recommendation. ... Continue reading

Daimler to Dump Chrysler? Asks just-auto.com Editor

Dana Corporation Structural Products Facility Receives Award for Innovation In Workflow DANA CORPORATION LOGO Dana Corporation logo. (PRNewsFoto)[DM] TOLEDO, OH USA 09/03/1999    

Decoma announces record fiscal 2001 first quarter results

Decoma International Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2001 ended October 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

Delphi Receives 'Corporation of the Year Award'

Delphi announced that it has received the Corporation of the Year Award from the Dayton Minority Supplier Development Council. ... Continue reading

Eaton Signs Multi-Year, $250 Million Agreement With DaimlerChrysler

Eaton Corporation said it has signed a multi-year, $250 million agreement to supply medium-duty truck transmission components to DaimlerChrysler AG in Brazil. ... Continue reading

[EMAIL] Universal Studios to sponsor American Honda Motorcycle Racing Teams

Universal Studios to sponsor American Honda Motorcycle Racing Teams ... Continue reading

Environmental Solutions Worldwide, Inc. Engages Continental Capital & Equity Corporation to Manage Financial Public Relations

Environmental Solutions Worldwide, Inc. Engages Continental Capital & Equity Corporation to Manage Financial Public Relations

Ford and ATX Agree to Continue Long-Standing Relationship in Telematics

ATX Technologies, Inc., and Ford Motor Company , two pioneers in the development of telematics, announced that ATX will continue to provide location-based emergency and navigation telematics services to Ford Motor Company. ... Continue reading

Ford and PeoplePC Extends Partnership

Ford Motor Company and PeoplePC Inc. expanded their efforts to create one of the most 'e-literate' workforces, by making PeoplePC's computer and Internet package available to up to 250,000 U.S. Blue Oval Certified Ford dealerships employees. ... Continue reading

Formula One: Honda concludes 3-day F1 test in Jerez

Honda concludes 3-day F1 test in Jerez ... Continue reading

FreeMarkets Announces Agreement with MacLean-Fogg

Harley-Davidson Clarifies Dividend Announcement

Harley-Davidson, Inc. Increases Dividend

Harley-Davidson, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of 2.5 cents per share, payable December 29, 2000 to shareholders of record December 18, 2000. ... Continue reading

Honda Model X Concept Vehicle To Debut at NAIAS

A new Honda concept vehicle called "Model X" will debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced. ... Continue reading

Industry Veteran Christopher A. Sawyer Joins Automotive Manufacturing & Production Magazine as Executive Editor

Johnson Appointed Corporate Development and Transformation Officer for Mercedes-Benz USA

Knite Inc. Appoints David S. Boyer Chief Executive Officer

Land Rover Greenville Wins Land Rover TreK 2000 LAND ROVER TREK 2000 COMPETITION They meant to do this! Land Rover Denver East (Colo.) team member Kirby Garrison directs his team's Land Rover Discovery Series II through this 60-degree side tilt during the Land Rover TReK 2000 Finals' "Test Drive" competition. (PRNewsFoto) [JL] WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV USA 12/07/2000    

Listing of Convertibles

McLaren Performance Technologies Names Steven Rossi President and Chief Executive Officer STEVEN ROSSI OF MCLAREN PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES Automotive industry veteran Steven Rossi has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Livonia, Mich.-based McLaren Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: MCLN). Rossi joins the publicly traded company after a career spanning 24 years at several major global automakers, including DaimlerChrysler Corp., Mercedes-Benz of North America, General Motors, Saab Cars USA, Inc. and Ford Motor Co. (PRNewsFoto)[PM] LIVONIA, MI USA 12/07/2000    

Murphy McGinnis Media Backs Local Auto Dealers with CarCast from PowerAdz.com

NASCAR WCUP: New 36-Race Schedule Forces Changes At Valvoline Team

New 36-Race Schedule Forces Changes At Valvoline Team ... Continue reading

Next-Generation Ester Grease Lasts Longer, survives Higher Temps

Northern Light IRL: Tests for USAC Stars to be Rescheduled After Second Washout

Northern Light IRL: Tests for USAC Stars to be Rescheduled After Second Washout ... Continue reading

Parlex Executive Retires

Pep Boys Signs Contract With NEXCOM

Phil Varner Named Regional Sales Manager - Light/Heavy Duty in the Timken Company's Automotive Aftermarket Business THE TIMKEN COMPANY LOGO The Timken Company, Worldwide Leader in Bearings and Steel. (PRNewsFoto)[KC] CANTON, OH USA 10/12/1999    

PPG, Nan Ya to Build Chinese Fiber Glass Plant

Productivity Technologies Corporation Announces Management Changes And Further Cost Reduction Initiatives

Quivox Systems Hires CEO to Lead Post-Merger Sales and Marketing

Restricted License for DUI Offenders Requires Breath Tester

In accordance with a new law, AB 2227 by Assemblyman Tom Torlakson, motorists can now install an ignition interlock device that disables their vehicle if the driver has alcohol on their breath. ... Continue reading

@Road and Code-Alarm Form Alliance to Deliver Web-Based Telematics Solution

RV Trailers And Motor Home Retail Sales for the First 9 Months of 2000

Statistical Surveys, Inc. released RV Trailer and Motor Home retail units sales data and rankings for January - September 2000 ... Continue reading

SCCA: 'Rogaine hair-raising pass of the day' announced for 2001 season

SCCA: 'Rogaine hair-raising pass of the day' announced for 2000 season ... Continue reading

SME Offers Online Training Courses For the Manufacturing and Engineering Community

Textron To Acquire Supplier of Telecommunications Testing Equipment

Textron Inc. announced today it has agreed to acquire Tempo Research Corporation to further expand its growing presence in the telecommunications test equipment market. The deal also includes a product line of multifunction test sets recently acquired by Tempo from Tektronix, Inc. ... Continue reading

The Shape of Honda's Future? TheCarConnection.com Provides the First Look at The Next-Generation Acura Integra and Honda's Quirky Crossover, the Model X

The Timken Company Awards Associates Worldwide for Dedication to Excellence THE TIMKEN COMPANY LOGO The Timken Company, Worldwide Leader in Bearings and Steel. (PRNewsFoto)[KC] CANTON, OH USA 10/12/1999    

UAW, DaimlerChrysler Corporation to Release Findings Of Delaware Health Care Study

UK Exclusive: Final Destination For Last 'Classic Mini' - just-auto.com Reports

Viasystems Group, Inc. Agrees to Acquire Metal Enclosure Business

Visteon Takes its Technology on the Road In GM Mid-Size SUVs

Visteon Corporation and General Motors hit the road in beautiful Baja, Mexico, today for an international media preview of the all-new Chevy Trailblazer, GMC Envoy and Oldsmobile Bravada. ... Continue reading

Weinstein Kitchenoff Scarlato & Goldman Ltd. Announces Class Action Lawsuit against DaimlerChrysler AG

Werner Enterprises Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

World Omni Financial Corp. Adds Internet-based Auto Financing to its Dealer Services with e-fin, LLC