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Friday, April 7, 2000

ADP Introduces DealerSuite.com

ADP Introduces DealerSuite.com

ADP(R) Dealer Services introduced DealerSuite.com at the American Truck Dealers Convention. A new Web portal for the heavy truck retail community, DealerSuite.com redefines how goods and services are delivered to dealers. ... Continue reading

Autoliv Selects GeoLogistics to Manage Logistics Program for North American Division

Autoliv Selects GeoLogistics to Manage Logistics Program for North American Division

The world's largest airbag maker has selected GeoLogistics Corporation to manage the global logistics activities of the airbag components it manufactures in North America. ... Continue reading

AutoTradeCenter.com Inc. Acquires Minority Interest of Technology Subsidiary

AutoTradeCenter.com Inc. Acquires Minority Interest of Technology Subsidiary

AutoTradeCenter.com Inc. announced that the Company has purchased the 45% minority ownership interest of its technology- based subsidiary BusinessTradecenter.com Inc. by issuing 5,000,000 restricted shares of its common stock. ... Continue reading

Cummins Receives Nifty Fifty Award

Cummins Receives Nifty Fifty Award

Cummins Engine Co. Inc., has been honored for introducing one of the 50 most significant new products of 1999 to the commercial trucking industry. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Reports Plant Schedule for Week of April 10, 2000

DaimlerChrysler Reports Plant Schedule for Week of April 10, 2000

DaimlerChrysler Corporation reports all nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian assembly plants will operate the week of April 10, 2000. ... Continue reading

Della Penna Motorsports and fetchOmatic.com Announce Agreement

Della Penna Motorsports and fetchOmatic.com Announce Agreement

Team owner John Della Penna announced the signing of fetchOmatic.com, a broadband search engine, as a new major associate sponsor. ... Continue reading

Delphi Sends Six High School Robotics Teams to Finals

Delphi Sends Six High School Robotics Teams to Finals

Delphi Automotive Systems is helping more than 300 high school students learn more about science and technology by sponsoring six teams at the national finals of this year's FIRST Robotics Competition, which will take place at Walt Disney's EPCOT. ... Continue reading

Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring; Quick Facts

Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring; Quick Facts

SOME ADVANCED NASCAR FEATHERLITE SOUTHWEST SERIES STUFF (RACE: APRIL 29) ... Continue reading

Ford Escape to Have Clean, Efficient Hybrid-Electric Powertrain in 2003

Ford Escape to Have Clean, Efficient Hybrid-Electric Powertrain in 2003

A hybrid-electric powered Ford Escape is being designed to be the cleanest, most fuel-efficient sport utility on the planet when it debuts in 2003. ... Continue reading

Ford & Maytag Bring the Conveniences of Home To Your Car

Ford & Maytag Bring the Conveniences of Home To Your Car

Maytag Corporation and Ford Motor Company teamed up to create the ultimate in a "personalized for your lifestyle" concept vehicle, named Windstar Solutions. ... Continue reading

Frank Reuwer Named President & COO of USF Logistics

Frank Reuwer Named President & COO of USF Logistics

USF Worldwide Logistics announced the appointment of Frank Reuwer to the position of President & COO of USF Logistics. Reuwer replaces Doug Christensen, who became President and CEO of USF Worldwide Logistics. ... Continue reading

Freudenberg-NOK Receives NUMMI'S Triple Crown Award for Cost, Quality and Delivery

Freudenberg-NOK Receives NUMMI'S Triple Crown Award for Cost, Quality and Delivery

Freudenberg-NOK recently won the NUMMI Triple Crown Excellence Award in recognition of excellence for supplying the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) during 1999. ... Continue reading

GM Offering In-Vehicle Internet Access Has Great Potential

GM Offering In-Vehicle Internet Access Has Great Potential

With Internet access becoming more mobile, automobile manufacturers have a great opportunity to receive additional revenue with in-vehicle Internet access, according to Gartner Group, Inc. ... Continue reading

Governor Patton Honors Gallatin Steel for Amazing Safety Record

Governor Patton Honors Gallatin Steel for Amazing Safety Record

Gallatin Steel's outstanding safety record has always been a point of pride for the Ghent steelmaker. Now, Kentucky Governor Paul Patton has recognized the company as a role model for employers across the state. ... Continue reading

Hayes Lemmerz Attains ISO 14001 Registration

Hayes Lemmerz Attains ISO 14001 Registration

Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. announced that it's Autokola, Ostrava, Czech Republic manufacturing facility has attained ISO 14001 registration. ... Continue reading

Hometown Auto Retailers Dealerships Receive 1999 Toyota President's Award

Hometown Auto Retailers Dealerships Receive 1999 Toyota President's Award

Hometown Auto Retailers, Inc., a leading consolidator and operator of automotive dealerships in the Northeast, announced that two of its New England-based dealerships have received the coveted 1999 Toyota President's Award. ... Continue reading

Jury Finds CU Made False Statements

Jury Finds CU Made False Statements

A jury in Federal District Court in Los Angeles found that Consumers Union of United States (CU) made repeated false statements about Isuzu Motors Limited and the 1995-96 Isuzu Trooper. ... Continue reading

Motorcycle Awareness Part Of Virginia's Drivers Ed Training

Motorcycle Awareness Part Of Virginia's Drivers Ed Training

Student drivers in Virginia will be learning a lot more about sharing the road with motorcycles under a bill signed into law by Gov. James Gilmore, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: BellSouth Mobility 320 Starting Lineup, Nashville

NASCAR BGN: BellSouth Mobility 320 Starting Lineup, Nashville

NASCAR BGN: BellSouth Mobility 320 Starting Lineup, Nashville ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Casey Atwood wins pole at Nashville Speedway

NASCAR: Casey Atwood wins pole at Nashville Speedway

NASCAR: Casey Atwood wins pole at Nashville Speedway ... Continue reading

NASCAR GDS: Gold Star Dodge Dealers 125 returns for only 2000 engagement at St. Augustine

NASCAR GDS: Gold Star Dodge Dealers 125 returns for only 2000 engagement at St. Augustine

NASCAR GDS: Gold Star Dodge Dealers 125 returns for only 2000 engagement at St. Augustine ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: NAPA 250 Starting Lineup, Martinsville

NASCAR Trucks: NAPA 250 Starting Lineup, Martinsville

NASCAR Trucks: NAPA 250 Starting Lineup, Martinsville ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Goody's Body Pain 500 First Round Qualifying, Martinsville

NASCAR WCUP: Goody's Body Pain 500 First Round Qualifying, Martinsville

NASCAR WCUP: Goody's Body Pain 500 First Round Qualifying, Martinsville ... Continue reading

NHTSA Publishes List of February 2000 Recalls

NHTSA Publishes List of February 2000 Recalls

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a list of auto safety recalls announced in February 2000 urged consumers to have the problems fixed promptly. ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: Cold, Possible snow forces delay of testing until Sunday

NorthernLight IRL: Cold, Possible snow forces delay of testing until Sunday

NorthernLight IRL: Cold, Possible snow forces delay of testing until Sunday ... Continue reading

NorthernLight IRL: From the drawing board, Blueprint Racing Team

NorthernLight IRL: From the drawing board, Blueprint Racing Team

FROM THE DRAWING BOARD-- BLUEPRINT RACING TEAM NOTES ... Continue reading

Robert Gross Joins Hemmings Motor News As Associate Editor

Robert Gross Joins Hemmings Motor News As Associate Editor

Robert W. Gross, an experienced automotive photojournalist, has joined the staff of Hemming Motor News as associate editor. ... Continue reading

SmarTire Systems Clarifies Involvement

SmarTire Systems Clarifies Involvement

SmarTire Systems Inc. reports that in a Dow Jones News Release on April 4, 2000, SmarTire was mentioned in a story concerning a SEC complaint against two men who allegedly used the Internet to fraudulently promote shares in 35 microcap companies. ... Continue reading

TecSyn International Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results

TecSyn International Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results

TecSyn has declared a special dividend of $3.00 per share to registered holders of its common stock on the record date of April 14, 2000. ... Continue reading

Toyota Recognizes Timken for Quality, Value

Toyota Recognizes Timken for Quality, Value

The Timken Company recently received two awards from Toyota Motor Corporation for quality performance and value improvement in 1999. ... Continue reading

Toyota will Unveil All-New Highlander And RAV4 Sport Utility Vehicles

Toyota will Unveil All-New Highlander And RAV4 Sport Utility Vehicles

The world premiere of the Toyota Highlander and the North American debut of the Toyota RAV4 will be staged at a press conference at the New York Auto Show, Wednesday, April 19, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. ... Continue reading

Tracks: NASCAR Super Late Models return to Irwindale Speedway

Tracks: NASCAR Super Late Models return to Irwindale Speedway

SATURDAY, APRIL 15 SHOW AT IRWINDALE; NOT "TAXING" ... Continue reading

USAC: Gary Hieber captures the pole at Nazareth

USAC: Gary Hieber captures the pole at Nazareth

USAC: Gary Hieber captures the pole at Nazareth ... Continue reading

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 388,846 units, down from the 389,102 cars and trucks built last week, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

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