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Friday, December 8, 2000

2001 Range Rover 4.6 HSE Receives 'First For Safety' Award

2001 Range Rover 4.6 HSE Receives 'First For Safety' Award

The 2001 Range Rover 4.6 HSE model has received Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's "First for Safety" award for sport- utility vehicles. ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor to Close Fairfield, Iowa, Facility

ArvinMeritor to Close Fairfield, Iowa, Facility

ArvinMeritor, Inc. announced its decision to close its Fairfield, Iowa, manufacturing facility. ... Continue reading

Automakers Call for Consumer Test for Electric Vehicles

Automakers Call for Consumer Test for Electric Vehicles

The Alliance of Auto Manufacturers called on CARB to adopt a "Fair Market Test" to determine whether a successful, sustainable consumer market exists for electric vehicles at volumes required by the state's Zero Emission mandate. ... Continue reading

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 50 YEAR 2000

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 50 YEAR 2000

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 50 YEAR 2000 ... Continue reading

CART: Klein Tools Renews Support of Team Kool Green

CART: Klein Tools Renews Support of Team Kool Green

CART: Klein Tools Renews Support of Team Kool Green ... Continue reading

CART: Pioneer Electronics partners with Mo Nunn and Walker Racing for 2001

CART: Pioneer Electronics partners with Mo Nunn and Walker Racing for 2001

CART: Pioneer Electronics partners with Mo Nunn and Walker Racing for 2001 ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Announces Initiative to Reduce Material Costs by 15%

Chrysler Group Announces Initiative to Reduce Material Costs by 15%

Chrysler Group announced a two-step approach to reduce material costs for vehicles and general services over the next 2 years, as the first element of a comprehensive restructuring plan aimed at lowering overall spending and improving efficiencies. ... Continue reading

CSK Auto Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2000 Financial Results

CSK Auto Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2000 Financial Results

CSK Auto Corporation , the parent company of CSK Auto, Inc., a leading specialty retailer in the automotive aftermarket, reported its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2000. The Company highlighted the following: ... Continue reading

Dana and Buehler Motor Form Strategic Alliance

Dana and Buehler Motor Form Strategic Alliance

Dana and Buehler Motor announced that they have formed a product development and supply agreement to provide advanced automotive motor-module technologies and manufacturingexpertise to support under-the-hood and under-the-vehicle applications. ... Continue reading

Digital Harmony Caps $5 Million in Venture Funding

Digital Harmony Caps $5 Million in Venture Funding

Digital Harmony Technologies Inc. (DHT), a leading developer of digital media networking technologies for the home and for the studio, closed a $5 million Preferred Series A funding round. ... Continue reading

Donnelly Introduces VideoMirror with BabyVue and ReversAid

Donnelly Introduces VideoMirror with BabyVue and ReversAid

Donnelly is bringing cameras to cars. And bringing child safety products to the Internet. ... Continue reading

Ensera and AutocheX Announce Strategic Partnership

Ensera and AutocheX Announce Strategic Partnership

Ensera, the automotive claims industry's leading provider of end-to-end process automation solutions, announced a strategic partnership with AutocheX. ... Continue reading

First Investors Reports Lower Second Quarter Earnings

First Investors Reports Lower Second Quarter Earnings

First Investors Financial Services has reported net income of $504,963 or $0.09 per share for the second quarter ended October 31, 2000 and $999,560 or $0.18 per share for the first six months of the 2001 fiscal year. ... Continue reading

First Snow of Season Tests Winter Driving Skills, Says AAA Michigan

First Snow of Season Tests Winter Driving Skills, Says AAA Michigan

In Southeast Michigan, the first snow of the season often catches some drivers off guard. According to AAA Michigan, the leading cause of traffic crashes on ice-slicked, snow-clogged roads is following the car in front too closely. ... Continue reading

Ford Escape XLT (2001)

Ford Escape XLT (2001)

Ford Escape XLT (2001) Review ... Continue reading

Honda to showcase F6-based concept cruisers at Motorcycle Show

Honda to showcase F6-based concept cruisers at Motorcycle Show

Motorcycle cruiser enthusiasts will have a special treat at the Honda display this weekend at the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, California -- three radical concept cruisers built around the mighty Honda F-6 engine. ... Continue reading

Jaguar to Present 'A Roadster Retrospective' at 2001 LA Auto Show

Jaguar to Present 'A Roadster Retrospective' at 2001 LA Auto Show

Jaguar will sponsor a special display of its roadsters at the 2001 Greater Los Angeles Auto Show. ... Continue reading

Jaguar XK8 (2001)

Jaguar XK8 (2001)

Jaguar XK8 (2001) Review ... Continue reading

Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4X (2001)

Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4X (2001)

Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4X (2001) Review ... Continue reading

KARTING: Sodano wins 2000 World Karting Association Championship

KARTING: Sodano wins 2000 World Karting Association Championship

KARTING: Sodano wins 2000 World Karting Association Championship ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Benson reacts to 2001 second round qualifying announcement

NASCAR WCUP: Benson reacts to 2001 second round qualifying announcement

NASCAR WCUP: Benson reacts to 2001 second round qualifying announcement ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Former Champion Rudd Returns to True Value IROC Series

NASCAR WCUP: Former Champion Rudd Returns to True Value IROC Series

NASCAR WCUP: Former Champion Rudd Returns to True Value IROC Series ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Ince Makes Big Decision At Charlotte Speedway

NASCAR WCUP: Ince Makes Big Decision At Charlotte Speedway

Ince Makes Big Decision At Charlotte Speedway ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Hornish entering comfort zone after initial Panther Racing test

Northern Light IRL: Hornish entering comfort zone after initial Panther Racing test

Northern Light IRL: Hornish entering comfort zone after initial Panther Racing test ... Continue reading

Northern Light IRL: Indy Racing Northern Light Series Weekly Notebook

Northern Light IRL: Indy Racing Northern Light Series Weekly Notebook

Northern Light IRL: Indy Racing Northern Light Series Weekly Notebook ... Continue reading

Owosso Announces the Sale of a Timer and Switch Product Line

Owosso Announces the Sale of a Timer and Switch Product Line

Owosso Corporation announced that it had completed the sale of the assets associated with the Timer and Switch line of its M.H. Rhodes division to Capewell Components Company LLC, a diversified manufacturer of military and industrial products. ... Continue reading

SCCA: Fram named the official filter of SCCA

SCCA: Fram named the official filter of SCCA

SCCA: Fram named the official filter of SCCA ... Continue reading

SGP: Australian SGP Postponed Until 2002

SGP: Australian SGP Postponed Until 2002

SGP: Australian SGP Postponed Until 2002 ... Continue reading

SmartMove Telematics Firm Now Becomes ACUNIA

SmartMove Telematics Firm Now Becomes ACUNIA

SmartMove, the leading European automotive telematics technology provider, notified the press that it has changed the company name to ACUNIA (AH-KOON'-YA). ... Continue reading

Sundiro and Orbital to Manufacture OCP Two-Stroke Engines in China

Sundiro and Orbital to Manufacture OCP Two-Stroke Engines in China

Orbital Engine and Hainan Sundiro have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at establishing manufacturing facilities for the production of Orbital Combustion Process automotive two-stroke engines for the Chinese market. ... Continue reading

Sunoco Announces Purchase of Retail Outlets From Coastal

Sunoco Announces Purchase of Retail Outlets From Coastal

Sunoco announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase retail gasoline outlets from Coastal Mart, Inc., a subsidiary of The Coastal Corporation. ... Continue reading

SUPERBIKES: Mike Hale on Competition Accessories Ducatis at Daytona

SUPERBIKES: Mike Hale on Competition Accessories Ducatis at Daytona

SUPERBIKES: Mike Hale on Competition Accessories Ducatis at Daytona ... Continue reading

Titan Announces Dividend for the Fourth Quarter of 2000

Titan Announces Dividend for the Fourth Quarter of 2000

The Board of Directors of Titan International, Inc. has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $.015 (one and a half cents) per common share for the fourth quarter of 2000. ... Continue reading

Toyota Prius (2001)

Toyota Prius (2001)

Toyota Prius (2001) Review ... Continue reading

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