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Tuesday, November 9, 1999

1999 NHRA Federal-Mogul Series, national points, Nov. 9, 1999

1999 NHRA Federal-Mogul Series, national points, Nov. 9, 1999

1999 NHRA Federal-Mogul Series, national points, Nov. 8, 1999 ... Continue reading

Abrams Consulting and Transportation Solutions Join Forces

Abrams Consulting and Transportation Solutions Join Forces

ABRAMS CONSULTING GROUP, INC. and TRANSPORTATIONS SOLUTIONS, have formed a joint venture to provide consulting, market research and management services to car rental companies, public transportation agencies, and allied businesses worldwide. ... Continue reading

Alternative Fuel Systems Inc. Receives Order From `IDEM' in Iran

Alternative Fuel Systems Inc. Receives Order From `IDEM' in Iran

Alternative Fuel Systems Inc. announced significant progress with the Iranian Diesel Engine Manufacturing Co. (IDEM), following the company's initial news release of June 28, 1999, detailing the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. ... Continue reading

Autocam Announces Agreement on Merger Transaction

Autocam Announces Agreement on Merger Transaction

Kentwood, Michigan-based Autocam Corporation announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Titan Acquisition Corporation, a corporation formed by Aurora Capital Group. ... Continue reading

Autocam Reports Record First Quarter Results

Autocam Reports Record First Quarter Results

Autocam Corporation reported its financial results for the three months ended September 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

Automotive Industry Is Engine of Growth for U.S. Bearings Market

Automotive Industry Is Engine of Growth for U.S. Bearings Market

Although the bearings market has been stagnant, rebounding growth is around the corner. The automotive industry in particular is a promising avenue for development. ... Continue reading

AutoNation's Auto Rental Spin-Off To Be Named ANC Rental Corp

AutoNation's Auto Rental Spin-Off To Be Named ANC Rental Corp

AutoNation, Inc. announced the formation of ANC Rental Corporation, which will be spun-off to AutoNation shareholders as a tax-free share dividend to be distributed in January 2000. ... Continue reading

Avis Appoints A. Barry Rand as New Chairman and CEO

Avis Appoints A. Barry Rand as New Chairman and CEO

Avis Rent A Car, Inc. announced the appointment of A. Barry Rand, 55, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective immediately. ... Continue reading

Brake Headquarters Announces $12M Debtor-In-Possession Credit

Brake Headquarters Announces $12M Debtor-In-Possession Credit

Brake Headquarters USA, Inc. announced that its 2 subsidiaries operating under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy laws, Sanyo Automotive Parts and ABS Brakes had closed on a $12 million working capital line of credit with Foothill CapitalCorporation. ... Continue reading

Brazilian F-Chevrolet Championship Report

Brazilian F-Chevrolet Championship Report

Brazilian F-Chevrolet Championship Report ... Continue reading

Brazilian Stock Car Championship Report

Brazilian Stock Car Championship Report

Brazilian Stock Car Championship ... Continue reading

'Car Talk' Guys Declare War on Cellular Phones

'Car Talk' Guys Declare War on Cellular Phones

"It was bad enough when people were shaving and putting on lipstick while driving," said co-host Tom Magliozzi. "But now they're trying to dial the psychic hotline while changing lanes at 65 mph!" ... Continue reading

Clarion Selects ORA to Provide Hands-Free Nokia Cellular Cradle

Clarion Selects ORA to Provide Hands-Free Nokia Cellular Cradle

Clarion Sales Corporation has selected ORA Electronics to offer a USB-controlled cellular cradle, along with InfoGation Corporation's PhoneBase application software, for Nokia phones the Clarion AutoPC(TM). ... Continue reading

Cold Heading Co. Acquires Bolt Manufacturer

Cold Heading Co. Acquires Bolt Manufacturer

Cold Heading Company, a manufacturer of threaded steel fasteners for the automotive industry, has acquired GT Specialty Fasteners, Inc. of Walled Lake, Mich., a manufacturer of specialty fasteners. ... Continue reading

Collins & Aikman Appoints Sandra Thomas, Director - Investor Relations

Collins & Aikman Appoints Sandra Thomas, Director - Investor Relations

Collins & Aikman announced the appointment of Sandra Thomas as Director of Investor Relations. ... Continue reading

Continental Teves' Drive Safer America!

Continental Teves' Drive Safer America!

Continental Teves' Drive Safer America! program now reaches Spanish-speaking drivers and educators with a Spanish-language version of its "Stomp, Stay, Steer" video. ... Continue reading

Dana Corporation Intends To Sell English Forging Facility

Dana Corporation Intends To Sell English Forging Facility

Dana Corporation announced that it intends to sell its Kirkstall, Leeds, England, forging operations. ... Continue reading

Dan Henson Takes the Wheel at GE Capital Auto Financial Services

Dan Henson Takes the Wheel at GE Capital Auto Financial Services

GE Capital announced that Daniel S. Henson has been appointed President and General Manager of GE Capital Auto Financial Services (AFS) and named a GE Officer. ... Continue reading

DCR to Rate Ryder Vehicle Lease Trust 1999-A Asset-Backed Notes

DCR to Rate Ryder Vehicle Lease Trust 1999-A Asset-Backed Notes

Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR) expects to assign the following ratings to the asset-backed notes to be issued by Ryder Vehicle Lease Trust 1999-A: ... Continue reading

Delphi's MagneRide Suspension System One of 100 'Best of What's New'

Delphi's MagneRide Suspension System One of 100 'Best of What's New'

MagneRide(TM), the acclaimed high-performance semi-active suspension control system developed by Delphi Automotive Systems, has been selected as one of the 100 "Best of What's New" technical achievements of 1999 by POPULAR SCIENCE magazine. ... Continue reading

Detroit Diesel Announces Stock Repurchase Program

Detroit Diesel Announces Stock Repurchase Program

Detroit Diesel Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to 10% of the total outstanding stock of the company. ... Continue reading

Do-It-Yourselfers Prefer Car Care Gift Certificates This Holiday Season

Do-It-Yourselfers Prefer Car Care Gift Certificates This Holiday Season

In a recent national survey of 600 vehicle owners who work on their cars, over 70 percent said they'd prefer a gift certificate to an automotive store to any other item this upcoming holiday season. ... Continue reading

Driver's Direct (R) Now Selling Direct-to-Consumer Auto Insurance in Wisconsin

Driver's Direct (R) Now Selling Direct-to-Consumer Auto Insurance in Wisconsin

Driver's Direct, a program of All Nation Insurance Company, is now offering its comprehensive, affordable auto insurance to Wisconsin drivers. ... Continue reading

Eaton to Offer $400 Million of Debt Securities

Eaton to Offer $400 Million of Debt Securities

Eaton Corporation announced that it intends to issue $200 million of notes due November 2004 and $200 million of debentures due November 2029. ... Continue reading

Exide and Tractor Supply Co. Initiate Sales Agreement

Exide and Tractor Supply Co. Initiate Sales Agreement

Exide Corporation announced that it has reached an agreement with Tractor Supply Co., of Nashville, TN, to begin supplying them as many as 275,000 batteries per year, beginning January 1,2000. ... Continue reading

FinishMaster Announces Third Quarter Results

FinishMaster Announces Third Quarter Results

FinishMaster, Inc. reported that net income for the quarter ended September 30, 1999 increased 1230% to $1,051,000 on net sales of $82,460,000, compared to net income of $79,000 on net sales of $80,338,000 in the prior year. ... Continue reading

General Motors 'Moo-ves' the Cows on Parade

General Motors 'Moo-ves' the Cows on Parade

Chicagoans will get their last chance to see cows from the Cows on Parade(TM) exhibit when General Motors, the official automotive sponsor of the Chicago Public Art Program, conducts an actual parade through various Chicago neighborhoods. ... Continue reading

Greenslip Appoints Richard Kesterke to Lead Operations and Growth Strategy

Greenslip Appoints Richard Kesterke to Lead Operations and Growth Strategy

Greenslip Inc. announced Richard Kesterke has joined the company as its Director of Operations. ... Continue reading

Harbinger Announces Initiative to Accelerate Automotive Industry Portals

Harbinger Announces Initiative to Accelerate Automotive Industry Portals

Harbinger Corporation announced its plans to deliver capabilities that will complement and accelerate implementation of Ford's AutoXchange portal and GM's TradeXchange portal. ... Continue reading

Hertz Introduces 'Next Generation' NeverLost(R) System to Canada

Hertz Introduces 'Next Generation' NeverLost(R) System to Canada

The Hertz Corporation, the world's largest car rental company, unveils its "next generation" NeverLost(R) satellite navigation system at the World Congress Trade Show on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in Toronto, Ontario. ... Continue reading

Honda Reports Unaudited Consolidated Financial Results for Q2

Honda Reports Unaudited Consolidated Financial Results for Q2

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the fiscal second quarter and the first half ended September 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

John Deere Gator UVs Named Vehicle Of Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

John Deere Gator UVs Named Vehicle Of Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

After an impressive performance last year, the John Deere line of Gator(R) utility vehicles has been named the official utility vehicle of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. ... Continue reading

Mazda Celebrates Millennium with Special Millenia Model

Mazda Celebrates Millennium with Special Millenia Model

While many cars can lay claim to "Car of the Year" or "Car of the Century" titles, only one can rightfully claim to be the "Official Car of the Millennium." ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Completes an Equity Investment in Ergonomic Technologies

Mitsubishi Completes an Equity Investment in Ergonomic Technologies

Ergonomic Technologies Corporation, an ergonomic consulting technology company, is pleased to announce that Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsubishi International Corporation have completed an equity investment in ETC. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi's Eclipse Sport Coupe Named 'Best Buy' by Consumers Digest

Mitsubishi's Eclipse Sport Coupe Named 'Best Buy' by Consumers Digest

Consumers Digest Magazine has named the 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse sports coupe a "Best Buy" in its expanded 2000 Annual Buying Guide issue for November/December, now hitting newsstands. ... Continue reading

Morgan Seeks Wider Industry Support for Car Care Council

Morgan Seeks Wider Industry Support for Car Care Council

The value of Car Care Council's programs came into focus at the Board of Governors meeting at AAIW in Las Vegas. Members heard reports on The Women's Board, Certified Inspection, National Car Care Month, the C.A.R. radio show and the news supplement. ... Continue reading

NAPA Drives in the Millennium With Holiday Travel Safety Tips

NAPA Drives in the Millennium With Holiday Travel Safety Tips

According to TIA (Travel Industry Association of America), more than 37 million people nationwide will travel over New Year's weekend and 60 percent plan to use their car to get to their destination. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Park-Whelen Busch Combination Ready For First Audition

NASCAR BGN: Park-Whelen Busch Combination Ready For First Audition

Park-Whelen Busch Combination Ready For First Audition ... Continue reading

NASCAR : Sponsor Oakwood Homes to give away 'Dream Home'

NASCAR : Sponsor Oakwood Homes to give away 'Dream Home'

NASCAR : Sponsor Oakwood Homes to give away 'Dream Home' ... Continue reading

News Conference & Demonstration: Minnesota Automobile Crash Notification System

News Conference & Demonstration: Minnesota Automobile Crash Notification System

A car crash ... a severly injured driver on a deserted rural road -- a bleak picture? Automatically, the crashed vehicle transmits data from the scene to law enforcement and emergency medical personnel who immediately respond with help. ... Continue reading

NHRA: 3d Title on the Line for Hines at Pomona

NHRA: 3d Title on the Line for Hines at Pomona

NHRA: 3d Title on the Line for Hines at Pomona ... Continue reading

O'Reilly Automotive Announces Two-for-One Stock Split

O'Reilly Automotive Announces Two-for-One Stock Split

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. announced the declaration by its Board of Directors at its third quarter meeting, of a two-for- one stock split in the form of a 100% stock dividend to all shareholders of record of its common stock. ... Continue reading

Parking Lot Safe Driving Tips From Driver Education Company

Parking Lot Safe Driving Tips From Driver Education Company

In anticipation of increasing holiday traffic found around shopping malls and parking lots, there are precautionary measures drivers can take to ensure safety. ... Continue reading

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Announces Corporate Officer Retirement

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Announces Corporate Officer Retirement

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company announced that David Alderson II, Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has decided to retire from the company after a twenty-one year career culminating in the successful restructuring of Pennzoil Company. ... Continue reading

Popular Mechanics Introduces the Online 2000 Buyers Guide

Popular Mechanics Introduces the Online 2000 Buyers Guide

For the first time ever, the trusted Popular Mechanics Cars and Trucks Buyers Guide makes its debut online, it was announced today by Editor-In-Chief Joe Oldham. ... Continue reading

PorscheZone.com Launches the First Porsche Portal

PorscheZone.com Launches the First Porsche Portal

PorscheZone.com, a joint venture of Jump Internet, LLC and Heishman Porsche, announced its Porsche specific vertical portal is live and available free to Porsche enthusiasts at http://www.porschezone.com. ... Continue reading

Rising Gas Prices Make Fuel Conservation Fashionable, AAA Says

Rising Gas Prices Make Fuel Conservation Fashionable, AAA Says

This year's escalating gasoline prices should make energy conservation more popular with motorists, according to AAA. ... Continue reading

Safe Communities of Wright County Announces Dramatic Crash Rate Reduction

Safe Communities of Wright County Announces Dramatic Crash Rate Reduction

Motor vehicle crashes in eastern Wright County decreased 20 percent in 1998, according to a report released by Safe Communities of Wright County. ... Continue reading

SCCA: Trans-Am Series Entrants' Reception at PRI

SCCA: Trans-Am Series Entrants' Reception at PRI

SCCA: Trans-Am Series Entrants' Reception at PRI ... Continue reading

SCCA: World Challenge Information Packets Available

SCCA: World Challenge Information Packets Available

SCCA: World Challenge Information Packets Available ... Continue reading

Speedway Motorsports Reports Results for Q3 and Nine Months

Speedway Motorsports Reports Results for Q3 and Nine Months

Speedway Motorsports, Inc. reported total revenues for the third quarter increased 16% or $6.9 million to $48.6 million, compared to last year. ... Continue reading

Success In the Automotive Lighting Aftermarket

Success In the Automotive Lighting Aftermarket

Despite robust growth in new vehicle sales, the North American automotive lighting aftermarket is facing declining market revenues, largely due to production over capacity and distribution consolidation. ... Continue reading

Systems Modeling Announces Arena 4.0

Systems Modeling Announces Arena 4.0

Systems Modeling Corporation introduces the latest release of its popular Arena(R) modeling and simulation software. ... Continue reading

Textron Automotive Company Steps Up Commitment to Marketing

Textron Automotive Company Steps Up Commitment to Marketing

Textron Automotive Company announced its plan to aggressively develop its marketing ability. ... Continue reading

T.J.T., Inc.'s Executive Vice President Plans December 1 Retirement

T.J.T., Inc.'s Executive Vice President Plans December 1 Retirement

T.J.T., Inc. said that Patricia Bradley, the company's executive vice president of dealer sales since 1997, will retire on December 1, 1999. ... Continue reading

Tower Automotive Completes Acquisition of 49% Interest in Seojin

Tower Automotive Completes Acquisition of 49% Interest in Seojin

Tower Automotive, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 49 percent equity interest in Seojin Industrial Company Limited. ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Action Performance announce comprehensive worldwide licensing agreement

TRACKS: Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Action Performance announce comprehensive worldwide licensing agreement

TRACKS: Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Action Performance announce comprehensive worldwide licensing agreement ... Continue reading

UAW Members Approve New Agreement with Lockheed Martin

UAW Members Approve New Agreement with Lockheed Martin

UAW members at Lockheed Martin facilities in Denver, Colorado (UAW Local 766); Orlando, Florida; and Baltimore, Maryland (UAW Local 738) ratified their new master agreement by an 81 percent majority in voting conducted on Saturday, November 6. ... Continue reading

Ugly Duckling Completes Acquisition of Virginia Dealerships

Ugly Duckling Completes Acquisition of Virginia Dealerships

Ugly Duckling Corp., the largest and fastest growing used-car sales company focused exclusively on the sub-prime market, announced that it has completed its acquisition of certain assets of Virginia Auto Mart. ... Continue reading

USAC: First 'Casey Diemert Calssic' goes to Kaeding

USAC: First 'Casey Diemert Calssic' goes to Kaeding

USAC: First 'Casey Diemert Calssic' goes to Kaeding ... Continue reading

USAC: Leffler, Kaeding take Inwindale 30 Lappers

USAC: Leffler, Kaeding take Inwindale 30 Lappers

USAC: Leffler, Kaeding take Inwindale 30 Lappers ... Continue reading

USAR: Gill clinches USAR Hooters ProCup Championship with a victory in Lucas Oil Products 250 at St. Augustine Speedway

USAR: Gill clinches USAR Hooters ProCup Championship with a victory in Lucas Oil Products 250 at St. Augustine Speedway

Gill clinches USAR Hooters ProCup Championship with a victory in Lucas Oil Products 250 at St. Augustine Speedway ... Continue reading

Visteon Laser Light Technology Honored as One of the Best in 1999

Visteon Laser Light Technology Honored as One of the Best in 1999

Visteon 's revolutionary application of laser technology to tail lamps has captured the spotlight. ... Continue reading

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