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Review: 2003 Jaguar XJ

Review: 2003 Jaguar XJ

Road test: Jaguar XJ 2003 By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief Scottsdale, Arizona is a nice place at any time but after 4 weeks of rain in San Francisco it was sheer bliss. Glorious sunshine, great people, great food and most importantly a great car to drive! Yes folks, the brand new Jaguar XJ range is without a sha ... Continue reading

Hyundai Consumer Survey Reveals Escalating Influence of 'Value' on Car Buying Decisions

Hyundai Consumer Survey Reveals Escalating Influence of 'Value' on Car Buying Decisions

Results Indicate Changing Consumer Mindset When Shopping for a Vehicle FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., April 17 -- A new consumer survey commissioned by Hyundai Motor America reveals that consumers today place a stronger emphasis on value than they did just three years ago when shopping for new vehicles. Additionally, the sur ... Continue reading

There Will Be Some Fast and Furious Car-Gazing at the International Auto Salon 2003

There Will Be Some Fast and Furious Car-Gazing at the International Auto Salon 2003

Some of Today's Hottest Star Cars Will Roll Into the SEMA International Auto Salon at the L.A. Convention Center DIAMOND BAR, Calif., April 17 -- When SEMA's International Auto Salon (IAS) rolls into the Los Angeles Convention Center Friday through Sunday, April 25-27, some of today's hottest "star cars" will be on the ... Continue reading

North American International Auto Show Announces Opening Weekend Entertainment Line-up

North American International Auto Show Announces Opening Weekend Entertainment Line-up

DETROIT, Jan. 10, 2003; As the opening weekend of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) 2003 zooms closer and closer, Auto Show aficionados and their families planning on attending should mark their calendars with the following fun activities, sights and entertainment venues. Starting inside the new NAIAS ... Continue reading

China to allow GMAC, other car lenders, official says

China to allow GMAC, other car lenders, official says

WASHINGTON December 11, 2002; Blair Pethel wrting for Bloomberg reported that China will let foreign automakers such automakers such as General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. offer financing to consumers, a breakthrough amid complaints from banks and insurers over delays in opening the financial-services market. The m ... Continue reading

GM's New Air Bag Passenger Sensing System Helps Protect Smaller Front-Seat Passengers

GM's New Air Bag Passenger Sensing System Helps Protect Smaller Front-Seat Passengers

FOR RELEASE: October 30, 2002 GM's New Air Bag Passenger Sensing System Helps Protect Smaller Front-Seat Passengers Despite Technology, Children Are Still Safer In The Back Seat, Properly Restrained DETROIT - General Motors' new, industry-leading passenger sensing system is designed to help protect children from potent ... Continue reading

The Melrose Hotel, New York to Distribute Limited-Edition Melrose Model T-Bird Cars

The Melrose Hotel, New York to Distribute Limited-Edition Melrose Model T-Bird Cars

NEW YORK--June 19, 2002--On June 1, the Barbizon Hotel officially transitioned to The Melrose Hotel, New York. As part of a summer celebration, The Melrose Hotel, New York is holding a sweepstakes with the Grand Prize being a one-year lease to a 2002 Ford Thunderbird. To drive home the fact that The Melrose Hotel Compa ... Continue reading

Students from St. Charles High School in Illinois Win the National Finals Of the Chrysler Brand's 'Build Your Dream Vehicle' Competition

Students from St. Charles High School in Illinois Win the National Finals Of the Chrysler Brand's 'Build Your Dream Vehicle' Competition

<a href="http://www.buildyourdreamvehicle.com/">CLICK TO JUMP TO MORE INFO AND IMAGES</a> AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 31 A team of students from St. Charles High School in St. Charles, Ill., today was named the 2002 National Champion of "Build Your Dream Vehicle" (BYDV), an automotive design competition sponsored by the C ... Continue reading

TDK Mediactive Announces Mercedes-Benz WorldRacing for Xbox

TDK Mediactive Announces Mercedes-Benz WorldRacing for Xbox

CALABASAS, Calif.--May 22, 2002--TDK Mediactive, Inc. (OTC:TDKM - News), a global publisher of interactive entertainment software, today announced that in cooperation with TDK Mediactive Europe, a division of TDK Recording Media Europe S.A., the company will publish and distribute the debut title of the highly anticipa ... Continue reading

'The GM Collection' Retail Store A Hit In Detroit Metro Airport

'The GM Collection' Retail Store A Hit In Detroit Metro Airport

FOR RELEASE: May 21, 2002 Store in Metro's McNamara Terminal Features Collectibles, Toys, Apparel and More DETROIT, Michigan - General Motors Corporation has brought a taste of the Motor City to the new Edward H. McNamara terminal at Detroit's Metro Airport. 'The GM Collection' retail store offers traveling consumers a ... Continue reading

RPI and Encon Will Test "Home Grown" Bio-Oil

RPI and Encon Will Test "Home Grown" Bio-Oil

WOOD-RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 15 -- Ron McKeown, President and CEO of Rotary Power International Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: RPIN) ("RPI"), and Dr. Peter B. Fransham, President of Encon Enterprises Inc. ("Encon"), announced today that RPI and Encon have entered into an agreement to begin a testing program to use Encon's bio-oil ... Continue reading

Action Performance Reports Fourth-Quarter and Year-End Results

Action Performance Reports Fourth-Quarter and Year-End Results

PHOENIX--Nov. 7, 2001--Action Performance Companies, Inc. (Company) , the leader in the design, marketing, promotion, and distribution of licensed motorsports merchandise, today reported financial results for the fourth-quarter and twelve-month period ended Sept. 30, 2001, including record quarterly revenues and net in ... Continue reading

Hemmings Motor News Unveils Two New Limited Edition Collectible Die-Cast Replica Vehicles for 2001

Hemmings Motor News Unveils Two New Limited Edition Collectible Die-Cast Replica Vehicles for 2001

BENNINGTON, Vt., Nov. 6 -- Continuing its production of both traditional and street road die-cast model cars, Hemmings Motor News has introduced a 1935 Ford Sedan Delivery for the traditional line of die-cast replicas and a 1935 Ford Sedan Delivery Street Rod that continues the Hemmings Rods & Performance die-cast repl ... Continue reading

Action Performance Stockholders Listen In

Action Performance Stockholders Listen In

PHOENIX--Jan. 26, 2001--Action Performance Companies Inc. will release financial results for the first quarter ended Dec. 31, 2000 on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 1. Subsequently, the company will host a teleconference to discuss the company's results and may discuss future plans and prospects. ... Continue reading

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