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AAIA Testifies Before Subcommittee Hearing on Right to Repair Act

AAIA Testifies Before Subcommittee Hearing on Right to Repair Act

Please cut and paste the folowing URL link into your Web browser: http://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?recipient_id=12 875346&message_id=185262&user_id=AutoAfterM NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release AAIA-21-06 For more information, contact: Rich White 301-654-6664, ext. 1030 E-mail: rich.white@afterma ... Continue reading

AAA Texas: Gas Average is Highest Monthly Average for this Year; AAA Texas: Monthly Fuel Gauge Report

AAA Texas: Gas Average is Highest Monthly Average for this Year; AAA Texas: Monthly Fuel Gauge Report

HOUSTON--May 17, 2006--The statewide average price of self-serve regular gasoline is the highest monthly average this year, retailing for $2.855 per gallon, according to AAA Texas: Monthly Fuel Gauge Report. The nationwide average is at its highest point this year, retailing for $2.934 a gallon, 77.2 cents higher than ... Continue reading

Toyota recalls Land Cruiser Prado cars

Toyota recalls Land Cruiser Prado cars

TOKYO May 17, 2006; Japan Today reported that Toyota Motor Corp told the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Tuesday it will recall 107,767 Land Cruiser Prado sport utility vehicles due to problems with the joints of the rear wheels and axle, the Japanese ministry said. The Land Cruiser Prado cars subject ... Continue reading

Pep Boys Unveils Eight Newly-Remodeled Stores

Pep Boys Unveils Eight Newly-Remodeled Stores

PHILADELPHIA--May 16, 2006--The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack , the nation's leading automotive aftermarket retail and service chain, today announced that each of its eight stores in the Denver and Colorado Springs area will celebrate Grand Re-Openings beginning Thursday, May 18. The stores, which have undergone a signi ... Continue reading

Company Says Fuel Re-Formulator Increases Fuel Mileage Between 9% and 19% - Video Enhanced Story

Company Says Fuel Re-Formulator Increases Fuel Mileage Between 9% and 19% - Video Enhanced Story

Baltimore, MD - - May 16, 2006 - - Just approved for worldwide distribution to the consumer market, an innovative new fuel treatment has been found to increase fuel mileage between 9% and 19% and reduce emissions by more than 30%. The 3-in-1 product has also been proven to increase engine performance, reduce engine wea ... Continue reading

Timken TechTips Well Received by Automotive Aftermarket Industry

Timken TechTips Well Received by Automotive Aftermarket Industry

CANTON, Ohio, May 15 -- The Timken Company's TechTips series is earning high marks throughout the automotive aftermarket industry. This exclusive series of technical sheets gives installers, technicians, instructors and do-it-yourselfers valuable information about the installation and maintenance of Timken(R) bearings, ... Continue reading

BMW Most Successful Engine Manufacturer

BMW Most Successful Engine Manufacturer

- V 10 M engine featured in the BMW M5/M6 voted "Engine of the Year" yet again - Engine in BMW M3 is class leader for the sixth time, and now powers the new Z4 M Roadster and Z4 M Coupe - 3.0-litre twin turbo diesel best diesel engine for second time MUNICH - May 12, 2006: Never before in the history of the "Engine of ... Continue reading

CCC Information Services Inc. Announces Winners of its Inaugural Outstanding Student Technician Scholarships

CCC Information Services Inc. Announces Winners of its Inaugural Outstanding Student Technician Scholarships

CHICAGO--May 11, 2006--CCC Information Services Inc., is pleased to announce the winners of its inaugural CCC Outstanding Student Technician Scholarships. Totaling $25,000, CCC developed the scholarship program to assist collision repair students. Working in conjunction with the I-CAR Education Foundation, students fro ... Continue reading

BP Fuels Hold Top Ranking for More than 15 Consecutive Years

BP Fuels Hold Top Ranking for More than 15 Consecutive Years

CHICAGO--May 11, 2006--BP continues to receive praise for the quality of its fuels. The annual Fuels Quality Survey (1), conducted by The NPD Group, Inc., recently revealed that Amoco Fuels at BP - available at all sites east of the Rockies - are rated highest in quality across not one, but all three, individual grades ... Continue reading

Alpine Motorsports Club Opens Throttle for Memberships at Private Road Course Country Club

Alpine Motorsports Club Opens Throttle for Memberships at Private Road Course Country Club

SAYLORSBURG, Pa.--May 10, 2006--The track has been cleared and Alpine Motorsports Club is speeding ahead at full throttle to attract Founding Members for the only private motorsports club on the East Coast where you can drive your car on your personal schedule on its four-mile, European-inspired, Alan Wilson-designed m ... Continue reading

Bosch Reminds Drivers to Exercise Caution This Busy Summer Travel Season

Bosch Reminds Drivers to Exercise Caution This Busy Summer Travel Season

Company has been improving windshield wiper technology for greater automobile safety for 80 years FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., May 10 -- As families across the United States prepare to embark on their vacations this summer, Bosch, the company that has been making and improving windshield wipers for almost 80 years, advises ... Continue reading

Using the recommended fuel and motor oil can preserve your car's engine and improve fuel economy

Using the recommended fuel and motor oil can preserve your car's engine and improve fuel economy

. With gas prices at a premium, it’s important to pay attention to what you put in your tank. You would think with gasoline prices hovering around $3 a gallon, drivers would be looking for less expensive alternatives. But many of those who could – don't. Premium fuel continues to make up 15 to 20 percent of s ... Continue reading

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. Announces New Training Contract With Nissan

Universal Technical Institute, Inc. Announces New Training Contract With Nissan

PHOENIX, May 8 -- Universal Technical Institute, Inc. , a provider of technical education training, announced today that the Company has signed a training contract with Nissan North America, Inc. The nine-week elective training is scheduled to begin during the summer of fiscal 2006 and is planned to be offered at the e ... Continue reading

Trade Protection Plan Receives Formal Approval in the State of California

Trade Protection Plan Receives Formal Approval in the State of California

IRVING, Texas--May 8, 2006--EFG Agency Services, a leading provider of innovative Finance & Insurance products and services to retail dealerships through general and independent agents, has received approval for the distribution of the Trade Protection Plan(TM) (TPP) by MAP(1) in the State of California. The Trade Prot ... Continue reading

ACDelco Congratulates Its Technician Of The Millennium IV Regional Semi-Finalists

ACDelco Congratulates Its Technician Of The Millennium IV Regional Semi-Finalists

GRAND BLANC, MICH. — From almost 10,000 eligible participating accounts in the U.S. and Canada, only 40 technicians remain. These 40 automotive service professionals – whose Independent Service Centers (ISCs) participate in ACDelco’s Total Service Support (TSS) program – will compete against the clo ... Continue reading

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