News: Kia Motors receives $10 billion Export Tower Award
Nov 30, 2005
News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michael Choo ( <mailto:cdore@kia.co.kr> mjc@kia.co.kr), International Communications Manager, Kia Motors Corporation, Tel: +82-2- 3464-6574, Fax: +82-2-3464-6845 Kia Motors receives $10 billion Export Tower Award - Kia is only the third manufacturing company to receive $10 billion an ... Continue reading
Nov 30, 2005
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--Nov. 30, 2005--REGI U.S., Inc. (OTCBB:RGUS)(BCN:RGJ)/Reg Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RRE)(OTCBB:REGRF) wish to announce that the modifications for the 42 H.P. diesel engine has been completed by Ebco Industries Ltd. (www.ebco.com). This version includes six additional cam designs with a ... Continue reading
Report Says New Incentive Programs from Domestic Automakers Have Nominal Impact on Retail Sales
Nov 30, 2005
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Nov. 30 -- Despite new incentive programs from General Motors, Ford Motor Company and DaimlerChrysler, retail market share for the domestics has increased only marginally since the programs began, according to the Power Information Network (PIN), the industry's premier source for real-time aut ... Continue reading
AutoPacific Research - Generation Y Car Buyers Want Value and Image
Nov 30, 2005
TUSTIN, Calif., Nov. 30 -- Are Generation Y new vehicle buyers really different from the older generations? AutoPacific's annual Generation Y Consultancy shows that Generation Y -- the youngest vehicle buyers in the market -- are very different when vehicle selection reasons are considered. The following chart shows ho ... Continue reading
Nov 30, 2005
NEW YORK, Nov. 29 -- As illustrated in today's Wall Street Journal, the world's largest energy companies, lured by high natural gas prices, are increasingly turning to unconventional gas. Strategic Research Institute's 4th Annual Gas Shales: Production & Potential conference, to begin this Thursday, December 1st, in De ... Continue reading
More Motorhomes Riding on Spartan Motors Platforms
Nov 30, 2005
Spartan's Custom Chassis Featured on 36 Models of RVs, Up 63% in Two Years CHARLOTTE, Mich., Nov. 29 -- Heading into this year's 43rd Annual RVIA Trade Show in Louisville, Ky., Spartan Motors, Inc. today reported a record number of motorhome models featuring its custom chassis. The Charlotte, Mich.-based manufacturer o ... Continue reading
Nov 29, 2005
NADAguides.com Outlines Benefits of Online Comparisons - Offers Time and Money Saving Tips COSTA MESA, Calif., Nov. 29 -- Let's face it. Shopping for a new or used car can be confusing these days. From incentives and rebates to employee pricing programs to the sheer volume of new and used makes and models available on ... Continue reading
NY MTA Celebrates Cleaner, Smarter Transit Through Commitment to Orion Hybrid Buses
Nov 29, 2005
MTA Receives Environmental Award From CALSTART California Group Cites Hybrid Bus NEW YORK, Nov. 29 -- Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman Peter Kalikow and New York City Transit President Lawrence Reuter and other state, local and federal officials gathered here today with DaimlerChrysler's Andreas Renschler to cel ... Continue reading
The World's Top Auto Markets in 2030
Nov 29, 2005
Keystone India predicts that China and India will become the first and third largest markets for motor vehicles by 2030 CHICAGO, Nov. 29 -- The motorization of the emerging markets, with China and India leading the way, is about to give the global motor vehicle industry a second wind. A newly released white paper by Ke ... Continue reading
Nov 29, 2005
40mpg.org/Civil Society Institute Poll Also to Show Most Americans Don't Believe What Big Oil Execs Told Congress About Price Gouging; Inadequate Action Seen on Fuel Conservation, Higher Fuel-Efficiency Standards and Curbs to Combat Global Warming. Most Americans now believe that they should be able to buy the dozens o ... Continue reading
Toyota Upgrades Features and Increases Auto-Dimming Mirror Availability on 2006 Sienna
Nov 29, 2005
ZEELAND, Mich., Nov. 29 -- Gentex Corporation, the leading supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors to the worldwide automotive industry, today announced that it has begun shipping a three- mirror, automatic-dimming system for the 2006 Toyota Sienna. Gentex auto-dimming mirrors automatically darken to reduce glar ... Continue reading
Nov 29, 2005
Innovative SpacePlus(TM) Environment a Major Enhancement for Diesel Line RIVERSIDE, Calif., Nov. 29 -- Fleetwood RV, a leading producer of recreational vehicles, today announced it will offer its patent-pending SpacePlus(TM) full-wall slide technology in the 2006 Discovery, Excursion and Providence Class A diesel motor ... Continue reading
Evader Initial Shipment En Route to Brazil
Nov 29, 2005
BELLEVUE, Wash.--Nov. 29, 2005--Bellevue, Washington-based Evader, Inc. (www.evader.us) (Pink Sheets:EVDR), the maker of electric high-performance vehicles powered by their leading-edge proprietary technology is pleased to announce that the initial shipment of scooters for the Garini Group of Brazil (www.garini.com.br) ... Continue reading
Car Buyers' 'Appetite for Color' Eats Into Silver's Long Reign
Nov 29, 2005
2005 DuPont Automotive Color Popularity Report Finds Technology Drives Broader Palette TROY, Mich., Nov. 29 -- Silver's six-year reign as the top vehicle color choice worldwide is being challenged by gray, now infused with an array of colors, and a stronger, bolder blue. DuPont Automotive's new 2005 Color Popularity Re ... Continue reading
Report Says Chrysler to Build Minivans for VW in St. Louis
Nov 29, 2005
Washington DC November 29, 2005; The AIADA newsletter reported that Bloomberg said that Chrysler will build minivans for Volkswagen AG at its South plant in St. Louis. The VW minivans would be sold in the U.S. and exported abroad, though it is not known when production would start. A spokesman for Chrysler would not co ... Continue reading
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