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TRW Automotive Withdraws Full-Year 2008 Guidance; Expects Third Quarter Net Loss

TRW Automotive Withdraws Full-Year 2008 Guidance; Expects Third Quarter Net Loss

LIVONIA, Mich., Oct. 7 -- TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. , today announced the withdrawal of its Full-Year 2008 sales and earnings guidance provided on July 31, 2008. In addition, the Company now expects a net loss for its 2008 third quarter on lower than anticipated sales, significantly higher restructuring expenses an ... Continue reading

Sonic Automotive, Inc. Schedules Release of Third Quarter Results and Conference Call

Sonic Automotive, Inc. Schedules Release of Third Quarter Results and Conference Call

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 7 -- Sonic Automotive, Inc. today announced it will release fiscal 2008 third quarter financial results on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 7:30 A.M. (Eastern). Senior management will hold a conference call on October 28, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. (Eastern). To access the live broadcast of the conference cal ... Continue reading

MAACO Upgrades to Audatex Estimating

MAACO Upgrades to Audatex Estimating

SAN DIEGO--Audatex North America, Inc., announced Tuesday that MAACO Collision Repair & Auto Painting has signed a new multi-year agreement to use Audatex Estimating and other complementary Audatex software in its U.S. auto collision repair and paint centers. The agreement covers all 475 MAACO franchised centers and ma ... Continue reading

Fisher Coachworks Recipient of the Clean Transportation Technology Award

Fisher Coachworks Recipient of the Clean Transportation Technology Award

TROY, Mich.--Michigan’s first Clean Transportation Technology Innovation Award was presented to Fisher Coachworks on September 24, 2008, at the inaugural Michigan Clean Transportation 2008 Expo & Awards Gala held in Novi, Michigan. This landmark event was co-sponsored by NextEnergy, the Greater Lansing Area Clean ... Continue reading

Goodyear Awarded Long-Term Contract with New York City Transit

Goodyear Awarded Long-Term Contract with New York City Transit

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 7 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced today that it has been awarded a seven-year contract to supply tires and business solutions to New York City Transit, the nation's largest transit bus fleet. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050204/GTLOGO ) Goodyear will supply New York Cit ... Continue reading

PPG Wins R&D 100 Awards for Two 'Green' Innovations

PPG Wins R&D 100 Awards for Two 'Green' Innovations

TROY, Mich., Oct. 7 -- PPG Industries , the world's leading manufacturer of transportation coatings, has earned two 2008 R&D 100 Awards for its Green Logic paint detackifier and Zircobond pretreatment technology. The awards, bestowed annually by R&D Magazine, recognize the 100 most technologically significant innovatio ... Continue reading

Chrysler, Great Wall join hands for small car

Chrysler, Great Wall join hands for small car

Chrysler, Great Wall join hands for small car http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1007947/Chrysler-Great-Wall-join-hands- for-s mall-car.html Shanghai, October 7 (Gasgoo.com) Great Wall Motor is developing an A-class small car with Chrysler LLC, and the Chinese carmaker has commissioned a domestic auto design firm to creat ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars Launches Cooperation with Audyssey Labs

Volvo Cars Launches Cooperation with Audyssey Labs

Volvo Cars is launching a cooperative venture with American audio specialists Audyssey Labs as part of the development of the next generation of audio systems for its cars. ... Continue reading

Windshield Wiper Tests Reveal Good Wipers Aren't Pricey but Most Fade Fast

Windshield Wiper Tests Reveal Good Wipers Aren't Pricey but Most Fade Fast

Three of top four wipers -- Valeo 600 Series, Anco 31 Series, and Michelin RainForce -- among the least expensive YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- -- Consumer Reports' latest tests of 15 windshield wipers reveals that drivers don't need to spend a lot of money to get good wiper performance, but they mig ... Continue reading

General Grabber HTS and Pirelli Scorpion ATR Models Best in Tests of All-Season/Terrain Tires

General Grabber HTS and Pirelli Scorpion ATR Models Best in Tests of All-Season/Terrain Tires

CR's tests reveal consumers can save gas with the right tires YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Reports' latest tests of 34 all-season and all-terrain SUV and pickup truck tires (plus four winter tires) revealed big differences in all-weather performance, tread life, and even fuel economy. The G ... Continue reading

Government Oversight of Auto Manufacturers Needed to Protect Consumers

Government Oversight of Auto Manufacturers Needed to Protect Consumers

Legislative Protection Will Keep Auto Repair Market Competitive BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As car manufacturers add more computer technology to vehicles, smart oversight over the automotive industry is needed to protect consumers from the added costs created by a vehicle repair monopoly, according ... Continue reading

Snap-on Announces New Diagnostic Software for Navistar Engines

Snap-on Announces New Diagnostic Software for Navistar Engines

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.--NEXIQ Technologies™, a brand of Snap-on® Equipment Solutions, and a leader in diagnostic solutions and services for the commercial-vehicle industry, today announced the release of a new diagnostic software application. The application, NAVPAK™—a Navistar®-branded product†... Continue reading

NAVTEQ Transport Solutions Highlighted at the American Trucking Association Management Conference & Exhibition

NAVTEQ Transport Solutions Highlighted at the American Trucking Association Management Conference & Exhibition

Fleet Management Software and Devices Featured at ATA CHICAGO, Oct. 6 -- NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation, is showcasing a variety of customer applications as well as its unique NAVTEQ Transport truck attribute data at the American Trucking Associ ... Continue reading

Cinterion Launches XT65 and XT75 Modules to the North American Marketplace

Cinterion Launches XT65 and XT75 Modules to the North American Marketplace

ISSAQUAH, Wash.--Cinterion Wireless Modules (formerly Siemens Wireless Modules), the leading supplier of GSM wireless modules worldwide, announced today that its XT65 and XT75 GSM communication modules are approved and commercially available for the North American Market. The quad-band modules which were designed for e ... Continue reading

TransCore Expands GlobalWave Portfolio of Satellite Communications and Trailer Tracking Technology

TransCore Expands GlobalWave Portfolio of Satellite Communications and Trailer Tracking Technology

NEW ORLEANS--TransCore introduces a series of new features to its line of GlobalWave® satellite products and services for in-cab communications and trailer tracking. Recently ranked among the top three worldwide trailer tracking hardware providers by ABI Research in the 2008 Vendor Matrix that assesses a company on ... Continue reading

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