PICKERINGTON, OHIO- The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum inducted nine new members into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame during an evening ceremony on October 7, 2006. The new Motorcycle Hall of Fame members are Doug Chandler, Alfred Rich Child, Wally Dallenbach, Sr., Denis Manning, Heikki Mikkola, Burt Munro, Cook Neilson, […]
Clearwater, Florida (October 10, 2006)- – Ron Clark has been named President of Speedster Motorcars following the departure of Todd Bontrager, who was recently named President of United Trailers. Mr. Clark previously served as Production Manager at Speedster. Clark has spent more than 35 years in the automotive industry, beginning […]
SAN FRANCISCO – International clean car activists staged an intervention at the Paris Motor Show today, an action triggered by the defiant launch of several new SUV/4×4 models by French automakers despite lagging SUV sales and rising fuel prices. Activists from the international 4×4 campaigns network wore green helmets and […]
One of the world’s leading collectibles gallery and auction houses in the world of automobilia, l’art et l’automobile, after over 30 years of success in New York State, has headed South West, relocating to the Hill Country of Texas. Owner Jacques Vaucher says that the move is one that will […]
SAN FRANCISCO – The Jumpstart Ford Campaign celebrated a victory this week when AutoNation (NYSE: AN) became the first major car dealer to join Plug-In Partners, calling on automakers to manufacture plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and make them available to American customers. PHEVs are hybrid vehicles that dramatically reduce […]
(OSLO, Norway) – October 10, 2006 – The makers of AutoSock®, a unique, traction-improving fabric cover that slips over automobile and truck tires, announced today it will launch North American marketing of its award-winning product at SEMA 2006, the world’s premier automotive specialty products trade event to be held October […]
Howard Pardee, Registrar of 1965 and 1966 Shelby GT350s for the Shelby American Automobile Club (SAAC), was surfing eBay Motors recently to track market trends, when he ran across a nice 1965 Shelby GT350. The listing identified the car with Shelby serial number and even gave the Ford serial number, […]
WASHINGTON – Fires caused by static electricity at the gasoline pump are no urban myth, but they are preventable if motorists follow all safe refueling practices when they top off their tanks. As National Fire Prevention Week begins October 9, API, the main trade association for the nation’s oil and […]
After qualifying first and second for the Japanese Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the Formula One World Championship, Ferrari were widely expected to finish Sunday’s race in the same positions. Unfortunately things didn’t go quite to plan for the Italian team. All started well, with pole man Felipe Massa […]
Montvale, New Jersey (September 2006) – A young man’s desire to give back to those who serve our country so valiantly in the US Military acts as the basic foundation of the Freedom Run Road Rally. Brian Seiffer, now a sophomore at the University of Central Florida, followed the events […]
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