Federated Sweepstakes Grand Prize Winner Presented with ‘Sweet Ride’ at AAPEX
Corvette featured on “Two Guys Garage” was one of hundreds of prizes awarded to Federated Car Care Center members.
See the Unveiling of Federated’s ‘Sweet Ride’ on Season Finale of ‘Two Guys Garage’
There’s still time to enter to win the classic Corvette that will be unveiled Oct. 8 on SPEED.
Win a ‘Sweet Ride’ in Federated Car Care Sweepstakes
Grand prize is a 2004 classic Corvette featured on “Two Guys Garage.”
Industry Organizations Offer Financial Relief to Japan
A number of industry organizations are offering donations and launching fundraising campaigns to assist recovery efforts following last week’s devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami in northern Japan.
Japan Automakers, Tiremakers Working to Recover from Earthquake, Tsunami
The earthquake that touched off the massive disaster has now been upgraded from an 8.9 magnitude event to a 9.0 magnitude, one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded global history. Thousands of bodies have been washing ashore along northeastern Japan shorelines, victims of the tsunami that literally removed entire towns from the map. And a continuing threat of a massive meltdown at two nuclear power plants has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people already in need of homes.
Fallbrook Technologies Announces Senior Management Additions
Alain Charlois, Rick Meyer and Shanon O’Leary join the Fallbrook team.
Highlights from GAAS 2010, Day One
Counterman Editor Mark Phillips has been reporting back from the 15th annual Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium, which kicked off yesterday and wraps up today in Chicago. Here, Phillips provides some key highlights from a number of yesterday’s presentations.
Herman Trend Alert: Team Building for Good
Teambonding is a corporate team building company on the leading edge.
OBITUARY: Aftermarket Icon, Ed Justice Sr., Dead at 87
Ed Justice, Sr., the last of three brothers who founded Justice Brothers Inc., which would become a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of car care additives, lubricants and cleaners, has died. He was 87. Justice died Aug. 30 of complications due to kidney failure in Arcadia, Calif., said son Ed Justice, Jr. With $2,500 profit from
Herman Trend Alert: Thriving in Economic Crisis
Some enterprises are thriving through this period of economic crisis. First, the sales of fuel efficient, mostly small cars are booming. Toyota dealerships have only 15-days inventory of Corollas on their lots. In May, Honda’s modest Civic became the No. 1 selling car in the United States. Logistics alternatives to diesel-consuming trucks that are more efficient at moving goods, like railroads, are also doing well.