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- SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats…
- SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats…
- China’s auto makers earn $10bn in 2006
- SportingNews.com – Your expert source for NASCAR Auto Racing stats…
- Auto insurance set by when and where you drive
- Ford could close seven more auto plants
- Auto ancillary: Duty structure needs to be revised
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SportingNews.com – Feb 22, 2007
21 Chevrolet in Saturday’s Stater Bros. 300 Busch Series race at California Speedway. No the ride that won the rbitz 300 at Daytona last Saturday — part of Harvick’s weekend double at the 2. 5-mile superspeedway — belongs to Timothy Peters this week.
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SportingNews.com – Feb 22, 2007
– Former NASCAR star Darrell Waltrip thinks Washington state is so pretty he might be willing to build a racetrack here by himself. “Who would not want to come to Washington state and not see all the beautiful things you have here?” Waltrip said at the Capitol on Thursday.
China’s auto makers earn $10bn in 2006
Asia Times nline – Feb 22, 2007
8 billion yuan (about US$10 billion) in 2006 up 46% from the previous year according to new figures. A report from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers states that in 2006 China’s auto industry sold 7. 22 million vehicles an increase of 25% over 2005 and the country overtook Japan for the first time to become the world’s second-largest auto market. China’s auto makers last year produced 7.
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SportingNews.com – Feb 22, 2007
I’ll have your number in every aspect this season or I just might divorce myself from playing fantasy NASCAR and shave my head. My coronation starts this weekend at California where I’m picking Greg Biffle to win. Biffle dominated at this track last February before blowing an engine. Teaming with crew chief Pat Tryson this year this duo will be tough to beat.
Auto insurance set by when and where you drive
International Herald Tribune – Feb 22, 2007
but £1 per mile means I almost never drive at night” Hick said. “For a late film I ask a friend to take me. ” Martin at Norwich Union said that the behavior changes were reflected in their test group with the accident rates falling by 20 percent among the young drivers involved in the initial trial project.
Ford could close seven more auto plants
Taipei Times – Taipei Times – Feb 22, 2007
The recent steep decline in Ford’s market share has brought the automaker to the brink of a crisis which could undermine the assumptions in its current restructuring plan said Sean McAlinden chief economist at the Center for Automotive Research. “We’re really really worried about Ford” McAlinden said during a presentation to a group of investment bankers journalists and human resources managers. Ford will have to identify at least seven more plants that it will have to close in North America by mid-summer before the current contract expires he said. The labor agreement will expire in mid-September.
Auto ancillary: Duty structure needs to be revised
Rediff – Feb 22, 2007
However any slowdown in the Indian auto industry will hurt the prospects of the companies that rely primarily on the domestic demand. –> Industry Wish ListExcerpts from ACMA (Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India) pre-budget memorandumReduction in excise duties on components in small cars and two wheelers to 8%. Correction of inverted duty structure arising from the FTA (Free Trade Agreement) signed with Thailand. Introduction of specific tax incentives for attracting investments in the area of auto-components such as a tax holiday for auto-component industry for investments exceeding Rs 500 m and automobile industry in excess of Rs 5 bn. The industry should be brought under the purview of an incentive structure similar to what exists in some of the competing countries. Budget over the yearsBudget 2004-05Budget 2005-06Budget 2006-07Duty on key inputs such as non-alloy steel to be reduced from 15% to 10%. Duty on alloy steel copper lead zinc and base metals also reduced from 20% to 15%.