Universal Technical Institute, a provider of transportation technician training, announced the purchase of its Avondale, Arizona campus and plans to consolidate the operations of its Phoenix-based Motorcycle Mechanics Institute (MMI) into this facility. Separately, UTI announced that the company’s individual UTI and MMI Orlando campus facilities will be consolidated and reconfigured into one site. “These… Continue reading UTI Purchases Arizona Campus, Consolidates Facilities
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News and updates from the automotive aftermarket: performance, restyling, hot rods, and customization.
House of Kolor Announces 2021 Vehicle Calendar
The 2021 House of Kolor calendar, featuring bikes and vehicles from around the custom industry, is now available, the company announced. The annual calendar program not only highlights custom projects exclusively painted with House of Kolor products, but the work of the artist—everyone from Darren Wenzel at West Coast Choppers in Austin, TX, to Steve… Continue reading House of Kolor Announces 2021 Vehicle Calendar
KICKER Celebrates MEA Award Winners
KICKER recently congratulated its winners from the 2020 Mobile Electronics Association Industry Awards, announced in December during the virtual KnowledgeFest tradeshow. KICKER long-time authorized dealer Car-Tunes, Inc. (Greenville, Mississippi), earned top honor for retailers as 2020 Retailer-of-the-Year, while Justin Kush from Mobile Toys (College Station, Texas) was named the Installer-of-the-Year. Additionally, other KICKER retailers and… Continue reading KICKER Celebrates MEA Award Winners
DEI Continues Facility Expansion
Design Engineering Inc. is entering phase two of a three-phase expansion project that will increase capacity at its Avon Lake headquarters facility, the heat and sound management products company announced. “This expansion will allow DEI to expand our manufacturing, assembly and warehouse capabilities and grow our R&D department,” says Dave Ramirez, VP of operations. “With… Continue reading DEI Continues Facility Expansion
Champion Oil Names Distributor of the Year
Champion Brands, a manufacturer of chemicals, lubricants, motor oils and additives, has named Stirling Lubricants of New York as its Distributor of the Year. “The Champion Racing & Performance Distributor of the Year award is our most respected and highest honor,” stated Karl Dedolph, director of racing and performance products at Champion. “Each year, the… Continue reading Champion Oil Names Distributor of the Year
Valspar Automotive Selects Refinishers to be Featured in 2021 Calendar
Valspar Automotive has selected the winners of its award-winning finishes contest to be showcased in the 2021 Valspar Automotive Calendar. On this year’s cover, Valspar Automotive will showcase the work of Bo Vescio of Vescio’s Customizing in Rogers, MN, on a 1958 Bocar. Other featured refinishers include Jason Vander Woude’s 2015 Harley-Davidson Roadglide from NSD… Continue reading Valspar Automotive Selects Refinishers to be Featured in 2021 Calendar
Yokohama Tire Wins 2020 GOOD DESIGN Award
Yokohama Tire’s latest GEOLANDAR product, the GEOLANDAR CV G058, was named a 2020 GOOD DESIGN award-winner in the transportation category from The Chicago Athenaeum, the tire manufacturer announced. “We’re honored once again to earn a prestigious GOOD DESIGN award for one of our GEOLANDAR tires,” Andrew Briggs, Yokohama’s vice president of marketing and product management.… Continue reading Yokohama Tire Wins 2020 GOOD DESIGN Award
Lakeland Winter Collector Car Auction Confirmed
The Lakeland Winter Collector Car Auction will take place as scheduled on Feb. 19-20, show organizers confirmed. Buyers will be able to bid and buy in-person, on the phone and online. 2021 auction highlights include 400+ consignments, an all-truck hour and a handful of resto-mods. For the February 2021 auction, there will be some modifications… Continue reading Lakeland Winter Collector Car Auction Confirmed
Canoo Unveils Fully-Electric Multipurpose Work Vehicle
Canoo, a company developing electric vehicles (EVs), has revealed its all-electric multipurpose delivery vehicle. Priced at $30,000, the vehicle is purposefully designed to maximize return on investment for its customers, the company said, and is based on Canoo’s proprietary electric platform and will be offered in two initial size variants, with others to follow. Limited… Continue reading Canoo Unveils Fully-Electric Multipurpose Work Vehicle
Pontiac Parts Specialist Steve Ames Passes Away
Steve Ames, 78, of Marlborough, New Hampshire, passed away on Dec. 20. After graduating from Columbia University with an engineering degree, he went into the National Guard. His next job was with a large paper company in Maine. Corporate life didn’t agree with him, so he ran a machine shop and drag raced from 1961… Continue reading Pontiac Parts Specialist Steve Ames Passes Away
GoFundMe Campaign Organized for Trimmer Battling Cancer
Orlando Ojeda of Bill Dunn One Stop Shop in Huntington Beach, California, recently learned that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer, according to The Hog Ring. Because Ojeda is currently receiving chemotherapy and unable to work, a long-time friend has organized a GoFundMe campaign to support Ojeda and his family. Ojeda, a trimmer, has worked… Continue reading GoFundMe Campaign Organized for Trimmer Battling Cancer
Meyer Distributing Forms Partnership with PRVN
Meyer Distributing has been selected by the Priority RV Network (PRVN) to be a preferred parts and accessory distributor to serve the needs of its nationwide RV dealership locations, the parts distributor announced. “We are excited about the opportunity to work with PRVN, as we share the same core values that ultimately affect end-users in… Continue reading Meyer Distributing Forms Partnership with PRVN
The History of the 1970 Challenger R/T SE ‘Black Ghost’
A 1970 Challenger R/T SE, known by many as the “Black Ghost,” was recently inducted into the Historic Vehicle Association’s National Historic Vehicle Register. Although a dominant figure in the Detroit street-racing scene during the 70s, few people knew who was behind the wheel of the Black Ghost and why it suddenly vanished from Woodward… Continue reading The History of the 1970 Challenger R/T SE ‘Black Ghost’
The Most Instagrammable Luxury Cars
British personalized license plate company Click4Reg has determined the most Instagrammable luxury car after combing through the social media website. After counting up thousands of posts, Click4Reg found that the Porsche Panamera was the most popular car on the platform, as posters used #porschepanamera hashtag over 334,000 times. The Panamera was followed closely by the… Continue reading The Most Instagrammable Luxury Cars
Volkswagen Unveils All-New 2022 Taos Compact SUV
Volkswagen has unveiled the all-new 2022 Taos. The vehicle is positioned in the largest U.S. vehicle segment, the compact SUV market, where 4 million vehicles were sold in 2019—around 24 percent of the market. “Taos is our fifth new addition to the Volkswagen SUV family in just four years, and we’re thrilled to keep finding… Continue reading Volkswagen Unveils All-New 2022 Taos Compact SUV