News
News and updates from the automotive aftermarket: performance, restyling, hot rods, and customization.
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AutoMeter Awarded Manufacturing Certification
AutoMeter Products Inc. has successfully completed IATF 16949:2016 Certification, which is the new automotive quality management standard superseding ISO/TS16949...
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Electric Jeep to Power FCA’s Big Detroit Expansion
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has confirmed its plans to invest $4.5 billion in five of its existing Michigan plants...
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REPORT: U.S. Auto Aftermarket Retail Sales Grow 2.5 Percent in 2018
The U.S. automotive aftermarket industry grew its retail sales by 2.5 percent in 2018, according to...
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U.S. Light Vehicles Sales Expected to Take a Dip This Year
The updated automotive sales outlook by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) forecasts U.S. light vehicle sales to reach 16.8…
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EXCLUSIVE: Motor State to Host AERA Tech & Skills Conference
Motor State Distributing, Watervliet, Michigan, will host a free AERA Engine Builders Association Tech & Skills Conference...
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Meyer Distributing Opens New Location in the Desert
Meyer Distributing Inc. has expanded with a new location in Flagstaff, Arizona...
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Mickey Thompson Backs a Fan Favorite
Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels is the official sponsor of the Street Outlaw drag racing category for the 2019 National…
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Strange Engineering Readies Contingency Cash for Race Season
NMRA & NMCA racers will have an opportunity to claim more than $90,000 in posted contingency for the 2019 race…
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Intercomp Helps Joe Gibbs Racing to Historic Daytona 500 Win
Denny Hamlin led his Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) teammates to a one-two-three finish at the 61st Daytona 500...
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BimmerWorld Racing Enters SRO TC America Championship
BimmerWorld Racing has announced two-car entry for the SRO TC America Championship (formerly Pirelli World Challenge), running in all seven…
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CARB Slaps Mothers Polishes and CRC Industries with High-Dollar Fines
Two companies operating within the auto aftermarket recently received sizable fines from the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Mothers Polishes,…
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Rutledge Wood to Star at Keystone BIG Show
Visitors to the 2019 Keystone Automotive BIG Show at the Gaylord Texan are in for a special treat. Rutledge Wood,…
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ACL Distribution Expands with Southeast Warehouse
ACL Distribution Inc. has gained a new stocking distribution center in Orlando after partnering with Titan Motorsports....
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SEMA Seeks Young Vehicle Builders for Houston Event
The nationwide search for aspiring, up-and-coming young vehicle builders kicks off March 16, as the SEMA Youngs Guns Regional Program…
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Ted Vernon’s Reality Show Set to Make Comeback
The TV show South Beach Classics featuring Ted Vernon Specialty Automobiles Inc., is making a comeback...