Top Gear, ESEP Auto Parts best foes in opener
Title-contenders Top Gear and ESEP Auto Parts outplayed separate foes during the opener of the 2nd Botching Auto Parts Friendship Basketball League played at the Methodist gym in Obrero, this city.

2 Armed Men Rob KC Auto Parts Store
Two armed men robbed a Kansas City auto parts store Saturday night and so far, no arrests have been made in the case.

Bosch to cut 200 workers - 75 employees at auto parts plant took buyout offers
Seventy-five employees signed up for a voluntary buyout at the Robert Bosch Corp. plant in North Charleston over the past few weeks, but that wasn't nearly enough to offset the slowing demand for the automotive parts the factory churns out.

Poor economy a tuneup for auto parts, repair business
Car shops and parts places are among the few businesses experiencing growth in the recession, as consumers try to save money by keeping their cars longer, said Jon Hurst, president of the Massachusetts Retailers Association.

Ralph N. Willis, auto parts distributor
Ralph N. "Bo" Willis, who owned a wholesale distributorship of automobile and truck parts, died of complications from pulmonary fibrosis Wednesday at his home at the Brightwood retirement community in Lutherville. He was 77.

Auto supplier Hayes-Lemmerz announces Missouri layoffs
SEDALIA (AP) - Auto parts supplier Hayes Lemmerz International Inc. is laying off 110 workers at its Sedalia plant. A spokeswoman for the Northville, Mich., company, Marika Diamond, told The Sedalia Democrat the layoffs were in response to auto makers reducing production levels.

Auto parts supplier plans to lay off 110 workers in Sedalia
Sedalia -- Auto parts supplier Hayes Lemmerz International Inc. is laying off 110 workers at its Sedalia plant.

Global Industry Report - Auto Part Manufacturers
The Plimsoll Report- Auto Parts is a comprehensive assessment of the global Auto Part Manufacturers market and the 600 largest companies operating within it.

Advanced Auto laying off full-time employees
Advanced Auto Parts has just confirmed it is laying off 19 full-time positions. The company hopes the layoffs are temporary. More information as it becomes available.

Auto briefs
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Mailbox damaged at Hamburg home Police investigate vandalism to car Auto parts taken from business lot Police to ...
HAMBURG ? State police at Hamburg are investigating damage to a Perry Township woman?s mailbox late Sunday night or early Monday morning.

Slump hits U.S. auto industry in gut
Auto sales figures plummet; Chrysler hit hardest with sales falling 53% in December.

U.S. auto sales plunge in December
Chrysler LLC?s December U.S. sales plunged by more than half, and it sold 30 percent fewer vehicles in 2008. Those results far exceeded the steep declines at the other major automakers. Chrysler said yesterday that its December sales dropped 53 percent because of the recession and fewer fleet sales. The auto Web site Edmunds.com predicted that major automakers? sales for the full year will total ...

Wentzville towing business wants to sell vehicle parts
Wentzville aldermen were at odds last month about whether to allow a local towing company to sell parts removed from towed vehicles for sale.

Weak auto sales hitting area hard
The pain from the poorest annual auto sales in 16 years is felt particularly in northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio, where thousands of jobs depend on automakers, their suppliers and the dealers who sell their products. Photo caption: At Evans Toyota Suzuki in Fort Wayne, sales fell about 10 percent for December. Photo by Samuel Hoffman | The Journal Gazette

Expert: Auto industry survivors will be stronger
Expert: Auto industry survivors will be stronger

Poor economy a tuneup for auto parts, repair business
Brakes, $450. Check. Alternator, $250. Check. New battery, $60. Check.

Auto dealership back at work after weekend fire
PONTIAC ? The sales and parts departments at Heller Lincoln-Mercury-Dodge were back in full swing Monday after a weekend fire. The service department, where the fire originated, is expected to partially reopen Wednesday.

Local auto sales mixed
U.S. auto sales fell steeply in 2008 amid consumer uncertainty about the economy, although local dealers reported mixed results, officials said Monday.

Rayloc layoffs double Union County unemployment rate
Following the layoffs of more than 400 workers at the Rayloc auto parts plant at Morganfield, Union County?s unemployment rate has doubled and now ranks as the eighth-highest in Kentucky, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training.