Price Increase for Lunch The board of directors has decided to increase the cost of lunch at our monthly meetings to $45 per member; $55 per guest, effective with the October 2003 meeting. The board does this reluctantly, but financial realities require the price increase. In fact, for the past two years, the cost of …
SPEED CHANNEL … ALL REVVED UP WITH LOTSA PLACES TO GO … For two and a half years, cable TV’s SpeedChannel (formerly SpeedVision) has been owned by Fox. Now, with the penetration of digital cable and satellite, SpeedChannel’s viewership is at an all-time high. What plans does it have to satisfy an increasingly diverse automotive …
Long-time IMPA member Jerry Flint was awarded the Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism in the commentary category for his Forbes “Backseat Driver” columns at a gala June 30 ceremony in the Plaza Hotel (New York). The Loeb Awards are among the highest honors in the profession, with winners selected by a …
The Luxury Market: Taking the Road Less Traveled Mark LaNeve, Cadillac general manager, brings his unique perspective on the luxury segment Thursday, June 19 to the International Motor Press Association’s membership. LaNeve, who has worked in both the import and domestic segments, will speak at the organization’s monthly meeting which is held at the Women’s …
John Burns’s Ken Purdy award winning article “Monaco” can be viewed by clicking on “Ken Purdy Award” above and then “award recipients.”
J. D. Power III Headlines May Meeting J. D. Power III, whose CSI, IQS rankings and statistical surveys on quality, reliability and desirability, reshaped the automotive world, brings his unique perspective to New York May 15 when he addresses IMPA. J.D. Power and Associates’ importance in raising the awareness of quality amongst automotive customers and …
Nick Scheele, president and chief operating officer of Ford Motor Co., will be the guest speaker at IMPA’s annual kickoff to the press days of the 2003 New York International Automobile Show. And with this year being Ford’s 100th anniversary, he will no doubt have plenty to tell the organization and its guests about the …
Brandon B. Westley, vice president of Bose Corporation’s automotive division, will speak at the March 20th luncheon meeting about the first two decades of premium audio systems offered by car makers. Westley’s division works with car and truck makers from the around the world to provide audio systems tailored to the interiors of everything from …
Slaton White, Field & Stream vehicles editor, and IMPA first vice president, has assumed the IMPA Presidency following the resignation of Jim Henry, who had taken office in January 2003. Jim, as specified in the IMPA bylaws (Article IV, Section 4), had to resign upon his taking a position with Mercedes-Benz USA. Moving up to …
John Lynker was many things, but first and foremost he was a good man; loyal to friends and colleagues, proud and possessing a rare level of honesty and integrity. The World War II veteran lost a three-year fight against the affects of congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive lung disease, passing away November 11 at …