Jp Magazine – October 2019

OCTOBER 2019 jpmagazine.com Jp 15

Industry News

• Continental has worked with the U.S.
  Depar tment of L abor, Nor folk Public
  Schools, and the State of Nebraska
  O f f ic e of A pprentic eship to create an
  apprenticeship for more than 1,
  Norfolk juniors and seniors.


• 4 Wheel Parts and the Ladies Offroad
  Network have teamed up for the 2019
  Trail Training Tour to tea c h women
  off-road repair and recovery, such as
  how to use a Hi-Lift. Classes will take
  place at 4 Wheel Parts stores. Go to
  ladiesoffroadtrailtraining.com.


• Four new apparel lines are available from
  Edelbrock; they include hats, T-shirts,
  and sweatshirts.
  
  
  • AAM and other companies are putting
    up $5 million over the next 5 years for
    revitalizing the Campau/Banglatown
    area of Detroit within the Strategic
    Neighborhood Fund and Affordable
    Housing Leverage Fund.
  
  
  • First factory in North America:
    Nokian. The tiremaker will call Dayton,
    Tennessee, and a $360 million facility
    home. Tire production is set for 2020.
    The company’s HQ is in Finland.
  
  
  • Quadratec has kicked off the 2019 Ultimate
    Fly & Drive Jeep Jamboree Giveaway, and
    up for grabs is a three-day trip for two to
    the 21st annual Moab Jeep Jamboree. It
    happens October 24-26. August 15 is your
    deadline, so hurry: bit.ly/2wp1Elq.
    
    
    • Truck Hero has acquired Lund International.
      That means also the brands Bushwacker,
      Rampage, and AVS, among others.
    
    
    • Rancho is sponsoring auto programs at
      C.D. Hylton High School in Virginia and R.L.
      Turner High School in Texas for the 2019
      SEMA High School Vehicle Build Program,
      which is about bringing awareness of
      customization to high school auto tech. As
      such, the schools scored Rancho products,
      including shocks and steering stabilizers,
      for their Jeep Wrangler TJ project builds.
      Wondering what happens to the Jeeps
      at the end of the school program? They’ll
      be sold and the money will go toward the
      same program next year. You can learn
      more at sema.org/student-builds.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Auto Graphs

• Bentleys aren’t cheap, so you c an
  imagine a book from Bentley won’t be
  either. There are three versions of the
  limited-edition Bentley Centenary—one
  of which is called 100 Carat, featuring 100
  carats of diamonds, and only one is avail-
  able for each c ontinent. Pricing? A bout
  $3,700 for the bargain book, $15,000 for
  the nex t one, and more than $ 25 0,0 0 0 for
  the diamond selection.


• The Bondurant School of High
  Performance Driving has opened its
  doors again and has a new owner,
  Stig Inves tment s. It ’s also the O f f icial
  Performance Driving School of
  Dodge//SRT.


• Universal Technical Institute is the
  Official Technical School of the NHRA.
  Par t of that will mean b eing par tnered
  with the NHRA Youth and Education
  Services Program, which has a
  STEM-based educational program—the
  only full-time one in motorsports.


• If you follow SEMA c ouncils, know that the
  Light Truck Accessories Alliance (LTAA) is
  now the Truck & Off-Road Alliance (TORA).


• While we’re thinking about SEMA,
  its new inductees to the Hall of Fame
  include Bob Chandler, owner of Bigfoot,
  the monster truck that set the trend.


• Now offering higher-end services:
  bringatrailer.com. The auction site added
  White Glove concierge and Premium
  Listings, which are for the highest-
  value auctions.


• Hey, are you heading to space? Like, part
  of the Virgin Galac tic Future A s tronaut
  group of regular folk? Then the Range
  Rover Astronaut Edition is something you

can get your hands on. And only members

of that can buy this. The other part of the

as tronaut equation is that it has nods to

space flight, such as cupholders made

from parts of another Virgin spacecraft.

• Another company has thrown itself
  into the vehicle subscription service
  business: Enterprise. The rental
  c ompany is of fering ac c es s to four
  vehicles—for $1,499 per month.


• Will gas and diesel vehicles be banned
  from Amsterdam by 2030?


• Is chalking tires for parking enforcement
  going to require a warrant by way of the
  Fourth Amendment? It’s in the courts
  now—at least the ones in the Sixth
  Circuit, c overing Tennes see, Kentuc k y,
  Ohio, and Michigan.


• Own a Honda power equipment product,
  such as a generator or lawn mower,
  and you’ve used it for a good deed, or
  you know someone who fits this bill?
  Check out the Honda Heroes program for
  people making a community better using
  such Honda products: bit.ly/2WxFyMm.


• Uber is doing ride-share submarines?
  Yes, the Great Barrier Reef variety.


• Be careful driving on Fridays. It’s said
  to be the deadliest day, according to a
  repor t by valuepenguin.c om. “T he spike
  in road deaths on Fridays c orrelated with
  a 41 percent increase in DUI-related fatal
  accidents during commuting hours.”
  They also studied location and learned
  that half of the 10 large c ounties with
  the deadliest driving commutes were in
  Florida. Check it out here: bit.ly/2K9gy7q.


• New site from Kelley Blue Book : ride.tech.
  It’s all about mobility, including EVs and
  autonomous vehicles. And the lifestyle.