100,000 Will Need Help with Stuck Vehicles This Winter Holiday Season, AAA Predicts 

ORLANDO, Fla. Severe winter weather can make driving a challenge for even the most experienced drivers, says AAA. Extreme cold temperatures make vehicles more likely to breakdown if proper maintenance has not been performed, and heavy snow falls and icy road conditions can lead to vehicles sliding off the road and becoming stuck in the snow.

AAA predicts that this November and December, more than 100,000 stranded motorists will call its roadside assistance customer service centers for vehicle extrication services. In 2004, AAA responded to 90,463 calls for the same service.

“Performing proper vehicle maintenance and good trip planning could keep you from becoming one of these statistics,” says John Nielsen, director of AAA’s Approved Auto Repair Program.

Reed Sorenson and David Stremme to Race Wrigley’s Car in Busch Series; Juan Pablo Montoya to Drive Big Red® Dodge for Three NEXTEL Cup Series Races in His Inaugural ‘07 NASCAR Season

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (NYSE: WWY) will make its NASCAR debut with a partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) that features Wrigley’s Spearmint, Doublemint, Big Red, Juicy Fruit and Winterfresh brands. Wrigley will sponsor rising stars Reed Sorenson and David Stremme, who will drive the No. 41 Dodge in the first 25 Busch Series races in 2007, and former Indianapolis 500 champion and Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya, who will drive the No. 42 Big Red® Dodge in three NEXTEL Cup races for the 2007 NASCAR season.

Truck Category Turnaround on IntelliChoice.com -Best New Car Deals For November -Toyota Slips in Truck and Utility Categories on IntelliChoice.com’s Best Deals List

PRIMEDIA’s IntelliChoice.com, the leading source for automotive ownership cost and value analysis, today announced its “Best Deals of the Month” for November 2006. Last month, Toyota held ten out of 29 categories of best deals. This month however, six of the ten categories dominated by Toyota have been taken over by other manufacturers.

Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 Stops in Pittsburgh

Alcoa (NYSE:AA), a sponsor of the Ferrari Pan-Am 20,000 and exclusive supplier of all Ferrari Gran Turisimo aluminum spaceframes, announced today that the Italian automaker’s caravan has stopped in Pittsburgh as part of its 84-day test drive journey of its new, 12-cylinder 599 GTB Fiorano. The Pan-Am 20,000, which began in August in Brazil and will conclude in New York on November 17, has traveled through 16 countries in South, Central and North America.

AAA Foundation Releases Guidelines for Evaluating Effectiveness of Driver Education Programs

In order to improve novice driver training and education programs, the AAA Foundation, with funding from BMW of North America, has developed comprehensive guidelines on how to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs. Until now, most driver education evaluations have been rather limited in scope, lacked scientific rigor and have only attempted to determine whether or not driver education “works” without shedding any light on how programs can be improved.

Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) will demonstrate a broad array of technology innovations and system-level solutions at electronica 2006 in Munich, Germany, Nov. 14-17. Freescale executives and technical experts will participate in several panels and presentations, including the CEO Roundtable. The company will have more than 20 hands-on demonstrations at its booth (Hall A6, Booth 107) highlighting microcontroller, analog, sensor and RF solutions.

"Freescale technology enables many of the most innovative embedded applications in the world, from advanced automotive safety systems to low-power machine-to-machine networks,” said Denis Griot, Freescale’s senior vice president and general manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa. “We provide the semiconductor solutions and system-level platforms to help our customers design smarter, more connected products.”