Limousine Services have been getting more creative in the era of downsizing, but this particular company may have found a new niche, Armored Limousines. The Armored Limousine Service Inc., a company located within the Dallas Texas Metro Area, offers a service in which their clients enjoy being DIFFERENT & STYLISH with a sense of SECURITY. The “Limousine” is, in all reality, a stretched Armored Car, the type that is used to transport valuables between banks, that has been up-fitted with your typical, over-the-top party limo interior, complete with two-toned leather, neon and strobe lights, and a retractable stripped pole from the ceiling.

Diesel engine manufacturer and Ford Motor Co. supplier, Navistar International, has announced they will be closing both their truck engine production facility and Indianapolis Casting Corp. foundry on July 31, 2009. Navistar’s decision to close their doors coincides with the expiration of their contract with Ford and, as Navistar Vice President Eric Tech put it, “the significant change in Ford’s business plans.” Industry partners since 1979, the riff in Ford and Navistar’s relationship is as much a result of the ailing industry as it is a question of loyalty.