TDI drives convertible bus

Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Cypress, Calif., and TDI on Thursday will unveil an oversize red Eclipse Spyder convertible, actually one of 12 city buses in six cities that will be wrapped to look like giant sports cars. The buses will operate in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Dallas and San Francisco for the next three months. Mitsubishi is the first car marketer to do a national wrapped-bus promotion.

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Ruth Parr to director-account planning, DDB Needham Worldwide, Dallas, from senior VP-worldwide planning director, Ogilvy & Mather, New York.

Katie deNourie to manager of public relations, Saab Cars USA, Norcross, Ga., from director of communications, ValuJet Airlines, Atlanta.

Named VPs at Mintz & Hoke, Avon, Conn.: Harry Hartofelis, executive art director; Bob Shamyer, director of marketing and media services: Dean Simmons, account supervisor; and Andrew Wood, account supervisor.

Amy Nicholson to senior art director, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, from associate creative director, Fallon McEllligott, Minneapolis.

Neil Saunders to VP-director of planning, Citron Haligman Bedecarre, San Francisco, from senior account planner, Goldberg Moser O'Neill.

Sally Reinman to director of strategic planning, Saatchi & Saatchi Pacific, Torrance, Calif., from associate director.

Jim Litwak, 42, to exec VP-merchandising and marketing, Trans World Entertainment Corp., Albany N.Y., from senior VP-general merchandise manager, DFS Group Ltd.

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