TACH SPECIAL: PC Data Research Confirms TACH as BEST OF BREED

31 March 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

Auto Central - March 31, 2000 - Top9.com, a web ranking and search directory, has named THE AUTO CHANNEL.com as the Internet's most popular and heavily visited automotive news website for the month of March, 2000. This is the second time in four months that TACH has attained the number one position on the Top9 list: THE AUTO CHANNEL was also at the top in December, third place in January, and second in February.

The #1 ranking put TACH ahead of all the automotive community's most recognizable names. The final results, in order, are: TheAutoChannel.com, CarandDriver.com, Auto.com, MotorTrend.com, PopularMechanics.com, RoadandTrack.com, YTMag.com, AutomobileMag.com, and AutoRevista.com.

The list, with complete research and methodology information, can be found at http://www.top9.com/automotive/auto_news.html. Top 9's popularity directories are compiled and based upon information received by PC Data Online, one of the leading statistical and research firms. For additional details, visit PC Data Online at http://www.pcdataonline.com.

"The Top 9 ranking again confirms our position as the Internet's best automotive information resource, and the Internet users' overwhelming satisfaction with our presentation style and scope of content. We're very, very proud to be thought of, and considered ahead of, all those other great automotive media outlets", said Bob Gordon, THE AUTO CHANNEL's president and CEO. "This has been a terrific year for receiving accolades", Gordon added. "Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine called us the Internet's Best Auto Racing website; Robertson Stephens' eAuto Internet commerce report cited us as the number five automotive research entity in the world; and we've consistently placed near the top of the Hot100.com survey of the most popular automotive websites in the world."

The entire TACH Internetwork can be accessed at http://www.theautochannel.com. Other more direct points of entry to some of THE AUTO CHANNEL's specific sections are:

New Car Information - http://www.newcarbuyersguide.com
Used Car Price Guide - http://www.usedcarbuyersguide.com
Streaming Media Library - http://www.theautochannel.com/media/
New Car Showroom -
http://www.theautochannel.com/vehicles/new/showroom/images/showroomicon.jpg 4 Car Compar-a-graph - http://www.theautochannel.com/db/comparagraph.html?DB
Auto Aftermarket - http://www.aftermarketbusiness.com
Off Road - http://www.outdoorwire.com

In total, THE AUTO CHANNEL offers:

Over 300,000 pages of Information
16 Searchable Databases & Price Guides
2,500 New Vehicle Reviews - text, video & audio
4,000 Streaming Video Programs
6,000 Streaming Audio Programs
Nearly 50,000 Archived News Stories
Live Internet TV & Radio Broadcasts

Company Contact:
Marc Rauch
(502) 584-4100
(916) 852-1956
email: mjrauch@theautochannel.com

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