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Car and Truck Interior of the Year Awards

6 May 2000

Finalists and Winners Press Conference at Cobo Center, May 17, 2000

    ATLANTA - The first annual Car & Truck Interiors Awards Press Conference 
will be to be held at Cobo Center in Detroit on May 17, 2000 at 8:30 a.m. during 
the Automotive & Transportation Interiors Expo. The Expo will run from May 16 to 
18, 2000.

    The annual awards have been established to focus attention and to
recognize the increasing importance of vehicle interiors to automotive product
branding and the customer's purchasing decision. This year's six finalists 
were selected from 49 new vehicles.  The six finalists are:

    --  The Audi TT Coupe
    --  The Ford Focus
    --  The Toyota Echo
    --  The BMW X5
    --  The Dodge Dakota Quad Cab pickup
    --  The Mazda MPV

    The Car & Truck Interior of the Year winners will be selected at an awards
and scholarship banquet to be held on May 16, 2000 at the Atheneum Suite Hotel
in Detroit.

    All six finalists will be on display at the EXPO for the morning press
conference on May 17.  Each vehicle will have a representative to give a
short, walk-around presentation, answer questions and supply additional data
and photographic support.