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TheMotorPages/Autoco.com Inc. Announces Advisory Board to Assist Management with Expansion, Strategic Alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions

5 July 2000

TheMotorPages/Autoco.com Inc. Announces Advisory Board to Assist Management with Expansion, Strategic Alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions 
    MINNEAPOLIS, July 5 TheMotorPages/Autoco.com, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AOOO) today announced the
appointments to its Advisory Board.  Chairman Max Wandinger stated, "We are
excited and enthused that this board shares the vision of our Company's
management.  The depth of their management expertise, business acumen and
industry working relationships will assist TheMotorPages with the timely
execution of our business plan to expand rapidly across North America,
focusing on enriching shareholder value and profitability."

    Advisory Board Appointments:

    Don Robertson
    Mr. Robertson is President of Camden Capital Corp., an Alberta-based
corporate finance and consulting company.  Mr. Robertson has an extensive
background in the financing of early stage operational companies on both a
national and international level. Mr. Robertson brings financial and strategic
planning perspectives to the Company.

    Michael Hibberd
    Mr. Hibberd is President and Chairman of MJH Services Inc., a
Calgary-based corporate finance consulting company.  Mr. Hibberd has extensive
capital markets experience and is actively involved in advising public
companies on business mergers and acquisitions.  He is also involved in
financings of early stage technology, energy and mining companies in North
America and overseas.  Until January 1995, Mr. Hibberd was a Senior
Vice-President and Director of ScotiaMacleod Inc., a major Canadian investment
dealer.

    Katherine Ward
    Ms. Ward is Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Canadian Black
Book, Wm. Ward Publishing.  Ms. Ward has been employed by Wm. Ward Publishing
since 1979 and became a Director of the Company in 1990.  Along with her title
as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Ms. Ward is responsible for all
corporate involvement with the Hearst Business Media and National Auto
Research.  Ms. Ward brings 20 years of automotive experience and business
connections to The Motor Pages.  She served as Vice Chair for the National
Association of Fleet Administrators for three years and is an associated
member of all Automobile Dealer Associations across Canada.

    TheMotorPages Executive Management Team
    Max J. Wandinger, C.A., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer/Director
    Mr. Wandinger obtained his C.A. designation in 1984 and his law degree in
1989.  He has provided legal counsel and business direction to numerous
corporate entities in the areas of international transactions, taxation,
corporate and commercial law.  Mr. Wandinger has previously served on the
board of directors and on numerous advisory boards of both public and private
companies.  Mr. Wandinger has acted in the capacity of president of a fully
integrated direct marketing firm as well as having acted as CFO of a national
food and beverage manufacturer and distributor.  Currently, Mr. Wandinger is a
member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta, the Canadian
Institute of Chartered Accounts, The Alberta Law Society, the Canadian Bar
Association and The Canadian Tax Foundation.

    Peter Caissie, President/Director
    Mr. Caissie is President and Co-founder of GTA Auctions & Liquidations
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Autoco.  Mr. Caissie has 15 years
experience in the automotive industry and possesses a vast industry knowledge
in the process of buying and selling vehicles.  In the liquidation industry,
Mr. Caissie is an Accredited Appraiser by CPPAG, Canadian Personal Property
Appraisals Group.

    Walter Deagle, Vice President of Business Development/Director
    In 1995 Mr. Deagle founded Promotional Technologies Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Autoco that is a technology based company providing web site
development and design for e-commerce solutions.  In 1999 Mr. Deagle joined
Autoco and has been actively involved with the Company's web build out and
marketing strategies.  Previously, he was employed by the Canadian Government
Federal Job Strategies Program, in the Computer based Training Industry (CBT),
designing computer-based training modules.  Mr. Deagle has created computer
training programs for Anderson Consulting, The Department of National Defense
and Nortel.  Mr. Deagle graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 1983
and continued his studies at the Management Institute of McGill University.

    David C. Highmore, Vice-President - Sales and Marketing
    Mr. Highmore obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Dalhousie University in
1981.  He has 18 years of Sales/Marketing and Operations Management with a
multi-functional management background including all aspects of sales and
marketing, advertising and promotional programs, financial administration,
operations and developing people.  Prior to joining TheMotorPages Mr. Highmore
had been Vice President of Sales & General Manager of Tri-Provincial Sales
Ltd., representing manufacturers such as Merck Frosst, Smith & Nephew,
Ciba-Geigy and Jergens.

    Blair Coady, Director
    Mr. Coady served as the President and Chairman of the Board of Wolf
Industries, Inc. from October 1996 to April, 1998.  Since October 1996, Mr.
Coady has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Calgary Chemical,
a custom blender of petroleum production chemicals.  From 1976 to 1995, Mr.
Coady has served public and private companies in a variety of positions from
Director to Chairman and President.  From 1966 to 1976, Mr. Coady was a
partner, Director and Vice President in Bongard, Leslie & Co., Ltd. A Canadian
investment dealer and brokerage firm.

    About TheMotorPages
    "TheMotorPages.com provides its clients with a comprehensive electronic
system to facilitate B2B & B2C transactions over the Internet.  Through the
use of our advanced proprietary system, as well as strategically placed
alliances, it is the premier objective of TheMotorPages.com to be the foremost
Internet portal for public and private sale of motor vehicles serving the
wholesale, retail, and aftermarket industries.  TheMotorPages.com will be on
the leading edge of current technology, setting the pace for competition
within the industry, and providing their clients with the most advanced
proprietary system available."

    Note: Any statements released by TheMotorPages.com (Autoco.com Inc.), that
are forward-looking are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Editors and investors are
cautioned that forward-looking statements invoke risk and uncertainties that
may affect the Company's business prospects and performances.  These include
economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors discussed
in the statements and in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.