Inaugural Car Search Pits Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta Against Each Other on SPEED Channel

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2004--SPEED Channel:

Three Teams, Each with $100,000 Budgets, Bring Taste of Reality TV to World of Classic Car Collecting

Barrett-Jackson Auction Ratings Success Supports Car Search

Fresh off the ratings success of the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction, SPEED Channel is set to debut its 26-episode reality show Barrett-Jackson Car Search on Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET.

SPEED Channel’s live, three-day airing of the annual Barrett-Jackson auction from Scottsdale, Ariz., was a Nielsen ratings hit for the network, scoring a .83 (500,000 households) on Thursday, a .90 (545,000 households) on Friday and an impressive 1.12 (673,000 households) on Saturday.

SPEED Channel continues to strengthen its auto enthusiast programming, announcing a special block of high-mount, high-profile productions entitled Autorotica. The new, two-hour Wednesday night menu will debut Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. ET.  “SPEED Channel is taking an aggressive approach to establishing itself as the ‘must have’ network for car and motorcycle junkies,” said SPEED Channel President Jim Liberatore. “After moving a one-hour block of our enthusiast programming to Prime Time in August, we still wanted a special home for some of our new, more visually intoxicating fare. As the title suggests, Autorotica will be much more than a collection of how-to shows.

The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company reaffirmed the economic viability of investing in classic cars with another record-setting year, which garnered an estimated $38.5 million in sales compared to the $28.5 million record set at the 2003 auction.  Of the 762 cars that crossed the auction block during the four-day event, 744 cars were purchased, which translates into a world record 98% sales percentage. Despite inclement weather, attendance at the 2004 event was equally record-setting with an estimated 185,000 people attending over the four-day event, up over the 2003 attendance of approximately 175,000.  In addition, SPEED Channel Television Network broadcast an extended

Toyota Will Stage Double World Premiere at the 2004 Chicago Auto Show  

TORRANCE, CA USA 05/01/2003

Update to Scheduled Time of Press Conference

TORRANCE, Calif., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., will debut the all-new Camry Solara Convertible and Tacoma X-Runner pickup truck at a press conference at the 2004 Chicago Auto Show.

The Solara Convertible will launch in March 2004 and join the all-new second generation Solara Coupe which was introduced last summer.  The X-Runner will be one of a wide variety of models and configurations offered in the Tacoma lineup when it goes on sale this fall.

Journalists and consumers will be able to watch live streaming video of the Toyota press conference through the Toyota pressroom and consumer websites.  After the press conference, journalists and consumers also will be able to watch a replay of the event via archived video on the same sites.

The press conference will be held at 9:15 a.m. CST, Wednesday, Feb. 4 in the Grand Ballroom at McCormick Place and can be seen live through the following sites:

Journalists: http://pressroom.toyota.com

Consumers: http://www.toyota.com