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ROAD
& TRAVEL Magazine Presents
Annual Awards in Detroit Jan. 5
VIPs
to Include U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow,
Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm
DETROIT,
Dec. 12 -- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and Michigan
Attorney General Jennifer Granholm will be among the many VIPs attending
ROAD & TRAVEL Magazine's Class of 2002 - Top 10 Most Likely to Succeed
Automotive Awards. The 6th annual event will be held on Saturday, Jan.
5, the night before press week officially begins for the North American
International Auto Show in Detroit.
The entertaining
and unique Grammy-style awards presentation will host about 700 industry
and community leaders as well as members of the media. The awards honor
ten automakers for new model entries for 2002 from a women's market
perspective.
Other high-profile
personalities who will be attending are Larry D. Yost, chairman &
CEO, ArvinMeritor Inc.; J.D. Power III, chairman & CEO, J.D. Power
and Associates; Irma Elder, CEO, Elder Automotive Group; Martin Inglis,
Chief Financial Officer, Ford Motor Company; John Middlebrook, VP corporate
advertising, General Motors; Kathleen Ligocki, VP global strategy, Ford
Motor Company; Karen Francis, president/CEO, Consumer Connect, Ford
Motor Company; Sue Callaway, VP and general manager, Jaguar North America;
Denny Clements, group VP and general manager, Lexus; Mark McNabb, VP
& general manager, Infiniti Division; Lynn
Myers, general manager, Pontiac-GMC; Karl
Brauer, editor-in-chief, Edmunds.com; Jeffrey K. Leestma, president,
Automotive Hall of Fame; Desma Reid-Coleman, president, NAWBO, Detroit
chapter; Tom Marinelli, VP, Chrysler/Jeep Global Brand Center; John
McElroy, host, Autoline Detroit; and Terry A. Barclay, CEO, Women's
Economic Club.
Event sponsors
Yahoo!
Autos and Edmunds.com
will help bring additional exposure to the event by showcasing the awards
on their websites in January. Other sponsors include General
Motors, Detroit
Marriott Renaissance Hotel, Ford
Motor Company, Mazda
NAO, Block-It
by Kimberly-Clark, ArvinMeritor
Inc., American Honda,
Mercedes-Benz USA
and Nissan North
America, Inc.
Award categories
are: Car of the Year/Most Likely to Succeed, SUV/Most Likely to Survive
Anything, Classic/Most Likely to be Remembered, Pick-up Truck/Most Athletic,
Luxury/Most Likely to Inspire Leadership, Entry-Level/Most Vivacious
Personality, Minivan-Station Wagon/Most Versatile, Sedan/Most Dependable,
Environmental/Most Likely to Change the World, and Sportscar/Most Sex
Appeal. Winners will be revealed the night of the event and announced
Jan. 6.
Judges
include: RTM Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Courtney Caldwell; BJ
Killeen, RTM Editor; Denise McCluggage, RTM International Editor; Steve
Siler, RTM national online editor; Jackie Mitchell, editorial director,
On Wheels, Inc.; John McElroy, host of Autoline Detroit; Anita Lienert,
Detroit News columnist and president of Lienert & Lienert; Cheryl
Jensen, free-lance; Alex Law, contributing editor, Car & Driver;
Kim Cook, managing editor, Corvette Fever magazine; Linda Sharp, columnist,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution; and Warren Brown, auto editor, Washington
Post.
For information on the awards, click here.
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