MOTOR TREND Ranks the Top 50 Industry Players with 2006 Power List

"Behind every great car, is an even greater person," said AngusMacKenzie, editor-in-chief, MOTOR TREND. "The automotive industry ismolded by dynamic, creative and instinctive thinkers and is one of thefew industries where one person has the potential to transform anentire marketplace. For that reason, it is important to recognize theentrepreneurs and visionaries that have shaped the cars we buy andchanged the way we think about them."

The following is the top ten list of MOTOR TREND's 50 rankings for2006:

#1 Carlos Ghosn - Nissan Motor Corporation and Renault president and
CEO
#2 Dieter Zetsche - DiamlerChrysler chairman
#3 Wendelin Wiedeking - Porsche AG executive board chairman and chief
executive director
#4 Jim Press - Toyota Motor Corporation COO
#5 Bob Lutz - General Motors vice chairman, global product development
#6 Chris Bangle - BMW Design Group chief
#7 Bernd Pischetsrieder - Volkswagen AG chairman
#8 Burkhard Goeschel - BMW AG management board member
#9 Kirk Kerkorian - Principal, Tracinda Corp
#10 G. Richard Wagoner - General Motors Corporation chairman

Additional personalities of note on the Power List include:

#12 Takeo Fukui - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. CEO
#16 Roger Penske - Mega dealer, race-team owner, business man
#24 Ulrich Bez - Aston Martin chairman and CEO
#37 Carroll Shelby - Entrepreneur
#50 Craig Jackson - Barrett-Jackson Auction Company president, CEO

The complete list of this year's top 50 Power List rankings can befound in the February 2006 issue of MOTOR TREND on newsstands January3rd 2006, or by contacting Jocelyn Johnson atjjohnson@gravitas-pr.com.

About MOTOR TREND

MOTOR TREND, a PRIMEDIA publication, was founded in 1949 and has acirculation of 1.1 million and a total readership of 7.1 million.Internationally recognized as the world's number one automotiveauthority, MOTOR TREND is one of the leading brands in automotivepublishing. The MOTOR TREND brand is comprised of MOTOR TREND Classic,motortrend.com; MOTOR TREND Radio; Truck Trend; MOTOR TRENDInternational Auto Shows; MOTOR TREND en Espanol; and the renownedMOTOR TREND Car, Sport/Utility and Truck of the Year Awards program.