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DataDetroit.com Names Winners to Their 'Vehicle of the Future' Design Competition

5 July 2000

DataDetroit.com Names Winners to Their 'Vehicle of the Future' Design Competition

    DETROIT, July 5 DataDetroit.com, an automotive specific
Internet job board, has named the winners to the BFGoodrich Tires sponsored
"Vehicle of the Future" Design Contest.  The winning students' work can be
found by following the contest links on the http://www.DataDetroit.com web site.

     First Place: Juan Carlos Lopez
     Fort Richmond Collegiate -- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
     Concept Name -- Scorcher

     Second Place: Simon Hung Ki Li
     Kamiak High School -- Mukilteo, Washington, USA
     Concept Name -- 1.8 R-Type

     Third Place: Ben Ramey
     Hebbville Academy -- Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada
     Concept Name -- Trinity

    The winners were selected by a panel of automotive industry judges from a
list of 15 finalists.  The three winners were selected at a determination
ceremony on June 29th, 2000 hosted by Charley's Crab restaurant (248-879-2060)
in Troy, Michigan.
    The judges scored the finalists on six attributes: design, engineering,
functionality, practicality, tire use, and presentation.  "A great drawing
didn't win you a prize," said Thomas Feeney, President of DataDetroit.com.
"You had to have the whole package as we described in our rules section.  The
vehicle had to have some future reach and some kids really did some expansive
thinking."