Media Alert: MOTOR TREND Magazine Set to Reveal 2010 Truck of the Year(R)

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ – MOTOR TREND, the world’s automotive authority and part of Source Interlink Media, will announce its selection for the 2010 MOTOR TREND Truck of the Year® on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 1:00 PM ET. The complete report on MOTOR TREND’s 2010 Truck of the Year will be published in the magazine’s February issue, available on newsstands January 5, 2009 and will be available online starting tomorrow at www.motortrend.com.

The 2010 Field of Contenders

Truck of the Year is not a comparison test and is only open to all-new or substantially upgraded vehicles that have gone on sale in the 12 months from November 1 of the previous year. MOTOR TREND looks for the pick of each year’s crop of new trucks, and does not revisit vehicles that have been on sale for the past few years.

This year’s field of contenders for MOTOR TREND’s 2010 Truck of the Year includes:

• Ford F-150 SVT Raptor
• Toyota Tundra Work Truck
• Ram Heavy Duty
• Ford Transit Connect

B-roll Satellite Feed

For television producers looking for footage:

     THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 2009           THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 2009
        1:00 PM - 1:15 PM (ET)                   4:00 PM - 4:15PM (ET)
               Galaxy 3C                               Galaxy 3C
             Transponder 8                           Transponder 8
                C-Band                                  C-Band
      Downlink Frequency: 3860 V              Downlink Frequency: 3860 V

SOURCE MOTOR TREND