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                                                                    Exhibit 3.08


                       RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                      AUTOMOTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.


                                    ARTICLE I

         The name of this Corporation is Automotive Information Systems, Inc.

                                   ARTICLE II

         The registered office of this Corporation is located at 1032 Norwest
Midland Bank Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 and the registered agent at
such address is CT Corporation System.

                                   ARTICLE III

         This Corporation is authorized to issue an aggregate total of
20.000,000 shares, all of which shall be designated Common Stock having no
designated par value.

                                   ARTICLE IV

         No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the
Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director; provided, however, that this Article shall not eliminate or
limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by applicable law (i)
for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its
shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under section
302A.559 or 80A.23 of the Minnesota Statutes, (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit, or (v) for any act or
omission occurring prior to the effective date of this Article. No amendment to
or repeal of this Article shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or
alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any
acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

                                    ARTICLE V

         No shareholder of this corporation shall have any cumulative voting
rights.

                                   ARTICLE VI

         The shares of the Corporation may be issued by the Board of Directors
from time to time in such amounts and for such consideration and on such terms
and conditions as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Each
holder of shares of Common Stock shall have the preemptive right to subscribe
for, purchase or otherwise acquire, within such period of time and for such
consideration and on such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Board of
Directors, such shares of the Corporation (and obligations and other securities
convertible into or exchangeable for such shares) as may from time to time be
issued for cash, and whether now or hereafter authorized, in the ratio that the
number of shares of Common Stock held by such holder
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immediately prior to the time of issue bears to the total number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such time. Such preemptive right
shall be deemed waived by any such holder who does not exercise such right and
pay for such preemptive shares within thirty (30) days of receipt of notice in
writing from the Corporation stating the prices, terms and conditions of the
issue of such shares or other securities and notifying him of his preemptive
right to purchase same; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may
extend the time within which such preemptive rights may be exercised, if such
extension is set forth in the notice to the shareholders and is applicable to
all shareholders equally.


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