America Online Puts Automotive Programming in High Gear with New ``He Drives It/She Drives It'' Reviews.Business Editors DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2002 New Feature Offers Sneak Peek and Practical Reviews of Today's Hottest Cars from the Male and Female Perspective He Drives It/She Drives It to Review Honda Element The Honda Element is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by Honda and released in the United States, Canada and Japan in 2003. Although the Element is based on the CR-V, its dimensions are significantly different. - One Month Before It Hits Showrooms America Online See AOL. , the world's leading interactive services company, has put the pedal to the metal with a new series of car reviews, "He Drives It/She Drives It," designed to give AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. members special access to down-to-earth reviews of today's most-anticipated and popular cars. Jamie Mottram and Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Shirkey, editors from AOL's Autos Channel, offer distinct male and female perspectives as they put the hottest cars to the test and provide commentary and opinions on the real issues that buyers need to know before they drive off the lot. Through He Drives It/She Drives It, car buyers will get a sneak peak at the pros and cons pros and cons Noun, pl the advantages and disadvantages of a situation [Latin pro for + con(tra) against] of each vehicle, often well before it hits the showroom floor. Following the momentum of the launch of AOL 8.0, He Drives It/She Drives It reflects AOL's commitment to offering members exclusive programming based on the topics that are most relevant to them. The program will cover a new vehicle monthly, with all reviews available at AOL Keyword: He Drives It/She Drives It. "Through He Drives It/She Drives It, car buyers can get an unbiased perspective on new cars from both the male and female points of view while discovering some of the unique aspects these vehicles offer," said Kent Scholla, Executive Director and General Manager of AOL Autos. "He Drives It/She Drives It is really about what it's like for an everyday person to drive the car to work, to the mall, on a long trip or on a date. It gives car buyers insight they will never find at the dealership or in most car reviews." Jamie and Carmen break each review down into five segments: Handling and Horsepower, Size Matters, Practicality, Awes and Flaws, and Interior Design. In advance of the test drives, AOL members can post questions based on these categories, and Jamie and Carmen will post their answers as part of the review. Members can access a test drive photo gallery with He Drives It/She Drives It commentary as well as the full-length reviews written by Jamie and Carmen. They can also vote if they would buy the featured car and help choose the next vehicle to review. "When Jamie and I look at a car, it's clear we see two different things," said Carmen Shirkey. "What fits me may not fit him. What he thinks is 'cool', I may find useless. We put the cars through 'real-life' scenarios and test whether the manufacturers meet their design goals for both men and women. It is fun to see how differently we may view each car we're driving." "We drive each car for a week or more, which gives us the proper perspective on what it would be like to actually own the car," said Jamie Mottram. "It also allows us to figure out the important things about a car -- if it's a manly vehicle, if it attracts stares from the opposite sex -- which are just as important as gas mileage Noun 1. gas mileage - the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned fuel consumption rate, gasoline mileage, mileage ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) ." This week, He Drives It/She Drives It features a review of the new 2003 Honda Element, the all-new and highly anticipated SUV that goes on sale on December 19. Jamie and Carmen have spent several days testing the 2003 Element on major highways, city and rural streets, in parking lots and traffic jams. While driving the Element, they had AOL member questions in mind, which they incorporated into the review. The 2003 Honda Element The Honda Element combines the best features of a pickup truck, SUV and van. Innovative offerings include center opening side "suicide doors A suicide door is a car door that is hinged on the trailing edge, the edge closer to the rear of the vehicle. The term reflects a perceived increased danger of the door falling open if it becomes unlatched while the car is moving[1]. ", a flat floor with dirt and water-resistant urethane urethane (yoor´ithān´), n ethyl carbamate used as an anesthetic agent for laboratory animals, formerly used as a hypnotic in humans. coating, and highly versatile seating that can be folded flat, to the sides, or removed entirely. Element will be available in DX and EX trim levels with either front-wheel drive front-wheel drive n. Abbr. FWD An automotive drive system in which only the front pair of wheels receives power from the engine. or Real Time 4WD. Both models will be available with a 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmission. About America Online America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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