CarsDirect.com Takes to the Road With the American Highways Sweepstakes Series; California Wine Country Tour Inaugurates Quarterly Sweepstakes Offering Ultimate Road Trips.Automotive Writers NEW YORK--(AutomotiveWire)--April 24, 2000 Celebrating a distinctly American endeavor -- the road trip -- CarsDirect.com today kicked off the American Highways Sweepstakes Series: California Wine Country tour. The first in an ongoing quarterly series, the sweepstakes will send one lucky winner and a guest on a road trip up the celebrated Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Auto Show An auto show, or motor show, is a public exhibition of current automobile models, debuts, concept cars, or out-of-production classics. It is commonly attended by automobile manufacturers. Most auto shows occur once or twice a year. . The prize winner and guest will receive the use of a Porsche Boxster for nine days, courtesy of Budget Beverly Hills, and enjoy a total of eight overnight stays at these premier destinations: the Peninsula Hotel (Beverly Hills), the Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. Inn (Santa Barbara), Quail Lodge (Carmel), the Archbishop's Mansion (San Francisco) and the Madrona Manor (Healdsburg, Napa/Sonoma). In addition, the winner will receive round-trip airfare for two from any major airport in the United States to California for the dream trip. To document the journey, the winner will receive a digital camera and digital voice recorder. After the trip, the footage will be edited into a mini-travelogue and posted on the CarsDirect.com site (www.carsdirect.com), enabling travelers around the world to view the stunning California coastline with a Boxster's eye view. "When we began hearing wonderful customer accounts of road trips they took after buying cars at CarsDirect.com, we decided to give everyone the opportunity to experience the magical feeling of hitting the open road in an amazing automobile," said Chuck Hoover, vice president of marketing, CarsDirect.com. "Whether you want to shop on Rodeo Drive, play golf in Carmel, cruise the Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco to Marin Co., W Calif.; built 1933–37. Its overall length is 9,266 ft (2,824 m); its main span across the strait, 4,200 ft (1,280 m), is one of the longest bridges in the world. Joseph B. with the top down, or enjoy Napa Valley's finest wineries, the California Wine Country Sweepstakes has it all." To enter or to receive additional information on the sweepstakes, visitors can go to http://americanhighways.carsdirect.com/californiawinecountry and click on the California Wine Country graphic. The contest runs through July 5, and the prizewinner prize·win·ner n. One that wins a prize. prizewinner n → premiado/a prizewinner prize n → gagnant(e) will be announced in August 2000. The contest is open to U.S. licensed drivers, age 25 or older. All online entrants will have the opportunity to earn up to 22 entries in the sweepstakes. Entrants receive one entry for submitting registration and another after clicking to the CarsDirect.com "Choose a Vehicle" page. Entrants may also refer their friends via e-mail and will receive two additional entries for each friend who completes registration. "Every quarter, the American Highway Sweepstakes series will offer entrants the chance to experience another part of this glorious country," said Hoover. "We look forward to helping many lucky winners give into their wanderlust and experience the thrill of the open road." About CarsDirect.com CarsDirect.com (www.carsdirect.com), the leading automotive e-tailer, is the first nationwide online service that puts consumers in control of the total car buying experience -- from research, pricing and customization to financing and delivery. With CarsDirect.com, car buyers can see and compare real, upfront prices on virtually every vehicle sold in the United States; obtain a loan or lease; place their orders directly online; and arrange for home or office delivery. More than 2,500 franchised dealers are a part of CarsDirect.com's Priority Dealer Network. Based in Los Angeles, CarsDirect.com is an idealab! company. The company is also funded by idealab! Capital Partners, Primedia Ventures, Foundation Capital, MSD (MicroSoft Diagnostics) A utility that accompanied Windows 3.1 and DOS 6 that reported on the internal configuration of the PC. A variety of information on disks, video, drivers, IRQs and port addresses was provided. Capital LP, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Hambrecht & Quist, E*O Investors LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Oracle Corp., Liberty Digital, TMCT TMCT Trailer Mounted Communications Tower Ventures, L.P, Hikari Tsushin and Soros Private Equity Partners LLC. Note to editors: In the company name, E*O Investors LLC, noted in this news release, there is an asterisk between E and O. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. |
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