Automotive.com Gives Away an Audi TT Convertible
IRVINE, Calif., April 28 -- Automotive.com, a leading Internet automotive marketing company, announced the winner of the "Automotive.com Audi Free Car Giveaway Sweepstakes". Carla Knotts of New Albany, Mississippi was randomly selected the grand prize winner.
Automotive.com collaborated with Audi of North America to give away an Audi to one lucky grand prize winner. Consumers who voted for the "Best Cars of 2004" or submitted a sweepstakes entry could select from the following vehicles, 2005 Audi TT Roadster, (http://www.automotive.com/2005/09/audi/tt/index.html), 2005 Audi Allroad Quatro, (http://www.automotive.com/2005/09/audi/allroad/index.html), or the newly redesigned 2005 Audi A6 sedan, (http://www.automotive.com/2005/09/audi/a6/index.html) if selected as the winner.
"We wanted to do something really special to help promote our 2nd annual Consumer Choice Awards," said Jason Phillips, vice president of Automotive.com. "Last year we gave away an Apple iPod and thought giving away an Audi this year would generate a lot of excitement, but we had no idea the contest would be this successful." The contest ran from November 2004 through March 2005 and generated over 200,000 entries.
Carla Knott, a college student from Mississippi, entered the Automotive.com contest in January in hopes of winning a new car. Carla's dream car growing up was a Honda Accord, but when Automotive.com surprised her with the news that she was the grand prize winner her new favorite car instantly became an Audi. "I have never won anything before -- let alone an Audi TT!" said Carla, "I'm still a bit shocked by the whole thing. I still cannot believe I won."
Carla selected the Audi TT valued at over $38,000 and the red Audi convertible was delivered April 16th, 2005 at Gossett Motors in Memphis, TN. Jason Phillips, Vice President of Automotive.com was at the dealership to give away the car. "Carla was so thrilled about the free Audi. It was great to be able to be there to hand over the keys." The giveaway was such a success that Automotive.com plans on running a similar promotion again soon. Additional information on Automotive.com Award winners can be found at http://awards.automotive.com/.
The Award Voting Process
The Automotive.com Awards are based solely on votes from consumers placed online at http://www.automotive.com/. Voting information is used to compile the rankings and standard industry vehicle categories are used to group vehicles for voting purposes. The number of automotive award categories is aligned with the number of model-level segments within the automotive industry. The top 5 vehicles in each category are influenced by the millions of consumers across the U.S. who utilized Automotive.com for their new car buying services during the year. Rankings are in no way influenced by the opinion of Automotive.com or its staff.