Winners of the NADAguides.com 2005 Visitors' Choice Award Announced
Top Finishers Win in Each Category Based on Online Visitor Popularity
COSTA MESA, Calif., Jan. 25 -- NADAguides.com, a leading vehicle information website, today announced the winners of the NADAguides.com 2005 Visitors' Choice Award. The winning vehicles in each category received top honors based on the number of visitors who researched pricing information online at www.NADAguides.com for each make and model from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005. In all, one winner was chosen for a select group of categories in which NADAguides.com publishes vehicle information.
According to company officials, the award is backed by the largest number of online visitors the website has ever registered, making 2005 the most successful year in the site's six-year history. Visitors to NADAguides.com accessed more than 148 million vehicle values in 2005. Compared to 2004, traffic to the site increased by 5.4 million visitors with more than 604 million pages of the website viewed by online vehicle shoppers from January 1 to December 31, 2005, an increase of 12%. Power Sports information was particularly popular, with traffic to that section of the NADAguides.com website growing more than 19% and overall, traffic to the Motorcycle section of the site grew the most, with an overall increase in visitors of more than 30%. The RV and Boat sections of NADAguides.com were close behind, with visitor interest growing substantially in those areas over 2004.
"Winners of the NADAguides.com 2005 Visitors' Choice Award were chosen based solely on how many times our online visitors requested information about these particular vehicles," said Don Christy, Jr., President and CEO, NADAguides.com. "That's what makes this award so special. These are the top vehicles that our online shoppers were most interested in learning about and, given the fact that more people came to our website in 2005 than in any other year in our history, the winners should feel proud knowing they were the most popularly researched vehicles among record-breaking numbers of NADAguides.com visitors."
One NADAguides.com 2005 Visitors' Choice Award winner was chosen in each of the vehicle categories NADAguides.com represents. A list of the 2005 winners follows.
New Vehicles - New Car: 2005 Nissan Altima 2.5S, $19,800 MSRP - New Truck: 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, $30,195 MSRP - New SUV: 2005 Hummer H2, $52,430 MSRP Used Vehicles - Used Car: 1998 Toyota Camry, $5,300 - $7,450 Retail Value Range - Used Truck: 2000 Chevrolet Silverado C1500, $10,175 - $12,425 Retail Value Range - Used SUV: 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe LS, $6,500 - $8,425 Retail Value Range Classic/Collectible/Special Interest - Collectible Car: 1965 Ford Mustang, $13,500 - $22,100 Retail Value Range - Special Interest Car: 2002 Chrysler Prowler, $31,075 - $39,700 Retail Value Range - Exotic Car: 2000 Saleen S7, $432,000 Recent Sale - Truck: 1972 Chevrolet C10 Pickup, $8,800 - $18,000 Retail Value Range - Muscle Car: 1966 Ford Mustang GT Fastback, $21,700 - $42,125 Retail Value Range - Sports Car: 1984 Chevrolet Corvette, $11,200 - $14,800 Retail Value Range - Luxury Car: 1979 Lincoln Mark V, $4,550 - $8,850 Retail Value Range - Passenger Car: 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS, $22,900 - $45,500 Retail Value Range Motorcycles - Motorcycle: Harley Davidson XL1200C, $8,500 - $10,000 Retail Value Range - ATV: Yamaha Grizzly 4WD, $5,000 - $7,100 Retail Value Range - Antique Motorcycle: 1908 Harley Davidson Model 4, $76,950 - $106,575 Retail Value Range Boats - Power Boat: Bayliner 175BR, $7,800 - $9,600 Retail Value Range - Sailboat: Catalina 320, $123,000 - $129,000 Retail Value Range - Personal Watercraft: SeaDoo/Bombardier XP, $5,600 - $6,100 Retail Value Range Recreation Vehicles - Truck Camper: Lance - Lancelite, $12,700 - $16,900 Retail Value Range - Motor Home: Winnebago Minnie Winne, $60,100 - $72,300 Retail Value Range - Travel Trailer/Fifth Wheel: Jayco-JayFlight, $12,200 - $19,400 Retail Value Range - Camping Trailer: Fleetwood Grand Tour Elite, $6,100 - $9,300 Retail Value Range
To learn about the winners of the NADAguides.com 2005 Visitors' Choice Award, and to learn about virtually every vehicle on the market today, log onto www.NADAguides.com for more information.
About NADAguides.com
N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides (NADAguides.com) is the world's largest publisher of vehicle valuations and specification information for new and used cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs, as well as van conversions, limousines, classic and collectible cars, boats, RVs, motorcycles, snowmobiles, personal watercraft and manufactured housing. The company's consumer website, NADAguides.com (www.NADAguides.com), offers a variety of new and used vehicle services in addition to valuation information. Throughout its 72-year history, N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides has earned the reputation as the recognized authority for vehicle valuations. Its website, NADAguides.com, is the most comprehensive vehicle information resource on the Internet today.