Pilot Online Launches Hampton Roads Used Vehicle Network

6 March 1998
Pilot Online Launches Hampton Roads Used Vehicle Network

   Consumers Shop Thousands of Vehicles from the Comfort of Home or Office!

    NORFOLK, Va., March 6 -- Consumers looking to end the
headache of shopping for a used car look no further!  Pilot Online
(http://www.pilotonline.com) launched today a Used Vehicle Network, the latest
addition to the online automotive marketplace AutoPilot
(http://www.hrauto.com).  This service marries used car classifieds from The
Virginian-Pilot and complete inventory listings of used cars for sale by
leading dealerships to form the largest online used car database in Hampton
Roads.
    AutoPilot provides Hampton Roads consumers with a hassle-free shopping
experience any time of day from the convenience of home or office.  Using the
latest in car-buying technology, used car shoppers can quickly and easily
search for any car or truck by make, model, year and price range.  Updated
daily, UVN provides the most current list of used vehicles for sale by
participating dealerships as well as thousands of used cars from The
Virginian-Pilot's classifieds.  Vehicle descriptions include photo, body type,
color, engine, transmission, complete list of features, mileage, price and
dealer location. Consumers can automatically contact the selling dealership
about vehicles for sale or vehicles wanted.
    AutoPilot's participating dealerships include Charles Barker Infiniti
Lexus Toyota, Colonial Chevrolet, Conoly Phillips Lincoln Mercury, Freedom
Ford Norfolk, Freedom Ford Hampton, First Team Greenbrier, First Team
Churchland, Greenbrier Chrysler Plymouth Jeep, Greenbrier Olds GMC VW KIA,
Green Gifford Chrysler Nissan Plymouth, Kline Toyota, Lynnhaven Linclon
Mercury, Mike Duman Auto Sales, Outerbanks Chrysler Dodge Jeep Eagle Plymouth,
RK Chevrolet Buick Subaru, Tidewater Dodge and Virginia Beach Dodge. Most of
these dealer's used inventories are available with more being added weekly.

    About Pilot Online
    Pilot Online, established in 1993, is Hampton Roads' leading provider of
news, information, shopping and entertainment information on the Internet.  As
Hampton Roads' "Home Address on the Internet," Pilot Online provides consumers
with breaking local and national news, enables them to locate a car, home, job
or business and offers them the ability to interact with others in the
community on key issues among many other services.  Pilot Online is a unit of
The Virginian-Pilot, a daily newspaper serving Hampton Roads -- Virginia's
largest market.
    The Virginian-Pilot is owned and operated by Landmark Communications Inc.,
a Norfolk-based privately held media company with national and international
interests in newspapers, broadcasting, cable programming (The Weather
Channel(TM) Network), electronic publishing and specialty publications.

SOURCE  Pilot Online