Azusa Family Wins iMotors.com Car Under Canvas Hood
9 March 2000
ADVISORY/The Car on the Crane: Azusa Family Wins iMotors.com Car Under Canvas Hood by Guessing Correct Make, Model, Year and Options
--Johnston Family to Uncover Car at Noon Thursday at iMotors'
Delivery Center Near Ontario Mills Mall
WHAT: An Azusa family won an iMotors.com car that was covered and hung from a crane as part of the online car retailer's "What's Under the Hood" contest. Duane and Nancy Johnston and two of their children will remove the canvas cover off the vehicle and take ownership Thursday. The car was awarded to the entrant who came closest to guessing the correct make, model, year, series, color and options. The wrapped car was suspended from a crane Feb. 16 to Feb. 22 near the intersection of I-10 and I-15 at the Ontario Mills Mail. The car was displayed at freeway locations in Van Nuys and Long Beach and at the Pomona Speedway. It was also displayed on the iMotors' website at www.imotors.com. The vehicle is an SUV, which provides the room needed for the family and their five children. WHO: Duane and Nancy Johnston, children Erin Johnston, 17, and Alex Salisbury, 17. The Johnstons have three other children. They are a vehicle-involved family: Duane works at an auto repair shop in Covina, Nancy is a driving instructor with a firm in Montebello. WHEN: Thursday, March 9, 2000. Noon. WHERE: iMotors Delivery Center; 880 N. Rochester Ave., Ontario, CA 91764. It is in a strip mall directly east of Ontario Mills Mall. WHY: iMotors.com is the Internet's first and only used car retailer. The event is part of the iMotors campaign to underscore its launch in Southern California as a new kind of online car company. iMotors.com is not a referral service, broker or auction site. iMotors.com gives customers the freedom to custom order one- to five-year-old used cars on the Internet. Customers can specify make, model, year, options and color -- and are guaranteed a price lower than the Kelley Blue Book retail price. Once ordered, iMotors finds, buys, tests, inspects and certifies each car. iMotors then delivers the car at a convenient iMotors Delivery Center and backs it with a 7-day/700-mile money-back guarantee and a 3-month/3,000-mile warranty.