ExpandMail.com Inks Deal with Country's Top Honda Dealership For Video E-Mail Brochures; Sonic Automotive Tests Video E-Mail Technology at Lute Riley Honda

5 September 2000

ExpandMail.com Inks Deal with Country's Top Honda Dealership For Video E-Mail Brochures; Sonic Automotive Tests Video E-Mail Technology at Lute Riley Honda

    DALLAS--Sept. 5, 2000--ExpandMail.com has announced that it will design and develop custom Video Brochures for Lute Riley Honda, which is consistently the highest volume Honda dealership in America.
    ExpandMail.com will produce and host a minimum of eighteen individual vehicle and personal Video Brochures for the Richardson, Texas auto powerhouse.
    The incorporation of Video E-Mail technology at Lute Riley Honda is being closely watched by parent company, Sonic Automotive, Inc., which is the second largest automotive retailer in the United States with 169 dealership franchises.
    John Shumaker, Internet Director at Lute Riley Honda, emphasizes that the Video E-Mail technology will make his dealership, and Sonic Automotive, Inc., stand out from the competition. "We pride ourselves in being an industry leader. As a result we plan to incorporate Video Brochures into all of our sales, service and F&I marketing efforts."
    Video E-Mail technology allows e-businesses to send a streaming video message, combined with a fully functioning Web site, through a standard e-mail. Video E-Mail uses advanced, patent-pending technology that streams video yet does not require the downloading of an attached file in most cases.
    Peter Martin, President of ExpandMail.com, predicts that Video E-Mail technology will change how businesses communicate on the Internet. "By combining the impact of a personal video message with the e-commerce options of a Web site, Video E-Mail offers businesses Internet marketing options like they've never seen before."
    To view samples of Video E-Mail technology please visit www.expandmail.com.
    Lute Riley Honda, which sold approximately 10,000 vehicles in 1999, is the highest volume Honda dealer in the southwest, and one of the top Honda dealerships in America. Parent company Sonic Automotive, Inc., is a Fortune 500 company, based in Charlotte, N.C., with revenues of $3.4 billion in 1999.
    ExpandMail.com, based in Dallas, is a subsidiary of Expansion Unlimited, and is a sister company with MetroAutoMall.com, the Internet's largest auto dealership portal.