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To: Jeffrey_J who wrote (9689)	6/29/1998 8:58:00 PM
From: Brady B.	Respond to of 18444

Is it coincidence or does this come very close to what netz autotrak was supposed to have been capable of? Maybe it's just me. What do you guys think? bb

To: Jeffrey_J who wrote (9689)	6/30/1998 11:41:00 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18444

Is the following also similar to what NETZ-Auto-trak would have accomplished? Company Press Release SOURCE: Auto Trader Online Auto Mart(R) and Auto Trader(R) Online Enter Cooperative Advertising Agreement With General Motors Corporation NORFOLK, Va., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Trader Publishing Company has completed a cooperative advertising agreement with General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM - news), designed to aid GM dealers in marketing the GM Certified Used Vehicle brand. GM Certified Used Vehicles are available at select General Motors Dealerships across the country. Consumers can locate a participating dealer by visiting www.gmcertified.com. The cooperative advertising program, starting July 1, features both print and Internet advertising media. A participating General Motors dealership receives a weekly full-page ad in its local Auto Mart(R) book, and 50 vehicle listings each week within the Auto Trader(R) Online (www.traderonline.com) database which hotlink to the GM Dealer's website. This program is limited to GM Certified Used Vehicles only. ''Auto Mart(R) and Auto Trader(R) Online bring a unique and powerful advertising solution to our dealers,'' says Bill Bleau, Advertising and Marketing manager for the GM Certified Used Vehicle brand. ''Auto Mart(R) is experiencing exponential growth in consumer readership, and Auto Trader(R) Online is home to the Internet's largest used car database.'' Auto Mart's circulation exceeds 1.7 million every week in 72 U.S. markets, and is available through over 48,000 distribution points nationwide. Auto Trader(R) Online, (www.traderonline.com), is the Internet's largest used car database, with over 500,000 used cars for sale today. The website, containing inventories of over 15,000 dealers, has one million visitors performing four million used car searches every month. ''We are pleased to be marketing such a top-notch used vehicle offering,'' says Mark Eckert, manager of Trader National Advertising. ''The depths to which GM has gone to demonstrate value, safety, and reliability to the consumer cannot be understated. The GM Certified Used Vehicle brand will ring true to Trader's customers, and we're pleased to bring such a high number of these quality vehicles to Auto Mart and Auto Trader Online.'' In creating its certified brand, General Motors has developed a process that is among the most stringent in the industry. ''We want the buyer to have a LIKE NEW car. Period. These are great vehicles. We built them, and we back them,'' says Bleau. All GM Certified Vehicles are less than four model years old with a maximum 60,000 miles. Each vehicle meets strict mechanical and appearance standards. The GM Certification process has 110 different steps. A vehicle completing this process has a GM-backed limited warranty, and 3-day/150-mile money-back guarantee, No-Hassle Market-Based Pricing(TM), and 24-hour roadside assistance. The co-op advertising program will run for 12 consecutive weeks. GM Certified Used Vehicles dealers will be contacted by both GM and Trader's National Advertising Department, through mail, fax and phone. A dealer may choose from four print versions for the full-page Auto Mart ad, and his/her 50 Internet listings will be received via the Internet. Auto Trader Online and its parent company, Trader Publishing, are headquartered in Norfolk, VA. With local sales offices in over 90 U.S. cities, Trader's 330 print publications are distributed through approximately 150,000 distribution points in 32 states. Trader Publishing's weekly circulation exceeds 3.8 million. Auto Trader Online (www.traderonline.com) boasts the world's largest used car database, with over 500,000 used cars for sale today. The newly re- designed site, begun in 1996, has won numerous awards from the Internet community. SOURCE: Auto Trader Online