AutoTrader.com Day Features Sweepstakes, Celebrities, Discount Tickets
For the second consecutive year AutoTrader.com joins the roster of exceptional partners and sponsors at the 2007 Washington Auto Show. The company will again host AutoTrader.com Day Friday, January 26, welcoming visitors with discount admission; a consumer sweepstakes awarding a contestant $25,000 toward the purchase of a car; celebrity guests and Washington Redskins Pro Bowl legend Darrell Green; and the all-new AutoTrader.com MATCH IT! Live Game Show at the AutoTrader.com exhibit.
During AutoTrader.com day, visitors to The Washington Auto Show may receive $4 off the price of admission to the show by printing out any page from the AutoTrader.com website and presenting it at the Auto Showês ticket office. Guests who visit the AutoTrader.com display will be invited to participate in an online sweepstakes awarding $25,000 toward the purchase of a vehicle on the website to one lucky winner.
Along with the sweepstakes, AutoTrader.com Day guests will have the opportunity to meet Washington Redskins legend Darrell Green during an autograph session. Exhibit visitors will also have the chance to test their automotive knowledge and the industryês impact on American pop culture with the auto show premiere of the trivia-styled MATCH IT! Live Game Show, a fast-paced and interactive matching game, featuring a sensory-dazzling 84-square foot big screen display.
The Washington Auto Show continues to grow in popularity and weêre ecstatic to be back as an active participant in the show for the second consecutive year, said Chip Perry, president and chief executive officer, AutoTrader.com. This year, along with the pageantry of the show, guests who take advantage of the discounted admission price on AutoTrader.com Day will be treated to more activities and more fun at the AutoTrader.com exhibit. And, weêre looking forward to providing the winner of our sweepstakes with a $25,000 check to purchase a car from the over 3 million vehicles in our inventory!
We are pleased that Autotrader.com will be a major sponsor of The Washington Auto Show and bring additional promotional excitement for car lovers of all ages, said George Doetsch, Washington Auto Show Chairman.
Hands On Contest by Toyota
To Support Local Charity
It just wouldnêt be The Washington Auto Show (WAS) without it: The Annual Hands On Contest, Washingtonês signature live reality show, has become a beloved feature for patrons and media alike. For the 10th year running, this gripping drama will take hold of The 2007 WAS as contestants try to stay in constant physical contact with one of three 2007 Toyotas for five grueling days.
In a tradition that began last year, one of the vehicles will serve as the charity car that contestants will compete for as a donation to their favorite charity. And a fourth vehicle will be awarded to the first person to correctly predict which contestants will win each car via voting on The WAS Web site: www.washingtonautoshow.com.
The contest, sponsored by Toyota, launches on Jan. 23, International Media Preview Day, one day before the show opens to the public, and ends with the conclusion of the show, at 6:00 p.m. on Jan. 28. The contest is sponsored by WANADA, the Washington Area Toyota Dealers and Classic Rock 94.7 The Arrow, which will select the lucky contestants. This year, the Toyotas up for grabs are the Yaris, the Prius, the Camry Hybrid and the Rav4.
When it began in 1997, the Hands On Contest featured just one car giveaway. In the past decade, the contest has grown and been the subject of more than 850 television and print stories, including national coverage from Good Morning America to CNN and local media that cover the contest each year. In addition, countless friendships have been made as past contestants have reported reunions and get-togethers with their fellow hangers-on.
D.C. Lottery offers POWERBALL Players Chevrolet Impala or Chevrolet HHR
Always the setting for great giveaways, The 2007 Washington Auto Show is offering more promotions than ever before. Thatês especially true of its six-year partnership with the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board (D.C. Lottery). This year, The Washington Auto Show and the D.C. Lottery will award prizes to 27 lucky POWERBALL players in a second chance drawing contest.
Courtesy of the Washington Area Chevrolet Dealers, the first prize winner will win a brand new Chevy Impala. The second prize winner will receive the popular Chevy HHR, and 25 third place winners will each win a gasoline card worth $200 that can be used at area gas stations.
We are proud to join in the great promotions of Washingtonês historic auto show with this great opportunity to spotlight two of our most celebrated models, said Dennis Rippeon, who represents the Washington Area Chevrolet Dealers.
Since millions of players are expected to participate in POWERBALL, the game that is offered in 29 states, Washington, DC, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, interest in a second chance at winning is likely to be broad.
We expect that the POWERBALL Second Chance Drawing will attract visitors to the Washington Auto Show along with the opportunity to see the newest automobiles. We are excited about the POWERBALL contest and the opportunity for so many Washington Auto Show visitors to win an Impala, HHR, or $200 gas card, said Jeannette A. Michael, executive director of the D.C. Lottery. The contest period is December 31, 2006 January 28, 2007.
The Second Chance Drawing will be held near the close of The Washington Auto Show on Sun., Jan. 28. Contestants may enter by depositing their Entry Vouchers at specially marked receptacles at the D.C. Lottery show booth at the Auto Show, or by mailing their entry vouchers to: D.C. Lottery Auto Show Drawing, P.O. Box 71540, Washington, D.C. 20024. See contest rules for details.
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