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Press release<br />

<strong>AutoScout24</strong> presents the tenth Internet Auto Award<br />

Voting for the number one public users' prize in the automotive industry in<br />

Europe starts 20 October 2011.<br />

Munich, 20 October 2011 – 2011 has been an anniversary year: above all, it marks 125<br />

years of the car. And the Jaguar E-Type and Renault 4 are 50 years old. And, in this<br />

illustrious company, the 10 th Internet Auto Award, Europe's number one public Internet<br />

users' prize in the automotive industry. As of today, under the slogan "Europe votes",<br />

<strong>AutoScout24</strong> is calling on all online users throughout Europe to cast their votes for their<br />

favorite cars in ten different categories at http://www.internetautoaward.com by 13<br />

January 2012. And <strong>AutoScout24</strong> is giving away two top-class cars for voters to win: an<br />

Opel Ampera and a Mercedes-Benz B-Class Sports Tourer.<br />

Europa votes: with a new category – electric cars<br />

There are 351 models to choose from, in the following categories: Cabrios, Offroad and<br />

SUV, Small Cars, Compact Class, Medium Range, Upper Medium Range, Higher and<br />

Luxury Class, Sports Cars and Coupés and Vans and Compact Vans. What is new this year<br />

is the Electric Car category, which <strong>AutoScout24</strong> users can use to vote for the best<br />

innovations. The <strong>AutoScout24</strong> Magazin editorial team are also using the online competition<br />

to promote cars in two special categories, "The Environment" and "The Future". The<br />

winners in each category will be awarded the CAROLINA trophy. Anything up to 300,000<br />

Internet users all over Europe have cast their votes each time in recent years.<br />

"As Europe's number one online car market, we're very keen to see what models our users<br />

in different countries vote for once again this year," says Alberto Sanz, Managing Director<br />

at <strong>AutoScout24</strong>. "The CAROLINA is a real users' prize, and is also extremely popular with<br />

makers and dealers." The award ceremony will be held at the Geneva car fair in 2012.<br />

About <strong>AutoScout24</strong><br />

<strong>AutoScout24</strong> is Europe's largest online car market. automotor und sport's readers voted us Best<br />

Brand as the best car market in Germany in 2011. Our 13 million users a year (ACTA 2010) can<br />

choose from 1.8 m vehicles on offer on four different market places (new cars, used cars and<br />

motorcycles, commercial vehicles and parts and accessories 24/7. More than 37,000 dealers use<br />

<strong>AutoScout24</strong> all over Europe.<br />

<strong>AutoScout24</strong> is part of the Scout24 Group, with its brands ElectronicScout24, FinanceScout24,<br />

FriendScout24, ImmobilienScout24, JobScout24 and TravelScout24. Scout24 is part of the Deutsche<br />

Telekom group. www.autoscout24.de<br />

Contact:<br />

Katja Jandrewski<br />

PR Manager<br />

<strong>AutoScout24</strong> GmbH<br />

Dingolfinger Str. 1-15<br />

D-81673 Munich<br />

Tel.: +49 89 444 56-1388


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Fax: +49 89 444 56 19-1388<br />

Mail: kjandrewski@autoscout24.com<br />

www.autoscout24.de

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