Autobytel Announces 2013 Car and Truck of the Year Awards
Autobytel Editors Choose Awards Based on Innovation, Design and
Features
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq: ABTL), the company dedicated to helping
consumers research and find the information they need to purchase new
and used cars and connect to dealers online, is pleased to announce its
2013 Car and Truck of the Year Awards. Led by editor-in-chief Michelle
Naranjo, the editorial group of Autobytel has over 80 years of combined
experience and has driven hundreds of vehicles. The choices made this
year are based on innovation, design and features. According to Naranjo,
"this year's winners stand out in an exceedingly competitive automotive
marketplace. We are pleased to announce the 2013 Autobytel Car and Truck
of the Year winners and category winners."
Autobytel 2013 Car of the Year
2013
Ford Fusion
Autobytel 2013 Truck of the Year
2013
Mercedes GL
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Category Winners
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Autobytel 2013 Compact Cars of the Year
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2013 Scion FR-S and 2013 Subaru BRZ
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Autobytel 2013 Convertible of the Year
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2013 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible
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Autobytel 2013 Sedan of the Year
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2013 Ford Fusion
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Autobytel 2013 Luxury Car of the Year
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2013 Cadillac ATS
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Autobytel 2013 SUV of the Year
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2013 Jeep Wrangler
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Autobytel 2013 Luxury SUV of the Year
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2013 Mercedes GL
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Autobytel 2013 Crossover/Wagon of the Year
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2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
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Autobytel 2013 Sports Car of the Year
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2013 Porsche Boxster S
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Autobytel 2013 Alternative Fuel Car of the Year
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2013 Ford C-Max
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Autobytel 2013 Pickup Truck of the Year
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2013 Ram 1500
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Autobytel 2013 Van/Minivan of the Year
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2013 Mazda Mazda5
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Jeffrey H. Coats, Autobytel Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer,
extended his congratulations to all winners, "the automotive marketplace
continues to excite us with new technologies and vehicle improvements.
We celebrate the best with our 2013 Autobytel Car and Truck of the Year
and category awards, and we congratulate all of this year's winners."
Commenting on the top Car award winner, Autobytel editor-in-chief
Naranjo said, "In a highly competitive segment with competitors raising
the bar a little more each year to try and stay at the top, the newly
re-designed 2013 Ford Fusion is Autobytel's
2013 Car of the Year for pouncing right into the middle of the pack
and causing quite the stir." Naranjo continues, "The 2013 Ford Fusion
has arrived just in time to do battle with the best that Japan, Korea,
and its U.S. counterparts have to offer. The problem for everyone else?
The 2013 Fusion might be the best of a really good bunch."
Speaking about the top Truck award winner, Naranjo feels that, "The
newly refreshed 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class is the largest SUV offered
by the German luxury company and is the Autobytel
2013 Truck of the Year." She continued, "Taking square aim at the
full-size luxury offerings built by Detroit stalwarts with its updated
design and advanced tech and safety features, the GL-Class offers a
range of options that will carry occupants in luxury but get them where
only trucks can go."
For more information about Autobytel's Car of the Year Awards, and more
Autobytel editors' choices, visit www.Autobytel.com.
Watch exclusive videos on Autobytel's
YouTube page or join the conversation on the Autobytel
Facebook Fan Page.
About Autobytel Inc.
Autobytel Inc., an online leader
offering consumer purchase requests and marketing resources to car
dealers and manufacturers and providing consumers with the information
they need to purchase new and used cars, pioneered the automotive
Internet when it launched its flagship website in 1995.
Autobytel continues to offer innovative products and services to help
consumers buy, and auto dealers and manufacturers sell, more used and
new cars. Autobytel has helped tens of millions of automotive consumers
research vehicles; connected thousands of dealers nationwide with
motivated car buyers; and helped every major automaker market its brand
online. Through its flagship website, network of automotive sites and
respected online affiliates, Autobytel continues its dedication to
innovating the industry's highest quality Internet programs to provide
consumers with a comprehensive and positive automotive research and
purchasing experience, and auto dealers, dealer groups and auto
manufacturers with some of the industry's most productive and
cost-effective customer referral and marketing programs.
Investors and other interested parties can receive Autobytel news
releases and invitations to special events by accessing the online
registration form at http://investor.autobytel.com/alerts.cfm
Autobytel Inc. Media Relations
MSC-PR
Michelle Suzuki
310-444-7115
michelle@msc-pr.com
or
Autobytel
Inc. Investor Relations
PondelWilkinson Inc.
Roger
Pondel/Laurie Berman
310-279-5980
investor@pondel.com
or
Autobytel
Inc.
Curtis E. DeWalt
SVP, Chief Financial Officer
949-437-4694
curtisd@autobytel.com
Source: Autobytel Inc.
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