


Carazoo.com, India 's first and only car portal with interactive animations, has won The Best Website of the Year 2008 Award in the Automotive category. 'Website of the Year' is the people's-choice website award initiative by online research agency Metrixlab of Netherlands. The contest was held in 10 different countries including India and 16 automotive websites were nominated from this region.
Mr. Pankaj Patel, Vice-President of Logix Microsystems Ltd. and Chief Ideator for Carazoo, said today "We are extremely delighted and encouraged by this Award. Such developments are an indication that our customers are recognizing Carazoo.com as a premier automotive portal and more importantly are willing to affirmatively vote for our portal. Using internet as a platform, Carazoo has become the most preferred one-stop source of information for car buyers and enthusiasts and is exclusively designed to cater to every unique requirement of car buyers and sellers, manufacturers, dealers, car financers, insurance providers and accessories suppliers. However, this award and the many others before it is not our destination, but rather the inspiration that will help us reach greater heights".
The award for The Best Automotive Site was evaluated on the basis of the highest average on select parameters including content, navigation and design. Carazoo.com scored the highest average in these categories and has now entered the Website of the Year Hall of Fame. Within the country, the portal receives an average of 175,000 viewers every month.
At the beginning of 2008, Carazoo received the 2008 PC Web World Award for the Best Design in the Automotive Website category. Recently, Carazoo won the Runner-up Award for Best Designed Stall among hundreds of competitors at the IT.Biz exhibition in Bangalore. Now, the award for Best Automotive Website in 2008 puts Carazoo.com in the Website of the Year Hall of Fame.
MetrixLab is Europe's second largest online market research agency that provides market research services in 39 countries to 41 of the world's leading brands such as Microsoft, Philips, Canon, Google, Unilever, Sara Lee and PepsiCo. It is headquartered in the Netherlands (Rotterdam) and operates offices in London, Hamburg, Paris and Madrid.