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Awards

CarsDirect.com was created to make acquiring and owning a car easier than ever before. We're honored that our commitment to outstanding service and value has been recognized by the industry.

  • Time Magazine chose CarsDirect.com as one of the "50 Best Websites" (April, 2002).
  • Forbes Magazine once again chose CarsDirect.com as the Forbes Favorite for online car buying (Spring 2002).
  • PC Magazine named CarsDirect.com "One of the Top 100 Classics" (February, 2002).
  • Yahoo! Internet Life awarded CarsDirect.com a Gold Star Site honor for excellence in the category of "Buying a Car Online" (February 2002 and February 2001).
  • Yahoo! Internet Life named CarsDirect.com "One of the 100 Best Sites for 2001" (January 2002 and January 2001).
  • Smart Business named CarsDirect.com the #1 online car buying site and awarded the website a perfect score of five stars (July 2001).
  • PC Magazine named CarsDirect.com "One of the 100 Best Sites" (March 2001).
  • Interactive Week ranked CarsDirect.com in the top 100 of the Interactive 500, Interactive Week's annual ranking of the New Economy's biggest and best (November 2000).
  • Gomez, an Internet quality measurement firm, has ranked CarsDirect.com as the best overall car-buying website for a full year and a half running (Fall 1999 - Winter 2000).
  • PC World named CarsDirect.com "Best of the Web" for car buying (August 2000).
  • MSNBC chose CarsDirect.com as the #1 online car buying site in its survey of e-tailers (May 18, 2000).
  • SmartMoney gave CarsDirect.com the highest ranking for online car buying sites (March 2000).
  • Time Digital named CarsDirect.com one of the 25 best e-commerce sites in any category (November, 1999).
  • PC Computing gave CarsDirect.com its MVP award for Automotive Personal E-shopping (November, 1999).