High Gear Media Launches All-New Used Car Listings Marketplace

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- High Gear Media, (www.highgearmedia.com), publisher of more premium automotive content than anyone on the Web through websites targeting key buyer and vehicle segments, today announced the addition of all-new auto marketplaces across it's network of leading automotive websites.

The newly announced inventory listing marketplace provides car buyers access to more than 4 million used vehicles for sale in the United States and combines easy-to-use search and filtering tools with High Gear Media's industry leading original and aggregated automotive content to enable targeted, best of breed used car experiences across its network.

"We're creating premium original automotive content at scale, curating the best of the Web, and providing useful tools and services users need to get the exact car that suits them," said Matt Heist, CEO of High Gear Media. "Giving our users access to millions of used car listings is part of creating superior experiences on all of our automotive destination sites."

Each site in High Gear Media's network, including destinations like TheCarConnection.com, MotorAuthority.com,  GreenCarReports.com, AllCarsElectric.com and FamilyCarGuide.com will now present searchable, sortable, used car listings including vehicle details, photos, vehicle history reports, live mapping features and links to related articles from around High Gear Media's network.  Buyers can contact the sellers directly through the each site by email or phone.

High Gear Media's used car experience in powered in part by Vast.com, a leading provider of vertical search and advertising technology. Vast's platform will automatically present local area cars for sale that best match what the car shopper is seeking, along with detailed drill-down by make, model, and feature of over 4 million cars available for sale.

"High Gear Media's unique model of producing rich, deep sites for different types of buyers and car segments offers Vast and our dealers a new channel to in-market buyers," said Ben Cohen, General Manager of Autos at Vast.com.  "We are excited to have High Gear Media as a publisher in the Vast network as their websites help us maintain the highest standards in lead quality for dealers."

Dealers who would like to list inventory or promote their listings on the High Gear Media websites can visit http://www.vast.com/info/automotivedealers.

About High Gear Media (www.highgearmedia.com)

High Gear Media is vertical publishing company publishing more premium automotive content than anyone in the world through websites targeting key buyer and vehicle segments.   High Gear Media's owned and operated network of automotive destinations reaches well over 2 million visitors monthly and include its anchor site, TheCarConnection.com, its luxury and performance car site, MotorAuthority.com, green and electric car sites, GreenCarReports.com and AllCarsElectric.com, and its family-focused sites including FamilyCarGuide.com.  High Gear Media's expert editorial staff and over 200 contributing car writers have written at publications like Car and Driver, AOL Autos, AutoWeek, Automobile Magazine, and Wired.  The company's content is syndicated to partners including Yahoo! Autos, Huffington Post, NASCAR.com, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Independent automotive writers and people who are passionate about cars can contribute content by visiting HighGearMedia.com.  High Gear Media is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. and received its funding from Accel Partners, Greylock Partners and DAG Ventures.

About Vast.com (www.Vast.com)

Vast.com, Inc works within the auto, travel, and real estate industries to create online marketplaces for the world's most respected companies. Vast offers the world's first search and advertising platform optimized to match buyers with ideal, available inventory and sellers with buyers who are interested in their unique products. Partners such as Yahoo!, Orbitz Worldwide, and AOL have integrated Vast's custom platform into their portals to serve over 20 million consumers per month. For more information, visit www.vast.com.

SOURCE High Gear Media