Fredia Clark of Fort Worth won the 2009 Get Smart, Go Green! Sweepstakes, sponsored by Green Mountain Energy Company, smart center Dallas and smart center Fort Worth.
On January 11, Fredia received a brand new smart fortwo Passion Coupe (approximate retail value of $16,235 before taxes, title and license) delivered directly to her door. Clark was randomly picked from nearly 10,000 sweepstakes entrants.
Green Mountain and smart centers Dallas and Fort Worth presented the environmentally-friendly car to Fredia at her Fort Worth home. A choked up Fredia then immediately handed the keys to her daughter, Cindy.
“Cindy, I know how badly you wanted a smart car, and I know you couldn’t afford it. I am happy to give you this car. I love you,” said Fredia.
“I’m so excited and surprised that my mom gave me this smart car,” said Cindy Clark, 16, a junior at Fossil Ridge High School. “I thought my mom was going to keep the car and let me drive it on occasion. I didn’t expect it to be mine. I can’t wait to show it to all of my friends.”
Mark Lamping, Green Mountain’s Vice President of Sales, contacted Fredia on Christmas Day with the good news.
“It was one of the easiest calls I have ever had to make,” said Lamping. “I felt like Santa Claus delivering the good news. Fredia was quite surprised and it took me a while to convince her that she had really won a car.”
“Someone was watching over us on Christmas day when I received the call from Green Mountain that I won the car,” said Fredia. “I couldn’t believe it. I have never won anything in my life. And, not only did I win something, I won something amazing. I’m sure glad the call was real and not a joke.”
“This has been a fun and exciting promotion for all of us, “ said Rob Summer, director of marketing at Park Place Dealerships, the authorized smart dealer in Dallas and Fort Worth. “From the beginning, we were excited to bring joy to someone’s life with the receipt of a new car. We couldn’t be more pleased that Fredia’s daughter will be driving the smart since it is a perfect vehicle for teenagers. The smart fortwo is the right size to accommodate a friend or family member and a very safe car with its reinforced steel cage.”
Fredia Clark entered the Sweepstakes at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth on November 8, 2009. The Sweepstakes concluded December 14, 2009. The smart fortwo is the most fuel efficient, non-hybrid vehicle in the U.S., according to the 2009 EPA Fuel Economy Guide, achieving an average of 41 miles per gallon on the highway.
The smart fortwo also is certified by the EPA as a “Smartway” vehicle, which indicates good environmental performance, placing it among the “greenest” vehicles on the market.
The smart fortwo: • Emits up to 50% less polluting emissions than average ‘09 vehicles • Fuel efficient with 33 mpg in the city and 41 mpg on the highway • Meets or exceeds all federal government crash test standards • Advanced crash avoidance and crash protection systems The smart fortwo Passion Coupe standard base model package includes: • Panorama roof, alloy wheels • Air conditioning with climate control • 3-spoke leather sports steering wheel with gear shift paddles • Power windows, AM/FM radio with CD player
“It is so cute," said Cindy. "I’m just so excited.”
She then began giving relatives rides around the block. Green Mountain, the nation’s leading provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset solutions, was founded in 1997 “to change the way power is made.” The company is the longest serving green power marketer in the U.S. Green Mountain offers consumers and businesses the choice of cleaner electricity products from renewable sources such as wind and water, as well as a variety of carbon offset products. Green Mountain customers have collectively helped avoid over 4.9 million tons of CO2 emissions.
For more information, visit GreenMountain.com.
smart center Dallas and smart center Fort Worth are part of Park Place Dealerships, which represents luxury brands in Texas and California, including Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Lexus, Volvo, Maserati, Bentley, and Rolls-Royce. With a smart center dealership in Dallas and Fort Worth, smart offers three models ranging in price from $11,590 to $16,590
More information is available at www.parkplacetexas.com.