ZAP Announces Dealership in New Hampshire, Smart Car Americanized by ZAP Unveiled by McFarland Ford
July 26 2005 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
ZAP Announces Dealership in New Hampshire, Smart Car Americanized
by ZAP Unveiled by McFarland Ford EXETER, N.H., July 26
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ZAP (PCX:ZP), pioneering the next
generation of advanced transportation and energy technologies,
announced that McFarland Ford of Exeter, New Hampshire has received
a Smart Car Americanized by ZAP, one of the first dealers in the
U.S. and the first in New England. The Smart Car is the famous
European micro-car that is one of the most fuel-efficient internal
combustion cars in the world. More than 600,000 of the stylish,
economical cars have been sold worldwide and ZAP has financed the
Americanization of the Smart Car for the U.S. market at a time of
record gas prices. The Smart Car Americanized by ZAP is the first
in a package of automobiles ZAP is creating to offer through its
ZAP distribution network, specializing in fuel-efficient and
advanced automotive technologies, according to ZAP CEO Steve
Schneider. McFarland Ford owner Sue McFarland said she first
learned about the Smart Car a couple of years ago during a trip to
Europe. McFarland Ford's senior technician, Ralph Sargent, is
scheduled to give a technical presentation on the Smart Car at the
dealership today at 10 AM. In June, Sargent received a Level I
technical certification on the Smart Car Americanized by ZAP as
part of ZAP's efforts to provide full-service dealership support to
its customers for the Smart Car and other ZAP Cars. ZAP recently
announced the first deliveries of Smart Cars Americanized by ZAP to
dealers in eight states as well as the beginning of its dealer
service training and certification program. McFarland Ford is
located at 151 Portsmouth Ave in Exeter, New Hampshire. For more
information, call 603-772-5953 or visit
http://www.mcfarlandford.com/ About ZAP ZAP, Zero Air Pollution(R),
has been a leader in advanced transportation technologies and
energy products since 1994. ZAP has a 10-year license on the
technology developed by Smart-Automobile LLC to Americanize the
popular European-made Smart Car for the U.S. marketplace. ZAP
Americanizes the Smart Car to meet U.S. federal and state safety
and emissions standards through registered importers. ZAP is not
affiliated with, or authorized by, smart gmbh, the manufacturer of
SMART automobiles, or the smartUSA division of Mercedes-Benz LLC,
the exclusive authorized U.S. importer and distributor of those
vehicles. ZAP purchases its vehicles from non-affiliated direct
importer Smart-Automobile LLC. For more information, visit
http://www.zapworld.com/ . For investor-specific information, visit
http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/zap . To read or download the
Company's Investor Fact Sheet, visit
http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/zap/factsheet.html . Cautionary
Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements.
Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation,
continued acceptance of the Company's products, increased levels of
competition for the Company, new products and technological
changes, the Company's dependence on third-party suppliers,
intellectual property rights, and other risks detailed from time to
time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: ZAP CONTACT: Sue McFarland,
Owner of McFarland Ford, +1-603-772-5953, or ; or media relations,
Alex Campbell of ZAP, +1-707-525-8658, ext. 241, or ; or investor
relations, Paul Karon of Trilogy Capital Partners, Inc.,
800-342-1467, or , for ZAP Web site: http://www.zapworld.com/ Web
site: http://www.trilogy-capital.com/ Web site:
http://www.mcfarlandford.com/
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