Chevrolet Corvette Drives Away With The 'Ride of '05' at Spike TV's AutoRox, the First Ever Nationally Televised Auto Awards Show

Chevrolet Corvette Drives Away With The 'Ride of '05' at Spike TV's AutoRox, the First Ever Nationally Televised Auto Awards Show SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2005 Chevrolet Corvette drove away tonight with the top honors winning the car of the year category, "Ride of '05" at Spike TV's AutoRox, the first ever nationally televised auto awards show. Hosted by Carmen Electra and Joe Rogan, AutoRox honored and celebrated America's passion for the automobile. The 90-minute show, taped tonight at the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles, will air TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2005 (9:00-10:30pm ET/PT) on Spike TV. During the telecast, Detroit's own Kid Rock rocked the house all night as he performed Cowboy and Son of Detroit. Legendary auto designer and race car driver Carroll Shelby received the only award to a human being -- The Icon Award - acknowledging a true giant in the auto industry. Jay Leno of the Tonight Show was featured in a taped tribute to Shelby. Special appearances were made on the telecast: Vivica A. Fox, Beth Ostrosky, Brooke Burke, Amber Campisi (Miss February, Playboy Magazine), Randy Couture and Spike TV's resident car expert, Funkmaster Flex. The winning cars at Spike TV'sAutoRox include: THE RIDE OF '05 (CAR OF THE YEAR) 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE THE TAKE-IT-OFF DROP TOP OF 2005 2005 FERRARI F360 SPIDER THE MOST JAMMIN' TRUCK OF 2005 2005 DODGE RAM SRT/10 THE MAD-REAL SUV OF 2005 2005 PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO THE "LIVIN' LARGE" LUXURY CAR OF 2005 2005 ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM THE HOTTEST EXOTIC OF 2005 2005 LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO THE MAXIMUM "G" SPORTS CAR OF 2005 2005 CHEVROLET CORVETTE THE TASTIEST TUNER OF 2005 2005 ACURA RSX TYPE-S THE SPEED DEMON - 2005 1997 McLAREN F1 (FASTEST FACTORY TOP SPEED OF 240.14 MPH) THE MID-LIFE CRISIS CAR - 2005 1999 LAMBORGHINI DIABLO ROADSTER THE REAL MUSCLE - 2005 1967 SHELBY MUSTANG GT500 THE MAJOR PLAYER - 2005 2003 FERRARI ENZO THE CHICK MAGNET - 2005 2004 SALEEN S7 THE STEAL-OF-A-DEAL - 2005 2005 DODGE NEON SRT/4 Spike TV, the first network for men, is available in 87 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc. (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), owns and operates the following television programming services -- MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, mtvU, VHI, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, MTV INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 12 digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide. Source: Spike TV CONTACT: Mediam David Schwarz of Spike TV-NY, +1-917-545-7823; or Vanessa Reyes of MTVN-LA, +1-310-748-0873 Web site: http://www.spiketv.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment