Gran Turismo®4 Awards Honor Automotive Excellence and Celebrate Car Culture

PRNewswire
10/29/2003

 Winner to Receive Honor of Having Their Vehicle Inserted into the Highly
    Anticipated Gran Turismo®4 Racing Simulator for PlayStation®2

                 Tuesday, November 4 - 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
                Ghostbar at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas

   WHO:     Automobile industry's best cars, most accomplished designers,
            famed Gran Turismo creator, Kazunori Yamauchi and auto industry
            representatives.

  (Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000510/SFW104-a )

   WHAT:    To honor automotive excellence and celebrate car culture, Sony
            Computer Entertainment America, publisher of the best-selling
            Gran Turismo racing franchise for PlayStation 2, will host the
            first-ever Gran Turismo 4 (GT4) Awards at the SEMA(Specialty
            Equipment Market Association) auto show in Las Vegas. The
            Gran Turismo 4 Awards is aimed at all automobile entries from
            the SEMA auto show to vie for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
            to win the honor of having their vehicle incorporated into GT4,
            the highly anticipated new release from the
            Gran Turismo franchise.  GT4 Awards will given to winners in
            categories including Best SUV, Best Japanese Import, Best
            European Import, Best Domestic Automobile, Best Hot Rod and a
            Best in Show.  The Best in Show award will be presented to the
            overall winner who will make history as the talk of the
            automobile industry with their vehicle inserted into the
            revolutionary GT4.

            ***Interviews and photo ops will be available.

   WHEN:    Tuesday, November 4
            8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

   WHERE:   Ghostbar at the Palms Casino Resort
            4321 W. Flamingo Rd.
            Las Vegas, NV 89103

   CONTACT: Jesse Schiller      (310) 274-7800 or jschiller@bncpr.com
            Marc Feuerstein     (310) 274-7800 or mfeuerstein@bncpr.com
            Ryan Bowling        (650) 655-3657 or
                                ryan_bowling@playstation.sony.com

PRNewswire -- Oct. 29

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SOURCE: Sony Computer Entertainment America

Web site: http://www.playstation.com/