Guidelines for Permission Requests

We routinely grant permission to media, automakers, dealers, their agencies and others to link to, quote and/or reprint content that has been published on Edmunds.com, Edmunds' Inside Line, Edmunds' CarSpace.com and Edmunds' AutoObserver.com.

Samples of linked/quoted/reprinted content:

• Vehicle reviews
• Awards, accolades and top ten lists
• Articles
• Logos
• Forum postings
• Photographs

Requests that we have received and approved include use of quotes in:

• Web sites
• E-mail solicitations
• Product brochures
• Print, online, radio, television and outdoor advertisements
• Sales training materials
• Owners' magazines and other promotional print publications
• Media kits

There is no charge for such permissions or usages if implemented in accordance with our requirements, with one exception: we work with Wright's Reprints to provide quantities of printed materials to approved parties, and a fee is charged for those services.

Permissions are granted subject to certain conditions, which will be provided in response to specific requests. General guidelines include:

• Unless we advise you otherwise, we require that items be attributable to "Edmunds.com," "Edmunds' Inside Line," "Edmunds' CarSpace.com," or "Edmunds' AutoObserver.com" as appropriate (and not any other variation of our names), and not to a specific writer or editor.
• With respect to photos: photos we publish consist of a mixture of those that have been provided to us and those that we have taken ourselves. Often they are captioned so as to identify the source. For photos provided to us by the manufacturers: we do not own them and thus neither can give third parties permission to use them nor deny third parties the right to use them. We will provide permission to use photos we have taken ourselves on a case-by-case basis, on the condition that they are credited to "Edmunds.com."
• If your request pertains to an ad that will appear on an Edmunds web site, special conditions will apply.

Procedures

All requests should be submitted by using our Permissions Request Form.

Requests should specify (i) for a quote or accolade request, the exact words to be quoted and the URL of the page(s) of the Edmunds Automotive Network on which the quote or accolade was found, (ii) for an article or review request, the name of the article or review and the URL of the page of the Edmunds Automotive Network on which the article or review appears, (iii) for an accolade request, the exact form of the intended use, (iv) the purpose of the request, i.e., medium, in which the logo, link, quote, accolade or article or review will appear, (v) the exact model (including model year) of the vehicle(s) to be promoted, (vi) if a request to use our logo, a copy of the actual proposed use, and (vii) the e-mail address of the person to whom the consent or request for additional information should be sent.

If sufficient information is provided, we usually grant consent by return e-mail within one to two business days of receipt of the request.

June 2007