According to Toyota, since 1999, Internet users who logged onto

www.buyatoyota.com have had the chance to win $10,000 annually. They could

register online or at any buyatoyota.com kiosk at an auto

show held throughout the Southeast in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and North and

South Carolina. The winner for 2001 filled out her registration online and never

gave it a second thought, she said. This week, according to Toyota, she has won $10,000 cash.

It still didn't register for Sharon Kendrick, 27, even as Southeast Toyota

Distributors, LLC (SET) eBusiness Consumer Manager Elton Pride tried to

convince her that the money was hers, no strings attached. "I thought he

was going to ask me to buy something," she recalled, "or that it was some

kind of joke."

Recently, Toyota says, Kendrick was flown from her home in South

River, New Jersey to Deerfield Beach, Florida for the official check

presentation. "The buyatoyota.com $10,000 giveaway is both exciting for

Southeast Toyota dealers and for our 2001 winner, Sharon Kendrick," said

Pride. "The sweepstakes creates excitement for everyone."

Kendrick said she will use her newfound cash to travel with her sister, and

she will invest the rest. She's going to hold off on buying a new Toyota

for now, her 1984 Toyota Tercel, she says, is "holding up just fine."

The $10,000 giveaway is sponsored by SET and Southeast Toyota Distributors

Dealers to promote buyatoyota.com. Claiming to be ranked first among Toyota's American

distributors in sales and customer satisfaction, Southeast Toyota

Distributors, LLC, (www.buyatoyota.com) is a franchised

distributor of Toyotas. The company distributes vehicles to

163 Toyota dealers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and North and South

Carolina. Headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida, SET is owned and

operated by JM Family Enterprises, Inc., a diversified automotive corporation.