eBay Motors today announced new updates to the eBay
Motors iPhone® app, available for immediate download on iTunes, with
features including taking a picture of a vehicle to instantly search for
it on eBay, and streaming live, exclusive content. The eBay Motors
iPhone® app already enables auto lovers to shop for vehicles and the
parts that go with them anytime, anywhere – the updates announced today
enable auto fans to further simplify their shopping experience, make
sharing with their friends more seamless, and access entertaining and
informative original content, right from their smartphones.
With the eBay Motors iPhone app's new streaming feature, car enthusiasts
can watch live broadcasts exclusive to eBay Motors from auto events and
races directly from their iPhone or iPod Touch®. To kick off this
feature, former Le Mans winner Justin Bell will host live,
behind-the-scenes coverage at the 50th Anniversary Rolex 24
at Daytona International Speedway this weekend, January 26-29. The
coverage will complement the live broadcast on SPEED, ongoing updates on
GRAND-AM.com, and "after-hours" coverage on SPEED.com. The footage will
also be streamed live on the World's Fastest Car Show website, the
online destination for eBay Motors' weekly auto adventure show.
Bell will be among the drivers of the No. 4 Children's Tumor Foundation/
Racing4Research/ Magnus Racing Porsche GT3, sponsored by eBay Motors,
and competing in the GT (Grand Touring) class in the Rolex 24. In
addition to the around-the-clock webcast on the World's Fastest Car Show
website, Bell will also serve as SPEED's "in-race" reporter, giving live
reports and updates directly from the No. 4 eBay Motors/R4R Porsche
while he is racing on the track.
"Being able to compete in this event at such a historic venue, while
providing coverage race fans will love, is a great privilege," said
Bell. "The all-time greats have been in this race, and to be a part of
that history while writing a new chapter with first-ever live mobile
broadcast of the event will be very special. For every fan that has ever
wondered what it's like to be a driver, this will be as realistic a
glimpse into our day as they've ever seen before."
Another featured aspect of this weekend's unprecedented television and
online programming from eBay, SPEED, SPEED.com and GRAND-AM.com will be
a post-race auction on eBay Motors of the one-of-a-kind "Rennsport
Edition" Porsche Cayman S, a special commission from the organizers of
the Cayman Interseries for this past October's Rennsport Reunion at
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.