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Customers!
20Million
Celebrated 10th Anniversary
Released Advanced Direct Marketing Solution
Served 20 million car-buying customers – generating billions of dol-lars in car sales for its dealer network
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Rang opening NASDAQ Bell, a tribute to the company’s torrid market momentum and seminal role in transforming world’s largest industry
Launched RPM 2.0
AOL® Latino launches new Spanish language automotive channel called Automóviles, with exclusive content provide by Autobytel
Autobytel and Asbury sign national marketing agreement
Launched new Spanish-language automotive portal, Autobytel ‘En Español
Expanded relationship with Yahoo!® Autos and AIC
Hyundai Taps Autobytel’s RPM® to Power Nationwide
Autobytel #1 in Providing Tools and Services for Top 100 eDealers in U.S.
Acquired Stoneage Corporation
Acquired iDriveonline, Inc.
Mitsubishi taps Autobytels RPM® to power Diamond Care Service
AIC launched AutoGallery PlusSM
Autobytel unveils online Premium Pre-Owned Program and Phone Referral Service at NADA 2004; Designed to drive used vehicle sales at franchised dealers
Announced Gold Medal DealerSM program to recognize dealerships for exceptional customer service
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2004
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Expands Ford Relationship with Lincoln/Mercury Vehicle Cross-Com-parison Tools
Mitsubishi selected Autobytel’s Web Control® for U.S. dealers
Ford tapped AIC to power vehicle comparison tool at fordvehicles.com
Automotive Information Center (AIC) continues to provide Subaru’s net shoppers with leading multi-brand vehicle research tools
AIC expanded state-of-the-art research tools and data to Canadian automotive consumers
Completed $27.0 million common stock private placement
Acquired Applied Virtual Vision (AVV)
Autobytel off ered car shoppers fi rst cost-free, ready-to-print vehicle buying guides
Autobytel expands relationship with Yahoo!® Autos
Terra.com and Autobytel team up to create comprehensive online auto resource for U.S. Hispanics
ComScore/Media Metrix names Autobytel the most-visited new-vehi-cle research and buying site for 2003, attracting an average 7.7 million unique monthly visitors
For 2003, Autobytel was the most visited online new-car buying and research destination among Hispanic Internet users, and reached approximately one-fi fth of all Hispanic automotive category visitors, according to comScore/Media Metrix.
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Unique Monthly
Visitors!
7.7Million
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Autobytel teams with Yahoo!® Autos
Launched AutoSuiteTM
Jupiter/Media Metrix Digital Media Audience report fi nds Autobytel Inc/ content and technology now has potential exposure to over 90% of total web traffi c.
Acquired AutoWeb.com (and subsidiaries AIC and AutoSite.com)
General Motors sign agreement to test online retail business model with GM and its dealers
Launched iManager
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2001
2002
Autobytel network launched Dynamic Content Placement (DCP)
Launched Estimated Market PriceTM (EMPTM)
Launched AutoEspañolTM research tools and content
Launched Quality Verifi cation SystemSM (QVSSM)
Intier Automotive selects AIC’s AutoSite Pro to Power marketing research and product development
Hyundai to power consumer comparator website feature with AIC’s AutoComparatorTM
New car partnership with AutoTrader.com
Launch of AutoEspañolTM
Launched AIC’s AutoSuiteTM 2002
Launched RPM (Retention-Performance-Marketing)
Announced formation of Media Sales Division
J.D. Power’s ‘Dealer Satisfaction Study’ fi nds Autobytel.com provides more new-vehicle leads to dealers than any other service – for the fourth year in a row
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2000
CarSmart.com forms strategic alliance with Saturn
Acquired Carsmart.com
Launched MyGarage, the fi rst Internet site designed to help consumers manage their vehicle’s service, maintenance and vehicle safety.
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Strategic alliance with Saturn
Partnered with LendingTree.com
Teamed up with Toyota Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc.
Initial public off ering which made Autobytel Orange County’s big-gest publicly-held company doing business solely on the Internet
8th most recognized e-commerce brand overall, and most recog-nized online car-buying brand (Opinion Research)
Ranked #1 in ‘Dealer Satisfaction’ with online buying services two years in a row (J.D. Power & Associates ’99 Study)
Generated in excess of $13 billion in car sales through its member dealers, which makes Autobytel.com the 6th largest generator of auto sales in the US-behind GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota and Honda
Served ten million customers
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Signed sponsorship agreement with Excite. Exclusive auto buying service on Excite and Netscape co-branded autos channel within Netscape NetCenter
Exclusive marketing agreement with the Excite Network
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First e-commerce company to advertise on the Super Bowl
Celebrated one-millionth customer
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1996
Launched Certifi ed Pre-Owned Cyberstore
Launched fi rst international site in Canada
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Autobytel was born, becoming the fi rst service ever to off er a one-stop, online source for consumers to buy, lease, fi nance and insure vehicles
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Customers!
10Million
Customers!
1Million
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