Local Best Award Presented to ABRA Auto Body & Glass

MINNEAPOLIS--Oct. 1, 20051, 2005--ABRA Auto Body & Glass announced today that its repair center in Sioux Falls was named one of the top three companies in the "Windshield & Glass Repair" category. The results were based on an on-line survey conducted by The Local Best.com.

"Led by General Manager Darin Rima, ABRA-Sioux Falls has been a consistent, high-performing repair center," stated Mark Wahlin, ABRA's Director of Franchising. "In fact, over the past twelve months they have received a perfect 100% Customer Satisfaction Index based on surveys conducted by an independent contractor to their customer base. Rima and his team have proven that hard work and dedication to the job are what counts in order to be recognized as one of the best in their industry."

According to The Local Best.com, the following criteria must be met in order to be named as one of the "local best":

-- The company must be in the top 1/3 vote-getters in a specific category

-- They must also have at least 20% of the top vote-getter's votes within the category

-- The Local Best.com verifies that all top-vote getters are still in business and offer the product or service they were voted for

In addition to windshield repair and replacement, ABRA-Sioux Falls also specializes in collision repair. The repair center is located at 4001 West 34th Street, and can be reached by calling 605.362.8388. For more information on ABRA-Sioux Falls and all other ABRA repair centers, visit their website at www.abraauto.com

ABRA Auto Body & Glass is a national damaged vehicle repair company specializing in collision repair, paintless dent removal, and auto glass repair and replacement. Started with one repair center in 1984, they have grown to eighty-eight facilities in ten states.