Carfax Goes Wireless; Strategic Partnerships Give Carfax Dealers Access to Carfax Vehicle History Reports Anytime, Anywhere

    FAIRFAX, Va.--Feb. 8, 2001--At this year's National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention this week in Las Vegas Carfax, Inc., unveiled their new wireless Carfaxonline.com website.
    Carfax has been cultivating strategic partnerships in the wireless Internet service sector to develop the appropriate tools for making Carfax Vehicle History reports available to Carfax subscribers anytime, anywhere via wireless communication devices.
    Working with 2Roam, Inc., a global wireless software and service provider, Carfax will use the 2Roam Wireless Platform to deliver Carfax Reports to dealers over wireless, hand-held devices such as web-enabled personal data assistants, digital phones, etc.
    This feature enables Carfax subscribers to run Carfax vehicle history reports "on the spot" - at auto auctions or on their lots to help them avoid purchasing or accepting in trade vehicles with a hidden problem in its past.
    "Dealers can enter a vehicle identification number and obtain a full vehicle history report within a few seconds," explains Dick Raines, president of Carfax. "While we realize not everyone has access to this wireless technology now, we're thinking to the future as well."
    Recently, Carfax and Supersale.com announced a partnership that makes Carfaxonline.com accessible using DigitalLot, a mobile device manufactured by Supersale.com. The device allows dealers to scan vehicle identification numbers using an infrared scanner and obtain a Carfax report via a wireless modem in the device.

    About Supersale.com

    Supersale.com is rapidly becoming a leading supplier of innovative data collection, management, and distribution services. As a business-to-business company, it provides integrated technologies to the automotive industry, streamlining showroom and marketing operations, helping dealers find and manage prospective buyers, and increasing Internet presence and quality.
    Located in Chanhassen, Minnesota, Supersale.com, Inc. (http://www.supersale.com) has a clear vision of the future of automotive sales-sales powered by accurate information that can help dealers and consumers alike. DigitalLot(TM) Solution international and domestic patent pending.

    About 2Roam, Inc.

    2Roam, Inc. is the leading global wireless software and service provider that quickly and easily extends a company's online business onto any handheld wireless device, such as mobile phones and PDAs. Leading customers like eBay have successfully established their wireless Web presence through 2Roam, providing a seamless wireless extension of their core business model.
    The 2Roam Wireless Website Toolkit gives customers unprecedented control over the look and feel of their wireless brand. With its open technology platform, 2Roam offers its customers additional functionalities -- such as secure m-commerce, wireless advertising, alerts and messaging -- to attract and retain users and generate new revenue streams from their wireless site.
    2Roam is a private company backed by leading U.S. and international investors including CMGI @Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Trans Cosmos USA Inc., Siemens and Panasonic. For more information, visit www.2roam.com.

    About Carfax, Inc.

    Founded in 1984, Carfax pioneered the concept of the vehicle history report - the instant background check on any used car. Carfax Vehicle History Reports can confirm a clean title history or identify serious problems with any used car, including salvage history, odometer fraud, flood damage and more. Carfax helps millions of consumers and thousands of car dealers avoid buying used cars with costly hidden problems. Using the 17-character Vehicle ID Number (VIN), used car buyers can access over 1.2 billion unique vehicle history records from more than 170 different sources in the Carfax nationwide database at www.carfax.com. Every Carfax Report that confirms a clean title history is backed by the $5,000 Clean Title History Guarantee. Carfax, Inc., based in Fairfax, Virginia, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the R.L. Polk Company.

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