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Edmunds.com True Market Value(SM) Used Vehicle Appraiser Now Syndicated To 500 Partners Including Yahoo!, Autobytel.com and Cobalt

    SANTA MONICA, March 20 Edmunds.com
(http://www.edmunds.com), the web's leading consumer resource for unbiased
automotive information, today announced that the 500th partner has signed on
to offer its visitors Edmunds.com True Market Value(SM) (TMV) prices, the most
accurate vehicle prices available.  Participating Web sites include Yahoo!,
Autobytel.com, Autotrader.com, and LiquidPrice.com, while The Cobalt Group, a
leading provider of e-business products and services to the automotive
industry, now includes the tool in its recommended offerings to thousands of
auto dealer Web sites.
    "Autobytel.com's Pre-owned Cyberstore has achieved its position as a
destination of choice for online used car purchasers by offering consumers
comprehensive information on each car.  We are pleased to add the Edmunds.com
TMV Used Vehicle Appraiser to the CyberStore, continuing our mission to
provide online used car purchasers not only with the best possible buying
experience, but with accurate and reliable vehicle pricing information," said
Mark Lorimer, President of Autobytel.com.
    Other interested parties are also welcome to add the TMV Used Vehicle
Appraiser to their websites free of charge simply by visiting
http://www.edmunds.com/products/tmv/used/syndication and utilizing the unique
self-help sign-up process.  Offering valuable Edmunds.com True Market Value
pricing information takes only minutes to activate, and visitors never have to
leave the original web site.
    "Since its launch in November, the response to the Edmunds.com TMV Used
Vehicle Appraiser has been tremendous, demonstrating the consumer demand for
timely and accurate used vehicle values," said Bob Kurilko, Executive
Director, Brand Management for Edmunds.com.  "True Market Value pricing is
forward-looking and thus accurately reflects the current situation in a
dynamic market, making it a unique product offering in a market where
potentially misleading 'suggested pricing' is rampant."

    About Edmunds.com True Market Value(SM) Pricing System
    The Edmunds.com True Market Value(SM) (TMV) Pricing System provides new
and used vehicle buyers and sellers a statistically modeled estimate of the
current median transaction price for a vehicle in a particular market.  These
prices are not suggested selling prices that merely serve as the staring point
in negotiations; they reflect the price that vehicles are actually being sold
for in the marketplace.  Visitors to http://www.edmunds.com/edweb/tmv/index.html# can
easily check the TMV price of new and used vehicles, dating back to 1990 model
year vehicles.  Also available are the Edmunds.com New Vehicle TMV Deals of
the Week, a spotlight on vehicles offering some of the best buying
opportunities at the given time.

    About Edmunds.com
    Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, Edmunds.com (http://www.edmunds.com) is
the Internet's pioneer and leader in providing free, third party automotive
information, tools and services for consumers.  Edmunds.com empowers,
educates, and engages visitors by providing them with straightforward
information on key aspects of buying, selling, and owning a vehicle.  For
example, Edmunds has launched its True Market Value products to inform the
general public of the actual transaction prices of cars and trucks while the
Edmunds.com Powershopper(SM) offers car shoppers the opportunity to research
and pursue online and offline purchase options in the informative,
consumer-friendly environment of the Edmunds web site.  Visitors are also
provided extensive automobile reviews, consumer information, safety updates,
incentive and rebate news, expert analysis of developments in the automotive
world, and the Town Hall, an interactive community of more than 500,000 active
members.  Edmunds.com was ranked number one in the Survey of Car-Shopping Web
Sites as reported by The Wall Street Journal, rated number one automotive and
second overall web site in the Dialscore loyalty study above Yahoo!, Amazon
and Mapquest, was named as one of Yahoo! Internet Life's 50 Most Incredibly
Useful Sites, one of Money's 50 Most Useful Financial Websites, and is
regularly mentioned as a valuable resource in these and other publications.

    For further information please contact Jeannine Fallon of Edmunds.com,
office, 310-309-4900, mobile, 310-962-3841, jfallon@edmunds.com.