AmeriCredit Launches ``One Click'' Web Site; Customers Can Apply for Auto Loans or Access Their Accounts Online

    FORT WORTH, Texas--Dec. 10, 2002--AmeriCredit Corp. has unveiled its redesigned Web site that provides simple, "one click" navigation to millions of current customers and potential car buyers. Based on user feedback, AmeriCredit incorporated features like real-time account access and online payment options desired by current AmeriCredit customers. Potential customers can research loan criteria, auto values, submit an online loan application, and AmeriCredit can make a loan decision in just minutes.
    "The goal for redesigning AmeriCredit's Web site was to arm customers with relevant information. Informed people make better decisions, and we want to support both current and potential customers with tools to improve their car-buying and loan experience," commented Michael R. Barrington, chief executive officer of AmeriCredit. "Making customer account information easy to find meets our customers' needs with up-to-date information. Access to account data should be like turning on a light--it's there when you need it."
    AmeriCredit's Web site also provides enhanced features to auto dealers, journalists, investors and career seekers with relevant information just one click away from AmeriCredit's home page at www.americredit.com.
    AmeriCredit Corp. is the largest independent middle-market auto finance company in North America. Using its branch network and strategic alliances with auto groups and banks, the company purchases installment contracts made by auto dealers to consumers who are typically unable to obtain financing from traditional sources. AmeriCredit has more than one million customers throughout the United States and Canada and more than $15 billion in managed auto receivables. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information, visit www.americredit.com.