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Executive from Ford's Premier Auto Group Joins Dealix As Vice President of Marketing



    PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 27 -- Dealix Corporation, the market
expert and leader in automotive Internet marketing services, announced today
that Dean L. Evans, formerly of Ford Motor Company's Premier Auto Group, has
joined Dealix as vice president of marketing.
    "Automotive manufacturers and dealers are realizing more and more the
power of Internet sales leads on their closing ratios and their bottom line,"
said Evans.  "Dealix is the most innovative, focused, and profitable player in
the space. They have always had a very strong technology and services
emphasis. Now it's my goal to provide a dynamic marketing element that does
justice to those strengths. I am tremendously excited about the opportunity."
    An automotive industry veteran, Evans most recently oversaw global CRM and
e-business strategy for Aston Martin Jaguar Land Rover of North America
(AMJLR), part of Ford Motor Company's Premier Auto Group. Prior to AMJLR,
Evans was executive director of product development at Autofusion Corporation,
where he was responsible for site strategy, configuration and content, and
managing dealer acquisition programs. Evans also worked for DaimlerChrysler
from 1991 - 1998 as district manager and in various field and home office
positions.
    "Dean's experience supports Dealix's ambitious goals in the Internet
marketing sector," explained Dealix chief executive Jon Christensen. "We
intend to become the New York Yankees of our space:  disciplined, respected,
demanding of excellence, and perennially the winner. We need a top-league team
to get there. Adding players of Dean's caliber is one of the highlights of our
job. All of us at Dealix are thrilled at the new potential this brings."
    The addition of Evans rounds out the senior level team at Dealix as he
joins Mark Boyd, executive vice president of strategic development,
Timothy Weaver, vice president of business development and marketing, and
Patrick M. Stanton, vice president of business development. To read more about
the Dealix executive team, visit http://www.dealix.com .

    About Dealix Corporation
    Dealix Corporation, the market expert and leader in automotive Internet
marketing services, delivers thousands of serious vehicle buyers to automobile
dealerships, large dealer groups, and automotive manufacturers every day.
Dealix owns and operates InvoiceDealers, the automotive sector's premier
buying portal and the single largest source of vehicle purchase requests
processed through the Dealix Lead Trading Platform(SM), a suite of proprietary
technology products and business solutions. InvoiceDealers works in tandem
with the Dealix Lead Acquisition Network(SM), a collection of preeminent
partner Web sites, to process the over 1.5 million vehicle shoppers who come
to InvoiceDealers every month. For more information, visit
http://www.dealix.com and http://www.invoicedealers.com .

    Contact:
     Dean L. Evans
     800-903-1965, ext. 260
     dean.evans@dealix.com