RouteOne LLC Announces Plan to Launch ID Verification Module

Program could eliminate losses of millions of dollars per year for dealers and finance sources

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 26 -- RouteOne LLC announced today that it is working closely with industry experts to develop a best-in- class identity verification and fraud protection program to incorporate into its existing credit application management system. RouteOne expects to offer the program to dealers within the third quarter of 2006.

"Protection against identity fraud is critical to the well-being of our dealers and finance sources," said Mike Jurecki, RouteOne CEO. "Fraud remains a serious issue in the automotive finance arena, costing finance sources, dealers, and consumers millions of dollars in losses per year."

Identity verification technologies can enhance a company's risk management ability by assessing a loan applicant's identity risk through a variety of proprietary and third party databases. In addition, an automated process can greatly reduce the number of hours that would normally be spent conducting a manual identity verification.

"We look forward to offering our customers a solution that will lessen their risk and allow them to minimize the possibility of fraud as expediently as possible," said Jurecki.

RouteOne, a free to dealer, web-based credit application management system developed by the finance arms of DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Toyota, provides a single point of access for dealers to access all of their finance sources. Currently, RouteOne resides in more than 20,000 dealerships in the U.S. and Canada, and offers dealers access to 46 finance sources.

About RouteOne

RouteOne was formed in 2002 to create a more streamlined credit application process for automobile dealers and their customers. Jointly owned by DaimlerChrysler Services, Ford Motor Credit Company, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, and Toyota Financial Services, RouteOne also provides a single point of access for dealer credit applications to some of the largest auto lenders and banks in North America. RouteOne offers dealers a common platform for submitting credit application information to the multiple finance sources with which they do business. Automotive dealers and their finance sources can exchange credit application and credit decisions in near real-time using RouteOne's web-based network. More information is available at http://www.routeone.com/ .