IntegraLink Announces Integration Certification with RouteOne LLC; IntegraLink's Global Automotive Integration Network (GAIN) to Provide Dealer Integration to RouteOne's CAS System

SEATTLE--March 23, 2006--The IntegraLink division of The Cobalt Group, Inc. -- the leading provider of marketing services to the retail automotive industry -- today announced that it has become a certified technology partner of RouteOne LLC, a joint venture between the captive finance arms of General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Toyota.

Cobalt Vice President, Kevin Distelhorst, says that IntegraLink will use its Global Automotive Integration Network (GAIN) service to provide dealer management systems, F&I systems and finance sources with an industry-leading method to rapidly integrate with RouteOne's credit application management system.

"We are excited about working with RouteOne to provide integration services for their clients," Distelhorst said. "IntegraLink's GAIN offers providers of dealer management and F&I systems a fast and easy way to accelerate their connection to RouteOne, while simultaneously reducing their development expense."

Mike Jurecki, RouteOne CEO, said that adding IntegraLink as a technology partner will benefit current and future RouteOne clients. "Integration with dealer systems and finance source systems is a key enabler of our strategy and value-add to the market," Jurecki said. "IntegraLink's reputation and experience in delivering accurate data collection and integration services to the industry, along with their breadth of relationships with dealer management and F&I system providers and presence in over 15,000 dealerships, give RouteOne a proven partner to assist in meeting this critical goal."

About The Cobalt Group

The Cobalt Group is North America's leading provider of automotive marketing services. For more than a decade, Cobalt's exclusive mission has been to help automobile dealers and manufacturers increase their retailing effectiveness and profits. Cobalt provides marketing services to more than half the automotive dealerships in the United States, Canada and Mexico and is endorsed by more than two-thirds of the world's major automotive manufacturers. Cobalt is also endorsed by the American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA).

About IntegraLink

IntegraLink was acquired by Cobalt in 2000. The company collects data from more than 15,000 auto and truck dealerships in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company successfully extracts data from more than 40 different DMS platforms and is a trusted provider for the automotive retail industry, including four of the five largest OEMs serving North America.

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 Financial 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 www.routeone.com.

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