Autobytel Appoints McGladrey & Pullen, LLP as Independent Accounting Firm

IRVINE, Calif.--Aug. 24, 2006--Autobytel Inc. , a leading Internet automotive marketing services company, today announced that it has engaged McGladrey & Pullen, LLP as its new independent registered public accounting firm. The appointment of McGladrey & Pullen was approved by Autobytel's Audit Committee after an extensive evaluation process that included several leading accounting firms.

About McGladrey & Pullen LLP

McGladrey & Pullen, a partner-owned CPA firm, provides audit and attest services to midsized companies. It has 100 offices in the United States. McGladrey & Pullen helps clients with global business needs through its membership in RSM International (an affiliation of separate and independent accounting and consulting firms).

McGladrey & Pullen LLP and RSM McGladrey Inc., a business services provider, have an alternative practice structure. Though separate and independent legal entities, they work together to serve clients' business needs. When considered together, the two companies rank as the fifth-largest provider of accounting, tax and business consulting in the United States (source: Public Accounting Report).

About Autobytel Inc.

Autobytel Inc. is one of the largest online automotive marketplaces, empowering consumers to make smart vehicle choices using objective automotive data and insightful interactive editorial content. The result is a convenient car-buying process backed by a nationwide network of dealers who are committed to providing a positive consumer experience. Every day consumers choose Autobytel-owned and operated websites -- Autobytel.com, Autoweb.com, CarSmart.com, Car.com, AutoSite.com, Autoahorros.com, and CarTV.com -- to facilitate their car-shopping decisions. Autobytel's ability to attract millions of highly qualified, in-market car buyers and connect them with retailers has made it a leader in facilitating the entire customer car-buying lifecycle.

The Company's innovative marketing, advertising, data and CRM products, including its Web Control(R) customer management system, Retention Performance Marketing (RPM(R)) service reminder program, Special Finance Leads(SM), and AIC(R) data center, are designed to enable dealers to offer a premium consumer experience. Since pioneering pro-consumer online automotive content and purchasing in 1995, Autobytel has helped more than twenty-seven million car buyers, generating billions of dollars in car sales for dealers.