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AutoPartner.com and Hunter Engineering Form Strategic Alliance

5 October 2000

AutoPartner.com and Hunter Engineering Form Strategic Alliance

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 5 Hunter Engineering Company,
a world leader in automotive service equipment, announced today that it would
now include the AutoPartner.com link with their WinAlign(R) software.  Through
this link Hunter customers gain Internet access to the many services
AutoPartner.com offers, enabling them to run their businesses more efficiently
and profitably while increasing sales.
    "Hunter supplies its customers with the latest in automotive service
technology.  The AutoPartner.com site adds a valuable dimension to our
product," says David Smith, Vice President of Marketing.  Jeff Lichterman, CEO
of AutoPartner, Inc., adds, "We're proud to join Hunter in assisting the shop
owner with increasing repair sales traffic.  Our alliance benefits the shop
owner, which in turn is passed onto the customers."
    AutoPartner, Inc. provides Internet-enabled business solutions to auto
repair shops.  The products offered at AutoPartner.com and MyMechanic.com
affect the entire repair shop business process, including customer acquisition
and retention, back office functions as well as shop productivity.  The site
creates value for the consumer, the repair shop as well as the suppliers to
those repair shops.
    Hunter Engineering is a world leader in wheel alignment, brake service,
wheel service and safety inspection lane equipment.  Hunter equipment is
approved and used by vehicle manufacturers, automobile and truck dealers, tire
dealers and automotive service facilities around the world.
    For Additional details contact Marsh Mundee, Vice President of Marketing,
AutoPartner, Inc. at 561-471-0616, ext. 1010, or Denny Bowen, Director of
Marketing, Hunter Engineering at 314-731-0000, ext. 356.