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AutoNation to License Autoweb's Proprietary Technology Platform

17 October 2000

AutoNation to License Autoweb's Proprietary Technology Platform

Autoweb to Provide Enhanced Vehicle Information and Shopping Modules to Web's
                      Largest Online Automotive Retailer

    SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 17 Autoweb.com, Inc. , the leading consumer automotive Internet
service, and AutoNation, Inc. , America's leading automotive
retailer, today announced a multi-year agreement under which AutoNation will
integrate Autoweb's automotive industry standard content and technology
platform to enhance its e-commerce initiatives.  Additionally, AutoNation
dealers will continue to receive consumer referrals from the millions of
online Autoweb shoppers.
    The Autoweb Automotive Information Center's (AIC) content and technology
will be featured in AutoNation's lead retail web site, AutoNation.com and on
its America Online version, AOL AutosDirect (AOL keyword: AOL AutosDirect).
Autoweb's AIC technology provides each AutoNation site with data on vehicle
features and specifications, as well as proprietary shopping tools.
    "Our alliance with AutoNation is another example of Autoweb's 'Powered By'
initiatives in action, and further evidence of our increasingly robust efforts
in the business-to-business sector," said Dean DeBiase, chairman of
Autoweb.com.  "We are already powering leading vehicle manufacturer and portal
web sites, and now we're partnering with the nation's largest automotive
retailer.  Our content, data and technology are clearly becoming the standard
for the automotive industry."
    This strategic alliance builds on what Autoweb has achieved in the
business-to-business Internet marketplace.  Currently, all major automobile
manufacturers, including BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda and
Toyota, use Autoweb's automotive data to power their sites.  The major
consumer portals also use Autoweb's content and technology, including AOL,
Lycos, MSN Carpoint and GO.  As Autoweb continues to set the standard in the
business-to-business marketplace, the company is providing its customers with
the most advanced technology to view automotive information, and the most
accurate and reliable automotive data and content.  AutoNation will be among
the first customers to take advantage of Autoweb's next-generation automotive
research technology.

    About Autoweb's Automotive Information Center (AIC) Technology:
    Through Autoweb's data, technology and tools, visitors to sites powered by
the AIC technology are able to configure a vehicle by manufacturer, make,
model, trim specifications and other option packages, as well as perform
side-by-side competitive vehicle comparisons.  This proprietary technology
provides a competitive advantage for dealers and enhances the shopper's
experience by offering realistic, actionable information.

    About Autoweb.com, Inc.
    Autoweb.com is the leading consumer automotive Internet service, guiding
users through every stage of vehicle ownership.  Through its direct and
referral commerce channels, Autoweb.com offers consumers a variety of ways to
purchase new and used vehicles in conjunction with vehicle manufacturers,
local Member Dealers and other commerce partners.  The Company's Web site also
provides consumers with a wide range of automotive-related products to support
the complete lifecycle of the vehicle, including finance, insurance and
maintenance.  Autoweb.com features comprehensive, unbiased research from its
Automotive Information Center (AIC) division, the leading provider of
automotive content, data and intelligent tools used to power Internet
services, portals and manufacturer Web sites.  The Company's content and
buying models are available on three out of the top four portals through its
infrastructure partner program.  For more information, please visit
http://www.autoweb.com and http://www.autosite.com.
    Certain statements and information included in this press release
constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Federal
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company
to be materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements.
Additional discussion of factors that could cause the actual results to differ
materially from management's projections, forecasts, estimates and
expectations is contained in the Company's SEC filings.