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Edmunds.com Enters Agreement With AT&T Wireless And Adds Auto Dealer Locator to Edmunds2Go Wireless Web Site

5 December 2000

Edmunds.com Enters Agreement With AT&T Wireless And Adds Auto Dealer Locator to Edmunds2Go Wireless Web Site 
    SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 5 Edmunds.com, http://www.edmunds.com
the Web's leading consumer resource for unbiased automotive information, today
announced an agreement with AT&T Wireless , making the Edmunds2Go
wireless web site available to all AT&T Digital PocketNet(SM) subscribers.
    Edmunds2Go offers Edmunds.com True Market Value(SM) pricing, reviews and
other useful consumer automotive information via the wireless Web, allowing
shoppers to take these valuable tools with them to the showroom floor.
    New to Edmunds2Go is a dealer locator, enhancing the usefulness of the
site for car shoppers across the country.  This unique tool allows consumers
to locate dealerships of interest in their vicinity simply by selecting the
name of the manufacturer and inputting the local zip code.  From a web-enabled
phone, consumers will also be able to call dealers directly to inquire about
such timely issues as vehicle and parts inventory.
    "We are extremely pleased to be working with AT&T Wireless in delivering
our web content for all AT&T Digital PocketNet subscribers," stated Joe
LaMuraglia, Director of Wireless Initiatives for Edmunds.com.  "Car shoppers
will especially appreciate being able to refer to the wireless dealer locator
while standing in a dealership if they feel the need to find alternative
showrooms and salespeople to interact with."
    "Adding Edmunds2Go to AT&T Digital PocketNet service gives our subscribers
yet another unique application for wireless web information and services,"
said Andy Willett, Vice President of Business Development for AT&T Wireless.
"With more than 60 web sites available in our free, unlimited use Basic
service, AT&T Wireless continues to provide exceptional value for our wireless
web customers."
    Information on AT&T Digital PocketNet service and all other AT&T Wireless
products and services is available at http://www.attws.com.

    About Edmunds.com
    Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, Edmunds.com is the Internet's pioneer
and leader in providing free, third party automotive information, tools and
services for consumers.  Edmunds.com empowers, educates, and engages visitors
by providing them with straightforward information on key aspects of buying,
selling, and owning a vehicle.  Users are provided automobile pricing data,
extensive automobile reviews, consumer information, safety updates, incentive
and rebate news, expert analysis of developments in the automotive world, and
the Town Hall, an interactive community of more than 500,000 active members.
Edmunds.com's wireless web site is accessible via AT&T Wireless Services,
Sprint PCS Wireless Web, Nextel Online Wireless Internet Services, OmniSky
Wireless and Palm VII.  Customers of other mobile phone companies can access
the site by entering mobile.edmunds.com on any web-enabled cell phone.
Edmunds.com was ranked number one in the Survey of Car-Shopping Web Sites as
reported by The Wall Street Journal, rated number one automotive and second
overall web site in the Dialscore loyalty study above Yahoo!, Amazon and
Mapquest, was named as one of Yahoo! Internet Life's 50 Most Incredibly Useful
Sites, one of Money's 50 Most Useful Financial Websites, and is regularly
mentioned as a valuable resource in these and other publications.