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Chrome Data Delivers Vehicle Configurator Capability to GM and Dealers

9 January 2001

               Chrome Delivers New Vehicle Configurator
             Capability to General Motors and Its Dealers

                More than 8,400 GM Dealers in U.S. and
               Canada Use Chrome to Communicate with GM

    PORTLAND, Ore.--Jan. 9, 2001--Chrome Data
Corporation, the automotive industry's most accurate independent
business-to-business provider of data and configuration technology and
software, today announced that it has provided General Motors with a
new vehicle configurator capability allowing dealers to communicate
with GM and streamline the ordering process.
    More than 8,400 GM dealers throughout the U.S. and Canada now
employ a standardized system that provides dealers the most accurate
and up-to-date pricing and specification data and software available
today.
    Distributed to GM dealers under the name GM AutoBook(TM) in
December 2000, the new vehicle configurator meets GM's high standards
of functionality, including the ability to configure only orderable
vehicles. GM AutoBook will enable its network of dealers to access
vehicle configuration, pricing, customer presentations and order
management for cars, light trucks and medium duty trucks. With GM
AutoBook, GM dealers will have access to complete new vehicle
information for 41 makes and about 1,700 vehicle styles.
    "Chrome's 15 years of experience in configuration technology made
it easy for us to deliver a comprehensive and intuitive product in a
matter of weeks," said Chrome CEO Bob Navarre. "GM AutoBook makes it
easy for dealers to communicate accurately and consistently with GM."

    Chrome: Most Accurate Data Provider

    In a recent independent study CNW Marketing/Research compared the
pricing data of the major online automotive data sources by
configuring 86 different vehicles at eight different Web sites (see
Chrome Data Named Most Accurate Data Provider for Automotive
e-Commerce, June 27, 2000). Chrome ranked first in data accuracy with
an average MSRP price accuracy of 99.64% and an average invoice price
accuracy of 99.95%.