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Page 1: Corporate Timeline R6 - media.corporate-ir.netmedia.corporate-ir.net/.../irol/84/84489/Corporate_Timeline_R6.pdf · Jupiter/Media Metrix Digital Media Audience report fi nds Autobytel

Customers!

20Million

Celebrated 10th Anniversary

Released Advanced Direct Marketing Solution

Served 20 million car-buying customers – generating billions of dol-lars in car sales for its dealer network

Rang opening NASDAQ Bell, a tribute to the company’s torrid market momentum and seminal role in transforming world’s largest industry

Launched RPM 2.0

AOL® Latino launches new Spanish language automotive channel called Automóviles, with exclusive content provide by Autobytel

Autobytel and Asbury sign national marketing agreement

Launched new Spanish-language automotive portal, Autobytel ‘En Español

Expanded relationship with Yahoo!® Autos and AIC

Hyundai Taps Autobytel’s RPM® to Power Nationwide

Autobytel #1 in Providing Tools and Services for Top 100 eDealers in U.S.

Acquired Stoneage Corporation

Acquired iDriveonline, Inc.

Mitsubishi taps Autobytels RPM® to power Diamond Care Service

AIC launched AutoGallery PlusSM

Autobytel unveils online Premium Pre-Owned Program and Phone Referral Service at NADA 2004; Designed to drive used vehicle sales at franchised dealers

Announced Gold Medal DealerSM program to recognize dealerships for exceptional customer service

2005

2004

Company Timeline

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Expands Ford Relationship with Lincoln/Mercury Vehicle Cross-Com-parison Tools

Mitsubishi selected Autobytel’s Web Control® for U.S. dealers

Ford tapped AIC to power vehicle comparison tool at fordvehicles.com

Automotive Information Center (AIC) continues to provide Subaru’s net shoppers with leading multi-brand vehicle research tools

AIC expanded state-of-the-art research tools and data to Canadian automotive consumers

Completed $27.0 million common stock private placement

Acquired Applied Virtual Vision (AVV)

Autobytel off ered car shoppers fi rst cost-free, ready-to-print vehicle buying guides

Autobytel expands relationship with Yahoo!® Autos

Terra.com and Autobytel team up to create comprehensive online auto resource for U.S. Hispanics

ComScore/Media Metrix names Autobytel the most-visited new-vehi-cle research and buying site for 2003, attracting an average 7.7 million unique monthly visitors

For 2003, Autobytel was the most visited online new-car buying and research destination among Hispanic Internet users, and reached approximately one-fi fth of all Hispanic automotive category visitors, according to comScore/Media Metrix.

2003

Unique Monthly

Visitors!

7.7Million

Company Timeline

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Autobytel teams with Yahoo!® Autos

Launched AutoSuiteTM

Jupiter/Media Metrix Digital Media Audience report fi nds Autobytel Inc/ content and technology now has potential exposure to over 90% of total web traffi c.

Acquired AutoWeb.com (and subsidiaries AIC and AutoSite.com)

General Motors sign agreement to test online retail business model with GM and its dealers

Launched iManager

2001

2002

Autobytel network launched Dynamic Content Placement (DCP)

Launched Estimated Market PriceTM (EMPTM)

Launched AutoEspañolTM research tools and content

Launched Quality Verifi cation SystemSM (QVSSM)

Intier Automotive selects AIC’s AutoSite Pro to Power marketing research and product development

Hyundai to power consumer comparator website feature with AIC’s AutoComparatorTM

New car partnership with AutoTrader.com

Launch of AutoEspañolTM

Launched AIC’s AutoSuiteTM 2002

Launched RPM (Retention-Performance-Marketing)

Announced formation of Media Sales Division

J.D. Power’s ‘Dealer Satisfaction Study’ fi nds Autobytel.com provides more new-vehicle leads to dealers than any other service – for the fourth year in a row

2000

CarSmart.com forms strategic alliance with Saturn

Acquired Carsmart.com

Launched MyGarage, the fi rst Internet site designed to help consumers manage their vehicle’s service, maintenance and vehicle safety.

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Strategic alliance with Saturn

Partnered with LendingTree.com

Teamed up with Toyota Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc.

Initial public off ering which made Autobytel Orange County’s big-gest publicly-held company doing business solely on the Internet

8th most recognized e-commerce brand overall, and most recog-nized online car-buying brand (Opinion Research)

Ranked #1 in ‘Dealer Satisfaction’ with online buying services two years in a row (J.D. Power & Associates ’99 Study)

Generated in excess of $13 billion in car sales through its member dealers, which makes Autobytel.com the 6th largest generator of auto sales in the US-behind GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota and Honda

Served ten million customers

Signed sponsorship agreement with Excite. Exclusive auto buying service on Excite and Netscape co-branded autos channel within Netscape NetCenter

Exclusive marketing agreement with the Excite Network

First e-commerce company to advertise on the Super Bowl

Celebrated one-millionth customer

1997

1998

1999

1995

1996

Launched Certifi ed Pre-Owned Cyberstore

Launched fi rst international site in Canada

Autobytel was born, becoming the fi rst service ever to off er a one-stop, online source for consumers to buy, lease, fi nance and insure vehicles

Customers!

10Million

Customers!

1Million

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