Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology 
Tue, February 8, 2011
Mon, February 7, 2011
Autobytel Wins DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Award
IRVINE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq:ABTL), a leading provider of online consumer purchase requests and marketing resources to the automotive industry, announced today it won a aTop Rateda [ New Car ] Leads award in the second annual DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards, presented at the 2011 NADA Convention and Expo.
"This award is a reflection of the excellent results Autobytel Inc. has generated for dealerships across the nation, and we are proud to recognize their accomplishment."
aWe are honored to receive this award from DrivingSales and more importantly from the dealers who voted,a saidJeffrey H. Coats, Autobytela™s President and Chief Executive Officer. aAutobytel is dedicated to providing our member dealers with quality purchase requests and this award and our four star rating validates our efforts.a
Since launching the first car-buying website in 1995, Autobytel has helped millions of car shoppers and generated billions of dollars in sales for [ car dealers ]. The company's advanced web-based advertising and marketing programs help dealers and manufacturers build relationships with customers, as well as help them to efficiently manage and convert online business. Through Autobytel's marketing network of websites, the company connects dealerships with a steady, diverse stream of exceptionally motivated, serious shoppers, while providing both dealers and manufacturers with precision-targeted brand and product marketing opportunities.
The DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards measure satisfaction with services provided by vendors by allowing dealers to rate and review their vendors online at [ DrivingSales.com ]. Only vendors who achieved top rankings in dealer satisfaction in each category, as determined by the thousands of auto dealers who are part of the DrivingSales.com community, received awards.
aWe are proud to present a DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction aTop Rateda™ New Car Leads Award to Autobytel Inc.,a said DrivingSales CEO and Founder Jared Hamilton. aThis award is a reflection of the excellent results Autobytel Inc. has generated for dealerships across the nation, and we are proud to recognize their accomplishment.a
Full award results are available online at [ www.DrivingSales.com/dealersatisfactionaward ]. Full broadcast coverage of the DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards ceremony is available at drivingsalestv.com.
About Autobytel Inc.([ www.autobytel.com ])
Autobytel Inc., an online leader offering consumer purchase requests and marketing resources to car dealers and manufacturers and providing consumers with the information they need to purchase new and [ used cars ], pioneered the automotive Internet when it launched autobytel.com in 1995. Today, Autobytel is now the largest provider of U.S. automotive consumer purchase requests for new cars andcontinues to offer innovative products and services to help consumers buy, and auto dealers and manufacturers sell, more used and new cars. Autobytel has helped tens of millions of automotive consumers research vehicles; connected thousands of dealers nationwide with motivated car buyers; and helped every major automaker market its brand online. Through its flagship website Autobytel.com®, its network of automotive sites, including Autotropolis.com®, DealershipJobs.com, Autoweb.com®, AutoSite.com®, Car.comsm, CarSmart.com®, CarTV.com®, and MyRide.com® and its respected online partners, Autobytel continues its dedication to innovating the industry's highest quality Internet programs to provide consumers with a comprehensive and positive automotive research and purchasing experience, and auto dealers, dealer groups and auto manufacturers with one of the industry's most productive and cost-effective customer referral and marketing programs.
About DrivingSales
DrivingSales is the auto industrya™s fastest-growing, most influential trade media property focused on delivering actionable profit-building information to auto retailers and industry professionals. DrivingSalesa™ media network includes flagship property [ DrivingSales.com ]([ www.drivingsales.com ]),the worlda™s largest car dealer social network where thousands of dealership professionals collaborate and share best practices in a 20-group-style setting; DrivingSalesTV ([ www.drivingsalestv.com ]), an interactive web channel which helps car dealers and auto professionals keep tabs on their industry and emerging technologies24/7;DrivingSales University, an on-demand training platform where dealerships learn the latest web strategies from top e-commerce experts; DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES) the industrya™s leading conference where progressive dealers collaborate and learn from world renowned experts; and DrivingSales Dealership Innovation Guide, a free quarterly publication featuring case studies of the industrya™s most innovative dealerships, solutions and best practices.
DrivingSales encourages innovation and excellence in the industry with its annual Dealer Satisfaction and Innovation Cup Awards, whose winners are determined solely by the dealer community.Founded by Jared Hamilton, a third generation car dealer,DrivingSales was named one of ten social media gambits for 2009 by Automotive News and one of the Top 10 Companies to Watch by Auto Success Magazine.