Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology 
Thu, March 10, 2011
Wed, March 9, 2011
Autobytel Inc.a?s Car.com(SM) Collaborates with kbb.com to Offer Subprime Credit Financing
IRVINE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq: ABTL), the company dedicated to helping dealers and car buyers connect online, and Kelley Blue Book [ www.kbb.com ], the leading provider of new car and used car information, today announced an extension of their current relationship by expanding Kelley Blue Booka™s auto finance offerings through Autobytela™s website, Car.comSM[ www.car.com ]. The new agreement allows kbb.com site visitors with credit challenges and in need of local auto-finance assistance access to Car.coma™s network of participating dealers and lenders.
"Securing credit these days is a challenge, so the ability to offer kbb.com car shoppers with credit challenges new alternatives, makes this relationship a win-win-win"
aIn todaya™s economy, consumers need all the help they can get,a said Autobytel President and CEO Jeffrey H. Coats. aWe are proud to expand our alliance with Kelley Blue Book and support its website and consumers with this collaboration. Our companies are dedicated to connecting dealers and car buyers, and this agreement enables us to do just that by facilitating the purchases of automotive consumers as they return to the automotive market.a
Car.coma™s network of subscribing dealers and online auto finance companies can help consumers obtain car financing. Its network members have programs for first time buyers, no credit and subprime customers.
aSecuring credit these days is a challenge, so the ability to offer kbb.com car shoppers with credit challenges new alternatives, makes this relationship a win-win-win,a said Damon Bennett, director of business development and partnerships. aWe are always looking to provide our site visitors with information and resources critical to the car-buying process, and this extension of our relationship with Autobytel through Car.com helps achieve that goal.a
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 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.comsm, Autoweb.com®, AutoSite.com®, Car.comsm, CarSmart.com®, CarTV.com® MyRide.com®, and MyGarage.com®, and its respected online partners, Autobytel continues its dedication to innovating the industrya™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 industrya™s most productive and cost-effective customer referral and marketing programs.
About Kelley Blue Book ([ www.kbb.com ])
Founded in 1926, Kelley Blue Book, The Trusted Resource®, is the only vehicle valuation and information source trusted and relied upon by both consumers and the industry. Each week the company provides the most market-reflective values in the industry on its top-rated website [ www.kbb.com ], including its famous Blue Book® Trade-In and Retail Values and Fair Purchase Price, which reports what others are paying for new cars this week. The company also provides vehicle pricing and values through various products and services available to car dealers, auto manufacturers, finance and insurance companies as well as governmental agencies. Kbb.com is a leading provider of new car prices, used car values, car reviews, new cars for sale, used cars for sale, and car dealer locations. Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AutoTrader.com, Inc.