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Dealix and AOL to Partner on New Car Lead Business

Dealix and AOL to Partner on New Car Lead Business Provides Auto Buyers Quick Access to Quotes from Qualified Dealers and a Better Overall Car Buying Experience

by Staff
April 29, 2009
3 min to read


Redwood City, CA – April 20, 2009 – AOL and Dealix Corporation, a division of Cobalt and an industry leader in automotive sales leads for dealers and manufacturers, announced today that Dealix will power the price quote, http://autos.aol.com/getaquote, feature on AOL Autos, http://autos.aol.com. AOL Autos receives more than 5.6 million unique visitors each month, according to March 2009 comScore Media Metrix data.

Car shoppers on AOL Autos can research and compare vehicles, http://autos.aol.com/cars-compare, read expert reviews, and get information on vehicle incentives. Once they decide on a vehicle, Dealix’s Enhanced Lead Platform 2009 presents consumers with a choice of dealers on AOL Autos, and then quickly delivers consumers’ requests for more information. This enables dealers to launch a fast response to consumers’ inquiries and deliver a better overall car buying experience.

“AOL Autos’ expertise in delivering a great online shopping experience for millions of car buyers, coupled with Dealix’s leading technology and strong relationship with dealers, creates a great experience for the buyer and boosts sales for auto dealers,” said Ed Crawford, vice president of strategic planning and business development for Dealix. “Our research and firsthand experience show that when you present qualified, local dealers to car buyers and facilitate a seamless and quick connection between the two, the overall experience is better for the car buyer and helps the dealer to better match the consumer to their ideal car.”

“Providing a superior car buying experience for visitors to AOL Autos is of paramount importance to us,” said Rudi Thun, General Manager, AOL Autos. “We feel that Dealix has both a large network of participating dealers who will respond to our audience’s inquiries and the technology to deliver a fast, efficient process. We look forward to a very successful collaboration with Dealix.”

About Dealix
Dealix, a division of Cobalt, is the world’s leading provider of quality leads for new and used cars for dealerships, dealer groups, and automotive manufacturers. Dealix has the broadest reach and the highest quality lead supply network in the industry, including Kelley Blue Book, Edmunds.com, Yahoo! Autos, AOL Autos, MSN Autos, and others. Dealix also represents Edmunds’ Premier Dealer Program and powers AOL Autos’ and MSN Autos’ price quotes. Dealix connects dealers with the millions of car shoppers who prefer independent Internet sites when shopping for new cars and used cars online. Dealix’s Lead Platform 2009 quickly matches thousands of serious new and used vehicle buyers to the most appropriate dealers daily, delivering a quality car buying experience for consumers and providing dealers with one of the most efficient methods available today for marketing and selling cars.

About AOL
AOL is a global Web services company that operates some of the most popular Web destinations, offers a comprehensive suite of free software and services, runs one of the largest Internet access businesses in the U.S., and provides a full set of advertising solutions. A majority-owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., AOL LLC and its subsidiaries have operations in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Asia. Learn more at AOL.com.

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