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Redwood City, CA, July 23, 2009 – In a nationwide survey conducted earlier this week, three out of ten dealers report having made a sale involving a “Cash for Clunkers” voucher even though the rules about how the program will be administered won’t be issued until tomorrow (Friday, July 24, 2009). However, the clarity those rules will provide is still needed: Nearly 90% of dealers said consumers had either low or moderate awareness of the program, and two thirds (66%) said information given to dealers up until this point is “insufficient.”

Auto Dealer Monthly is pleased to announce Mark Dubois, who heads dealer education at CarBiz USA, Inc. and is a moderator for CarBiz Performance Groups, will be speaking during the Dealer Controlled Finance education track at the 2009 Special Finance Convention in Dallas, Texas. The Dealer Controlled Finance track will include education

Car People Marketing, a leader in dealership retention solutions, is excited to introduce OneStop, the industry’s first online platform for presenting, selling and financing extended service warranties on the service drive.

Auto Dealer Monthly is pleased to announce the addition of the Sunday August 9th Finance Company Panel, which focuses on securing D-Tier customers. It will take place on day one of the 2009 Special Finance Convention. The panel will include:

Auto Dealer Monthly is pleased to announce the five panelists who will participate in the Monday August 10th Finance Company Panel, which is an integral segment of the 2009 Special Finance Convention. The five finance companies and their representatives on the panel include:

Iowa-based Dealer Marketing Services, the creators of ProMax Online, announced today it will provide a revolutionary system that will enable dealers to pre-qualify consumers for automotive financing by simply entering the consumer’s name and address into the Instant Screen® system. Research shows that the portion of Internet leads that do not qualify for financing can be as high as 75%.

Dealerslink® and JMN Logistics have teamed up once again, this time with Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (DTAG), to offer a 4th of July inventory promotion. DTAG has offered significant savings on its inventory purchased through Dealerslink’s Web site (www.dealerslink.com) and JMN is providing an additional 10 percent to 20 percent discount on any DTAG vehicle shipped through its Dealerslink Shipping Portal.

Cross-Sell, the leading provider of market analysis reports for automotive dealers nationwide and a division of Dominion Dealer Solutions, today announced a partnership with sister companies Dealer Specialties and XIGroup to provide its Snap-Shot report to their customers.

DealerTrack, Inc., a subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRAK), a leading provider of on-demand software and data solutions for the U.S. automotive retail industry, today announced that the number of active financing sources ...

Dealer.com (www.dealer.com), the leading provider of online marketing solutions for the automotive industry, today announced that the company has increased research and development (R&D) spending by over 100% for 2009. In a time of great challenges for the industry, Dealer.com has increased the commitment to keeping ...