Dealers Award Dealix Honors for New Car and Used Car Products in DrivingSales Vendor Ratings Survey

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Dealix, a Division of Cobalt and the leading provider of automotive customer leads for new and used cars, has won two top honors in the 2009 DrivingSales Vendor Ratings Awards.  The company was named "Highest Rated Vendor" in the 3rd Party Lead category, and it was one of only three companies named a "Top Rated Vendor" in the Online Vehicle Listings category.  The results of the DrivingSales Vendor Ratings were announced today in Orlando, Florida and reflect the votes of thousands of auto dealers who are part of the DrivingSales.com community.

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"Dealix is laser focused on helping our customers achieve great business results, and we're honored that they're voicing their confidence by voting for our solutions," said Anna Zornosa, Dealix general manager, and executive vice president of Cobalt.  "We drove many innovations to our new and used car offerings in 2009, and these awards help motivate us to deliver even greater service and product innovations in 2010."

In the last year, improvements to the Dealix product set include re-launching UsedCars.com, the flagship site of the Dealix Used Cars Network, which provides dealers with access to over 15 million shoppers per month who are researching cars for sale on leading automotive sites.  The company also announced Lead Platform 2009 – a lead platform system with an extensive toolset, including lead verification, designed to allow lead filtering to happen within seconds.  The year culminated with the company winning several honors, including the TARGUSinfo "Market Leadership Award" for the introduction of the "Quality Pledge™" and "Hassle Free Lead Return™" feature set.

The 2009 DrivingSales Vendor Ratings Awards, presented at the 2010 NADA Convention and Expo, measure satisfaction with vendors by allowing dealers to rate and review their vendors online at DrivingSales.com.

"We are proud to present this award to Dealix which has achieved a standard of excellence that is clearly resonating with dealers," said DrivingSales CEO and Founder Jared Hamilton.  "This year's award-winners have earned recognition in one of the most challenging years on record for our industry.  We salute them for their ongoing commitment to provide value to their dealer clients."

About DrivingSales Vendor Ratings and Awards

DrivingSales Vendor Ratings are the industry's first and only neutral, comprehensive vendor rating forum, featuring real-time peer reviews and honest competitor comparisons – searchable by category, company or rating – and are one of the most popular features of DrivingSales.com, which is the auto industry's leading social media platform and largest online community.  Vendor Ratings Awards are awarded to the vendors who receive the top rankings in their category.  For the awards, dealers are asked to rate their vendors on a 1-5 star scale, including whether they would recommend the vendor product to colleagues, and why they would or would not recommend the product.  All survey-takers are verified to ensure that they are actual dealership employees.

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 is the only Internet marketing company that backs its new and used car leads with the Dealix Quality Pledge™: a distinct set of criteria that defines a quality lead and an invitation to use Hassle Free Lead Return™ if a lead lacks any one of those criteria.  The company can offer this Pledge because it has the broadest reach and the highest quality lead supply network in the industry, including Yahoo! Autos, Kelley Blue Book, Edmunds.com, AOL Autos, MSN Autos, and others.  Dealix powers the dealer selector and price quote platforms on Yahoo! Autos, AOL Autos, and MSN Autos, represents Edmunds' Premier Dealer Program; and places dealers' used inventory in the Kelley Blue Book Trusted Marketplace(SM). 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 all new Leads Platform 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.

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