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To: Mitch Vine who wrote (502)	8/12/1999 3:54:00 AM
From: Crystal ball	Respond to of 594

AWEB direct car sales is copycat of NVDC. ABTL apt to join the I.A.D.M.A. Internet Auto. Dealerships Marketing Association that is currently dominate by Navidec NVDC and its USWHEELS.COM and driveoff.com wholly owned subsidiary. General Motors GM announcement yesterday helps IADMA. Remember Autonation dumping its lease site...ABTL does 80% of Autonation (AN) websites. That helps ABTL. ABTL will also follow the direct car sales package (rather than the prior model of just referring website buyer prospect names to local dealers to take the ball (and drop it) from there. NVDC has done this already. I think AWEB is trying to catch up to ABTL on the one hand and NVDC on the other. At this point I see AWEB dropping out of 2nd or 3rd place. ABTL may hold #1, followed by NVDC by end of the year. AN will lose out, it is the most off guard, lets just hope ABTL keeps the dealership relationships it picked up through AN. I am, Truly yours, -Crystal ball E-Cars will be the poster child of E-Commerce, ABTL and NVDC and maybe AWEB will do just great, they are where AOL and YAHOO were 2-3 years ago, for us, we are on the ground floor, racing to the top Q3, Q4 for sure.