The Cobalt Group, a provider of e-business products and services to the automotive industry, has announced an all new version of MotorPlace.com, the company's online business management and industry information resource for auto dealers. By offering three online marketplaces, personalized dealer pages and extensive automotive and industry news coverage, MotorPlace.com offers dealers a complete, one-stop resource for managing all of their e-business initiatives, according to John Holt, president and CEO of The Cobalt Group.

"The new MotorPlace.com brings together all of The Cobalt Group's e-business tools and resources in one location to help auto dealers incorporate the Internet into their entire business with unparalleled ease and speed," Holt said. "With an enhanced look and feel, improved navigation, and added resources for information and e-commerce capabilities, MotorPlace.com is now the ultimate online resource for meeting the needs of today's auto dealers."

MotorPlace.com now features:

MotorPlace Auto Exchange, Cobalt's wholesale auction channels. Through MotorPlace Auto Exchange, dealers can buy high quality vehicles direct from lessors before they're shipped off to auction, according to Holt.

PartsVoice(R), now located exclusively on MotorPlace.com, is the largest database of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts on the Web, according to Holt, with 38 million parts from 9,000 participating dealers. The new PartsVoice Parts Locator on MotorPlace.com provides customized search preferences, enhanced e-mail parts requests, daily parts inventory updates and Discount Parts Locator.

Pick-or-Pass, a tool designed to help dealers cut lead costs, offers a low-cost alternative to online buying services by allowing dealers to view leads before they purchase them and pay for only those leads they choose to pursue.

MyMotorPlace, a personalized Web portal for Cobalt's auto dealer clients that offers secure access to the full suite of Cobalt e-business and CRM tools designed to help dealers successfully manage their online businesses and strengthen customer relationships. MyMotorPlace gives dealers access to all of their Cobalt e-business tools including myCarTools(TM), Lead Manager(TM), AdWizard Plus(TM), AutoShow(TM), and TrafficReporter(TM), as well as Cobalt's product updates, service announcements and communications.

24 news categories, including national, business and finance, sports, and auto industry news. All news articles have executive summaries designed to make it easier for dealers to get their daily news.

Resources such as enhanced stock quotes and personalized U.S. and international weather information as well as a calendar of events, an industry directory and a new- and used-vehicle locator tool, with more than one million new and used vehicles from more than 8,500 dealers.

About MotorPlace.com

MotorPlace.com, located at www.motorplace.com, is an online business management and industry information resource for auto dealers.

At MotorPlace.com, dealers use Cobalt tools to manage their Web sites, buy wholesale used vehicles through MotorPlace Auto Exchange, locate and market original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts, purchase leads through Pick-or-Pass, and access industry information, news, events and stock quotes.

About The Cobalt Group

The Cobalt Group(TM), headquarted in Seattle, Wash., is a provider of e-business products and services designed to help automotive dealers and manufacturers manage their businesses online.

Cobalt's suite of e-business solutions includes Web services, Web site hosting, e-commerce applications, Internet-based customer relationship management applications, data management, and best practices training and consulting.