Autobytel Inc. to Announce First Quarter Results and Host Conference Call on Thursday, April 24, 2003

Business Wire, April 3, 2003

Business Editors/Automotive Writers

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2003

Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq:ABTL) will release first quarter fiscal year 2003 financial results on Thursday, April 24, 2003 at 4 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. PDT).

The company will hold a conference call to discuss those results at 4:30 p.m. EDT (1:30 p.m. PDT) that same day. Hosting the call will be Jeffrey Schwartz, president and CEO, and Hoshi Printer, executive vice president and CFO.

The conference call will be webcast live on the Internet and can be accessed by logging onto the investor relations section of www.autobytel.com.

The webcast will be archived within 24 hours of the end of the call for one quarter. To listen to the archived webcast visit the investor relations section of www.autobytel.com.

About Autobytel Inc.

Autobytel, a leading Internet automotive marketing services company, helps retailers sell cars and manufacturers build brands through marketing, advertising and CRM (customer relationship management) programs. The company owns and operates the automotive Web sites Autobytel.com, Autoweb.com, Carsmart.com and popular automotive research center, AutoSite.com, as well as AIC (Automotive Information Center), a leading provider of automotive marketing data and technology.

Autobytel is the Internet's largest new-car buying service, and, in 2002, generated more than a billion dollars a month in car sales for dealers through its services. Autobytel is also among the largest syndicated car-buying content networks, reaching millions of unique visitors as they are making their vehicle buying decisions. Autobytel content and technology has potential exposure to more than 94 percent of the active Digital Media Universe(a).

(a) Nielsen//NetRatings Q4 2002 Digital Media Universe Report (Autobytel Inc. is the unduplicated audience of the Autobytel, Autoweb.com, CarSmart and AutoSite.com brands. Autobytel provides content to the Yahoo!, AOL and MSN portals and various automotive manufacturers' sites. The unduplicated audience of these brands has an active reach of more than 94 percent of the Digital Media Universe.)