American Auto Exchange Receives Top Inventory Management Award

Deerfield Beach, Fla. — JMsolutions^TM, a division of diversified automotive company JM Family Enterprises, Inc., is pleased to announce that its member company, American Auto Exchange (aaXchange^®), is the recipient of the highest recognition -- the Diamond Award -- in the Inventory Management category of the Auto Dealer Monthly 2006 Dealers’ Choice Awards.

“We are honored that aaXchange was selected for this award,” said JMsolutions’ President, Scott Barrett. “Our primary focus is to listen to our dealers while providing solutions that meet their business needs. This award represents the fact that we are moving in the right direction in accomplishing that mission.

Knowing that they deem us the best at what we do is a great vote of confidence,” continued Barrett, “and is a clear indication that our state-of-the-art used vehicle management system is getting the job done and helping our clients to excel. 

This is the second year Auto Dealer Monthly has recognized the most highly regarded vendors, suppliers, and lenders in the retail automotive industry, as voted on via a survey.  Through the survey, dealers and their employees select those they consider to be the top providers in the retail auto industry.  In all, 50 winners were named in 20 distinctive categories of products and services, with nearly 16,000 votes cast.  Ratings were gathered on the performance of the product or service, customer service, and overall value compared to cost to the dealership.  The list of winners, as well as any provider or lender who rated higher than the group-average score in a category, can be found at http://www.autodealerdaily.com/2006DCA_winners.pdf.

About American Auto Exchange, Inc. 

American Auto Exchange, Inc, (aaXchange®) is a member company of JMsolutions™.  Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, aaXchange is an innovative automotive software development company whose primary focus is dedicated to streamlining new and used vehicle operations, inventory optimization, and vehicle purchase and disposal.  aaXchange has a client base of approximately 1,000 dealerships and automotive groups nationwide. aaXchange can be reached on the Internet at www.aaxchange.com.  JMsolutions is a division of JM Family Enterprises, Inc., (JMFE) (www.jmfamily.com), a $9.4 billion diversified automotive company ranked by Forbes as the 17th largest privately held company in the U.S.  It is also ranked No. 40 by a survey in FORTUNE® magazine of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America and No. 77 on the InformationWeek 500 listing of the nation’s leading information technology innovators.  Headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Fla., JMFE has major operations in Jacksonville, Fla., Mobile, Ala.; Commerce and Alpharetta, Ga., and St. Louis, Mo.

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Contact:
Marc Spoto
Wk: 954/418-5127;
Cell: 954/296-7286
marc.spoto@jmfamily.com

Ann Carney               
Wk:  954/429-2637;
Cell: 954/294-7070
ann.carney@jmfamily.com