Manufacturer Offers Free Reports on Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles

FAIRFAX, Va.--June 13, 2005--Used car shoppers looking for Honda and Acura Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) vehicles now have free access to Carfax Vehicle History Reports. Visitors to AutoTrader.com get on-the-spot vehicle history information direct from Carfax to make more informed buying decisions. Every Honda and Acura CPO vehicle comes with the exclusive Carfax Buyback Guarantee.

"Our goal is to make Carfax Vehicle History Reports readily accessible to anyone shopping for a used car," said Larry Gamache, communications director at Carfax. "We're very excited to have Honda and Acura join the other leading CPO programs already offering free Carfax Reports on AutoTrader.com."

Fourteen CPO programs have chosen Carfax as the exclusive provider of vehicle history reports. Free access to Carfax Vehicle History Reports for the manufacturers listed on AutoTrader.com is also available through each manufacturer Web site.

About Carfax

Founded in 1986, Carfax pioneered the concept of the vehicle history report. Carfax Vehicle History Reports, the most comprehensive collection of used vehicle information ever assembled, can confirm a clean title history or help purchasers identify previous salvage history, odometer fraud, flood damage and more. Used car buyers can access more than three billion vehicle history records assembled from thousands of different sources in the Carfax nationwide database at www.carfax.com or through a participating dealer. Used cars purchased with Carfax Vehicle History Reports that confirm a clean title history as reported by the state departments of motor vehicles may be eligible for the Carfax Buyback Guarantee. Carfax, Inc., based in Fairfax, Virginia, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the R.L. Polk & Co.