Contact: Debi Garrett Phone: 858-391-5000	April 4, 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MITCHELL 1 and WORLDPAC Among Industry's First to Introduce Internet-based Parts Ordering

Poway, California (April 4, 2003) — Mitchell 1 has taken another bold step forward in auto repair shop management with the integration of the WORLDPAC’s speedDIAL Internet Catalog and electronic parts ordering system with its TeamWorks software package. The union of these two products is among the automotive industry’s first efforts to directly integrate with in-shop management software to provide thousands of repair facilities with instant access to real time parts ordering.

WORLDPAC’s SpeedDIAL was first introduced five years ago as a free service to all repair shops. WORLDPAC, a Mitchell 1 strategic partner, imports, distributes nationwide and delivers automotive original equipment replacement parts for the import repair specialty shop offering 60,000+ specific parts and over one million catalog applications.

TeamWorks is a combination of Mitchell 1’s OnDemand5 Repair, Estimator and Manager repair shop turnkey software package. The integration of the two company’s key product lines streamlines in-shop parts management allowing repair shop technicians instant access to quality auto parts availability and pricing. SpeedDIAL also gives repairs shops the luxury of price checking a part before quoting the cost to a customer thus enabling the shop to easily manage each part’s profit margin. Once the shop’s customer approves the repair work needed, the technician simply pushes a button sending the order to the designated WORLDPAC facility for delivery, utilizing their company trucks or overnight service, in most markets.

“The on-line integration of the WORLDPAC catalog with TeamWorks puts the power of electronic parts ordering in the hands of thousands of busy repair shop technicians,” said David Niemiec, vice president of marketing for Mitchell 1. “This technology is another important tool that facilitates shop management integration."

SpeedDIAL also allows shops to send internal messages, participate in an exclusive WORLDPAC Community Forum, view more than 25,000 high resolution color images and receive automatic updates. Currently speedDIAL is used by over 5,000 shops nationwide.

This new integration of products will fundamentally change the way repair shops conduct business,” said Mario Recchia, VP marketing & business development for WORLDPAC. “We are confident repair shops that use the on-line parts ordering system with operate more efficiently and improve their bottom line.”

Headquartered in Poway, California, Mitchell 1 has evolved from solely a publishing company into a leading industry resource providing information in several forms of print and electronic media. Mitchell 1 continues to develop new information sources and pioneer technologies to meet the industry's needs.

For more information on Mitchell 1 products and services, visit their website at http://www.Mitchell1.com/.

Headquartered in Newark, California, WORLDPAC has over 50 locations in North America and is an importer and distributor for original equipment quality replacement automotive parts. They provide brand recognized OE quality automotive parts directly to the import repair specialist and also offer customer services, such as tailored customer oriented technical/business training including targeted marketing services.

For more information on WORLDPAC products and services, visit their website at http://www.worldpac.com/.