Autobytel to Report 2008 First Quarter Financial Results and Host Conference Call on Thursday, May 8, 2008.

IRVINE, Calif. -- Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq:ABTL), a leading Internet automotive marketing services company, today announced that the company expects to release its 2008 first quarter financial results at 7:00 a.m. ET (4:00 a.m. PT) on Thursday, May 8, 2008. Autobytel management will also host a conference call later that morning at 8:00 a.m. ET (5:00 a.m. PT) to discuss its financial results and answer questions.

The conference call will be broadcast live at www.autobytel.com (click on "Investor Relations" and then click on "Conference Calls"). Please visit the Web site at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register and download any necessary software. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, the call will be archived in the investor relations section of Autobytel's Web site for one year.

About Autobytel Inc.

Since launching the first car-buying website in 1995, Autobytel Inc.'s mission has been to empower automotive consumers with the tools and information they need to make smart, well-informed vehicle purchasing and ownership decisions. The company has helped millions of car shoppers and generated billions of dollars in car sales for dealers. Today, the company's innovative, consumer-driven flagship site, MyRide.com, expands the company's mission across the automotive purchase and ownership life cycle. As the first vertical search experience for the automotive marketplace, MyRide.com is designed to help Internet-savvy consumers FIND, SEE, BUY and LEARN anything automotive and BELONG to a diverse community of people who have similar automotive interests.

By providing a convenient and comprehensive automotive consumer experience across the purchase and ownership lifecycle, Autobytel provides new value and touch-points for automotive marketers. Through MyRide.com and Autobytel's marketing network, the company connects dealerships with a steady, diverse stream of motivated, serious shoppers, while providing both dealers and manufacturers with precision-targeted brand and product marketing opportunities. The company's advanced web-based advertising and marketing programs also help dealers and manufacturers build relationships with customers, as well as help them to efficiently manage and convert online business.