Chrome Adds Medium-Duty Truck Data to PC Carbook; Major Upgrade to Industry's Most Accurate Vehicle Pricing Tool Delivers on Dealers Requests.Business Editors, Auto Writers PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2000 Chrome Data Corporation, the most accurate, independent business-to-business provider of automotive data, configuration technology and software, announced today a major upgrade of its best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best desktop vehicle research, configuration and pricing tool, PC Carbook(TM). Used by nearly half of all North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. automotive dealers, PC Carbook adds new specification data for medium-duty trucks and new functionality to its database of 41 different makes of cars and trucks. This release, the direct result of dealer and manufacturer feedback, is the latest in a series of upgrades to Chrome's leading configuration technology platform. With this upgrade, PC Carbook clients will be able to view and calculate pricing and technical specification information for medium-duty trucks in real-time. This upgrade also helps fleet managers create bids for government contracts by supporting bid assistance price adjustments. "More and more dealers are realizing the power of accurate information. It makes the job of selling and financing cars easier, whether you're online, in the fleet or finance and insurance offices or with customers on the showroom floor," said Chrome CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Bob Navarre. "Chrome prides itself in providing the most accurate, independent configuration technology platform available, both online and on the desktop." At dealer request, the new user interface has been enhanced to display special equipment options such as special-purpose wiring and specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. paint schemes. The upgrade also provides additional flexibility with measurements displayed in English or metric systems metric system, system of weights and measures planned in France and adopted there in 1799; it has since been adopted by most of the technologically developed countries of the world. . Current clients will automatically receive the upgrade in early December, at no additional charge. Chrome: Most Accurate Data Provider In a recent independent study CNW CNW Chicago and North Western (Railroad) CNW Canada News Wire (media service) CNW Community Nutrition Worker CNW Commercial Nuclear Waste Marketing/Research compared the pricing data of the major online automotive data sources by configuring 86 different vehicles at eight different Web sites (see Chrome Data Named Most Accurate Data Provider for Automotive e-Commerce, June 27, 2000). Chrome ranked first in data accuracy with an average price accuracy of 99.64%. About Chrome Data Chrome Data pioneered the technology behind electronic vehicle configuration and for the past 14 years has collected, analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. and enhanced "raw" automotive data from all manufacturers. Chrome's configuration technology platform allows dealers, Internet portals, financial institutions and insurance and warranty companies to provide their customers with tools to configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. vehicles both online and on the desktop -- including specifications on all new vehicle makes and models, standard and optional equipment, vehicle pictures and accurate pricing. This information precisely matches manufacturers' invoice and MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) pricing, enabling users to configure and order any vehicle sold in the U.S. with the confidence that the delivered product and price are exactly what was expected. Chrome's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the desktop research, pricing and ordering tool PC Carbook(R), is widely accepted as the standard in automotive data. Chrome's Web-based product, Chrome Carbook(TM), can be accessed from more than 1,000 Web sites across the Internet. The company is based in Portland, Oregon and may be reached at 800/936-8906. Company information is available at www.chrome.com. Copyright(c)2000 Chrome Data Corporation. All rights reserved. PC Carbook(R), C/D3(R), Chrome.com(R), Chrome Carbook(TM)and Chrome AutoBuilder(TM)are trademarks of Chrome Data Corporation. |
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