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GOLDCLASS.COM HONORED BY WEB MARKETING ASSOCIATION

HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL - October 4, 2005 – The I-CAR Gold Class Professionals consumer information web site (www.goldclass.com) is proud to be named a winner of the 2005 Standard of Excellence WebAward by the Web Marketing Association. This WebAward recognizes the standard of excellence for which all corporate web sites should strive.

Declared "clean and easy to understand" by judges, goldclass.com offers vehicle owners a one-stop resource for all things automotive, such as safety tips, maintenance information, and a directory to locate local Gold Class Professionals businesses. Gold Class Professionals are highly trained in the latest collision repair methods and processes. Because of changing vehicle technology, training is vital to performing complete and safe collision repairs.

"We are honored that goldclass.com has been selected for this distinction," stated Rick Tuuri, I-CAR Director of Business Development and North American Operations. "The goal of goldclass.com is to educate as many vehicle owners as possible about collision repair. Proper collision repair is vital to the safety of a family riding in a repaired vehicle; goldclass.com helps vehicle owners to locate local Gold Class Professionals who are trained to properly repair their vehicles."

The Web Marketing Association (WMA) was founded in 1997 to help set a high standard for Internet marketing and corporate web development on the World Wide Web. The Web Marketing Association is the producer of the WebAward Competition, the premier annual award competition that judges web site development against an ever increasing internet standard.

Gold Class Professionals are trained by I-CAR, the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, and other industry training providers. I-CAR, founded in 1979, is an international not-for-profit training organization dedicated to improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of auto collision repair for the ultimate benefit of consumers.

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