CarMax Launches New Advanced Search Tool

RICHMOND, Va. January 20, 2009: CarMax, Inc. , the nation's largest retailer of used cars, recently announced the availability of an Advanced Search tool on carmax.com. The new, optional Advanced Search is for the car shopper who wants to enter multiple criteria into one search right from the start. For example, a shopper can select any combination of makes, features, colors and more in one search field and watch as results update instantly. Standard searches on carmax.com allow shoppers to begin with a broad set of vehicles that then requires narrowing down the search. Now, carmax.com satisfies the needs of all types of shoppers who approach their online car search in different ways.

Our new Advanced Search offers a flexible, full-featured online vehicle search experience like no other available on any online automotive shopping site,? said Ann Yauger, director of carmax.com. ?By adding the Advanced Search tool, we're helping to make the online car-shopping process as quick and easy as possible for our customers to get the results they want.

To access carmax.com?s Advanced Search, simply visit http://www.carmax.com and click the Advanced Search link in the top right corner. A car shopper looking for both a Honda Accord and Toyota Camry in black or silver with a sunroof and CD player, with fewer than 50,000 miles, and less than $30,000 can use the Advanced Search feature to find all the vehicles in CarMax?s inventory matching those specific criteria within one easy search.

The CarMax website can be used by online shoppers to research information on vehicles of various makes and models within the company?s extensive inventory of new and used cars. The website showcases vehicles with multiple photos, a no-haggle price, and information on features, options, fuel economy and customer reviews. Visits to carmax.com continue to increase and approximately 70 percent of in-store customers visit the website before coming to the store.