AmeriCredit Investor Relations Team Wins Top National Awards; Honors Recognize Practice of Best-in-Class Communications

    FORT WORTH, Texas--March 22, 2002--AMERICREDIT CORP. announced today its investor relations team has received top honors in the U.S. among small-cap companies from Investor Relations magazine. AmeriCredit earned two prestigious awards -- "Grand Prix for Best Overall Investor Relations" and "Best Investor Relations Officer" -- at the publication's annual awards presentation last night in New York City.
    The Best Investor Relations Officer honor recognized Kim Pulliam, senior vice president, investor and public relations and Susan Sheffield, vice president, investor relations. Pulliam started the investor relations group at AmeriCredit in 1997 and Sheffield joined the team in 2001.
    According to Investor Relations magazine, winners were determined by a survey of over 1,800 U.S. portfolio managers, securities analysts and retail investors. Respondents were asked to rate companies and investor relations officers in 20 categories ranging from disclosure policy to IR web sites. The survey was conducted for Investor Relations magazine by independent research firm Erdos & Morgan using a database provided by Thomson Financial.
    "We are honored to be recognized by the very people our investor relations team serves," commented Dan Berce, AmeriCredit's chief financial officer. "AmeriCredit has always felt that open communication reflects our philosophy and culture regarding information sharing. Our investor relations team has done an excellent job ensuring that AmeriCredit's stakeholders receive complete, timely and consistent information that is important to them."
    AmeriCredit Corp. is the largest independent middle-market auto finance company in North America. Using its branch network and strategic alliances with auto groups and banks, the company makes auto loans to consumers who are typically unable to obtain financing from traditional sources. AmeriCredit has one million active loan customers throughout the United States and Canada and more than $12 billion in managed auto receivables. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information visit www.americredit.com.