Superior Industries to Release Second Quarter Results on Thursday, July 18, 2002 Webcast Set For 2:00 PM EDT

    VAN NUYS, Calif.--July 17, 2002--Superior Industries International, Inc. plans to release financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2002 at approximately 8:00 AM EDT on Thursday, July 18, 2002. Superior has scheduled a conference call at 2:00 p.m. EDT to discuss its results for the fourth quarter and year. During the conference call, the Company may also discuss other matters.
    A live simultaneous webcast of the conference call may be accessed online at or www.supind.com/finance/indexfin.htm or www.companyboardroom.com. A webcast replay will be available 2 hours following the teleconference at these same internet addresses and will be available for 90 days.

    About Superior Industries

    Superior supplies aluminum wheels and other aluminum automotive components to Ford, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Land Rover, MG Rover, Toyota, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru and Isuzu. For additional information, visit Superior's Web site at www.supind.com.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the company's business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors and risks discussed from time to time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, and general domestic and international economic conditions. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and the company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.