Mitsubishi Motors North America and the LA Clippers Provide Local Youth With Afternoon Jammed With Fun

   Mitsubishi Junior Clippers Participate in Basketball Tournament And
                               Celebration

   What:     Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA), the Los Angeles
             Clippers, and the Los Angeles City Recreation and Parks (LACRP)
             are hosting a fun-filled afternoon at the Mitsubishi Junior
             Clippers JAM, a mini basketball tournament and end-of-year
             celebration for program participants and their families.

             Featured activities include:
             *  rides
             *  interactive games
             *  a Read to Achieve area with guest readers and an opportunity
                for participants to enter to win mountain bikes
             *  a youth basketball tournament
             *  a 3-on-3 corporate challenge

   When:     Saturday, April 5, 2003
             10 a.m. - 2 p.m. prior to the Clippers game against the New
              York Knicks

   Where:    STAPLES Center, Parking Lot #3
             1111 S. Figueroa Street
             Los Angeles

   Who:      Denise Booth, Director of Community Relations for the LA
              Clippers
             Stephanie Rico, Corporate Relations Specialist, MMNA
             Carl Cooper, LACRP Citywide Youth Sports Committee Chairperson
             More than 700 attendees expected, including 400 Mitsubishi
              Junior Clippers players

   Why:      The JAM celebrates the 2002-2003 season for the Mitsubishi
             Junior Clippers, a program designed to work exclusively with
             inner city children ages five to 15 to promote the fundamentals
             of basketball, sportsmanship, and athletics as an alternative
             to negative influences.  Now in its third year, the program has
             expanded to include more than 1,500 participants from eight
             recreation centers throughout Los Angeles.

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., (MMNA) is responsible for all of the North American operations of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. As a single company consolidated on Jan. 1, 2003, MMNA and its subsidiaries manufacture, distribute, finance and market Mitsubishi brand coupes, convertibles, sedans and sport utility vehicles through a network of nearly 700 dealers in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Mitsubishi Motors sold its first vehicle in the U.S. in 1981, and began building cars here in 1988 at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Ill. For more information, call the Mitsubishi Motors News Bureau at (888) 560-6672.

PRNewswire -- April 4