Lithia Motors to Present at Sidoti & Company, LLC Seventh Annual Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum

MEDFORD, Ore., April 7 -- Lithia Motors, Inc. today announced that company management will make a presentation to analysts and portfolio managers at the Sidoti & Company, LLC Seventh Annual Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum in New York City on Wednesday, April 9, 2003 at 11:35 AM Eastern time.

**Analysts and portfolio managers who wish to attend the presentation should contact Sidoti and Company at 212-297-0001 to request additional information.

A copy of the presentation will be available on Lithia Motors' website at www.Lithia.com.

About Lithia Motors Inc.

Lithia Motors, Inc. is a Fortune 1000 and Russell 2000 Company that sells 24 brands of new vehicles and operates 72 stores and 136 franchises in 10 states in the Western United States and over the Internet through "Lithia.com -- America's Car & Truck Store." Lithia also sells used vehicles; arranges finance, warranty, and credit insurance contracts; and provides vehicle parts, maintenance, and repair services at all of its locations. Lithia retailed 91,478 new and used vehicles and had $2.38 billion in total revenue in 2002.

For additional information on Lithia Motors, contact: Jeff DeBoer, Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer 541-776-6868 (E-mail: invest@lithia.com) or Dan Retzlaff, Director Investor Relations at 541-776-6819 or log-on to: www.lithia.com -- go to About Lithia -- Investor Relations

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