Universal Luxury Coaches to purchase Featherlite coaches for new Affinity Rental Program

    CRESCO, Iowa--May 15, 2003--Featherlite, Inc. , a leading manufacturer and marketer of specialty aluminum trailers and luxury motorcoaches, has announced that Universal Luxury Coaches LLC in Sanford, Florida, will purchase a fleet of luxury coaches exclusively from the Featherlite coach inventory. The first purchase was made today as ULC officially launched its innovative Affinity Rental Program. The program makes available for the first time a collection of extraordinary Featherlite Vantare' and Vogue luxury motorcoaches for personal, corporate or executive rental though ULC.
    "We are putting together a stunning fleet of new and pre-owned Featherlite Luxury Coaches that will be available for rent through ULC at any of Featherlite's four U.S. locations," James S. Wooley, president and chief operating officer of the Featherlite Luxury Coach Division, said. "We are very excited about ULC's new service. It will provide customers the ultimate in leisure travel and entertainment tailored to their specific requirements without the long-term commitment of ownership. Customers can select from Featherlite executive and corporate coaches as well as our motorhome coaches."
    Featherlite Luxury Coaches was recently featured on two Discovery Travel Channel television specials and cited in Time magazine's April 2003 article, "Not Your Dad's RV."
    Featherlite invites interested parties to contact ULC at 800-367-5347 in Sanford, Fla. or any of Featherlite's locations for information or to reserve a coach through ULC. In Cresco, Iowa, call 800-800-1230; in Mocksville, North Carolina, call 877-826-8273; in Coburg, Oregon, call 877-410-0004.

    About Featherlite Luxury Coaches

    Featherlite Luxury Coaches manufactures the Featherlite Vantare' H3-45 and XLII Prevost conversions. It is the nation's largest Prevost conversion manufacturer. Besides its operations at 4441 Orange Blvd., Sanford, Fla., where its division headquarters is located, Featherlite Luxury Coaches maintains sales and service facilities in Mocksville, N.C, and Cresco, Ia., and a west coast sales office in Coburg, Oregon. With these and 16 authorized service centers strategically located in the United States, Featherlite Luxury Coaches serves the needs of coach owners regardless of their brand affiliation. Featherlite Luxury Coaches is "Official Coach" of NASCAR and Indy Racing League (IRL), as well as World Billfish Series World Tour presenting sponsor.