Next Generation of Auto Dealership Design Debuts Sept. 18 at Augusta Suzuki in Evans, GA

- Augusta Suzuki in Evans Town Center in Columbia County, GA Chosen to Be
 First in $200-Million, 300-Dealership 'Suzuki Square' Network Featuring
       Open-Air Marketplace Design and Lifestyle Product Displays -

   WHAT:     American Suzuki has chosen Augusta Suzuki as the pilot facility
             of a $200-million national network of next-generation
             automotive dealerships designed to attract buyers with such
             innovative features as an open-air marketplace design, bold
             visual styling and themed interior and exterior displays
             showing how Suzuki vehicles fit customer lifestyles.

             Augusta Suzuki will serve as the first of 300 "Suzuki Square"
             dealerships -- a new, shopper-friendly concept in dealership
             design created in partnership with retail store consultant
             Miller Zell of Atlanta.

             Christening the new facility will be American Suzuki President
             Rick Suzuki and Suzuki Motor Corp. Board Member and Executive
             General Manager Hirotaka Ono from Japan -- plus county, state
             and U.S. officials.

   WHEN:     THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 2003
             Christening Ceremony Begins at 5 p.m.

   WHERE:    Augusta Suzuki - Evans Town Center, Columbia County
             4339 Washington Road
             Evans, GA
             (706) 396-1100