Amerigon Names Millennium Plastics Its 'Supplier of the Year'

Chihuahua, Mexico-Based Contract Manufacturer Selected for Overall Quality, Delivery, Service

DEARBORN, Mich., Feb. 17 -- Amerigon Incorporated today announced that it has selected Millennium Plastics Technologies, LLC ("Millennium") of Chihuahua, Mexico as the Company's Supplier of the Year for 2004. An award certificate recognizing the achievement was recently presented to Millennium General Manager Jaime Torres by Brent Jump, Amerigon's Manager of Purchasing and Logistics, and Trisha Taylor, Purchasing and Logistics Analyst.

Millennium has been the contract manufacturer/assembler of the Amerigon Climate Control Seat(TM) (CCS(TM)) system, the only seat system that allows drivers and passengers to individually heat or cool their seats depending on climate conditions, since the Company began manufacturing CCS in Mexico in late 2002.

"Millennium was chosen to be Amerigon's supplier following an extensive evaluation of a number of contract manufacturers," said Amerigon President and Chief Executive Officer Daniel R. Coker, "and it was chosen because of its modern facilities, excellent work force and its commitment to product quality and timely deliveries."

Coker said that manufacturing and assembling of CCS in Mexico has been a success in part because of the dedication of the Millennium employees and management team.

"This award was based on the overall quality of the products produced, the on time delivery record and high level of customer service provided to us by Millennium and its outstanding team," Coker said. "All of us at Amerigon would like to thank the people at Millennium and we look forward to continuing our relationship with them in the months and years ahead."

About Amerigon

Amerigon designs, develops and markets its proprietary Climate Control Seat(TM) (CCS(TM)) products for sale to automotive and truck original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). CCS enhances individual driver and passenger comfort in virtually all climatic conditions by providing cooling and heating to seat occupants, as desired, through an active thermoelectric-based temperature management system. Amerigon's subsidiary, BSST, is developing products using its proprietary, high-efficiency thermoelectric devices (TED). It has development contracts with industry leading partners to expand the market for TED-based automotive and non-automotive products. Amerigon maintains sales and technical support centers in Los Angeles, Detroit, Japan, Germany and England.

Certain matters discussed in this release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may be different. Important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from its expectations in this release are risks that sales may not significantly increase, necessary additional financing may be unavailable, new competitors may arise and adverse conditions in the automotive industry may negatively affect its results. The liquidity and trading price of its common stock may be negatively affected by these and other factors. Please also refer to the Amerigon's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including but not limited to its Form 10-QSB for the period ending September 30, 2004 and its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.