Metrotrans Corporation Receives Multiple Irizar Orders; Initial Orders Valued at $7.5 Million

2 January 1998
Metrotrans Corporation Receives Multiple Irizar Orders; Initial Orders Valued at $7.5 Million

    GRIFFIN, Ga., Jan. 2 -- Metrotrans Corporation
today announced that it has received over 20 orders for new Irizar
motorcoaches.  Metrotrans and Irizar have completed testing on the vehicle to
ensure USDOT compliance and expect to begin retail deliveries in the first
quarter of 1998.
    Commenting on the acceptance of the Irizar, Metrotrans CEO Michael Walden
stated, "We are excited by the extremely positive response coach operators
have given the Irizar.  This response is undoubtedly due to the innovative
features of the product and Irizar's uncompromising commitment to quality.
The Irizar coach represents a significant component in our growth plan and
product offering.  The Irizar's 57-passenger capacity complements our existing
product line making Metrotrans the only company in the United States to offer
new vehicles with capacities of nine to 57 passengers.  The full-size
motorcoach industry is vibrant and growing, and we believe the Irizar product
affords us the opportunity to be a substantial player in this discriminating
market."
    Metrotrans is the exclusive marketing, sales and service agent in the
United States, all United States territories and Canada for Irizar's luxurious
40- and 45-foot motorcoaches.  The first-quarter deliveries will constitute
the first time the coaches have been operated in the United States.
    This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that could cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from
the results expressed or implied by such statements, including general
economic and business conditions, conditions affecting the Company's customers
and suppliers, competitor response to the Company's products and services, the
overall market acceptance of such products and services, and other factors
disclosed in the Company's last filed Annual Report.  Accordingly, although
the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations
will prove to be correct.
    Metrotrans Corporation designs, manufactures and distributes shuttle,
mid-size, and full-size touring buses through Company-operated sales centers
and independent distributors in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Puerto
Rico.

SOURCE  Metrotrans Corporation