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Allied Automotive Group Earns ISO-9002 Certification

5 June 1998

Allied Automotive Group Earns ISO-9002 Certification On First Attempt

    DECATUR, Ga., June 5 -- Allied Holdings, Inc.
announced today that its automotive transportation subsidiary, Allied
Automotive Group, has been awarded ISO-9002 certification by American Quality
Assessors of Columbia, S.C., effective May 27, 1998.  The certification
culminates an 18-month preparation period by AAG and a six-week audit process
by AQA.
    AQA is a third-party firm hired to administer the ISO audit for the
Registration Accreditation Board.
    ISO certification evidences that AAG has met certain strict quality
guidelines in a total of 18 categories, including such areas as service
process control, inspection and testing, internal audit system, training,
statistical techniques, and others.  AAG's certification applies to all of the
company's 120 locations throughout the United States and Canada.
    The ISO-9002 certification is the category of the ISO-9000 program
designated for service companies.  Certification remains in effect for three
years.  During that time, AQA will perform a "surveillance" audit every six
months to ensure certain ISO standards continue to be met.  As a certified
ISO-9002 company, Allied Automotive Group may display the ISO-9002 emblem on
certain signs, letterhead and company publications.
    The automotive group's three largest customers -- General Motors, Ford and
Chrysler -- require all companies which do business with them be ISO certified
by the end of 1998.  The certification now enables AAG to continue bidding on
major long-term contracts with each of the Big Three auto makers.
    Allied Automotive Group received ISO-9002 certification in its first
attempt.
    "This is an extremely significant accomplishment," said Dennis Jones, AAG
vice president of Quality Assurance.  "We went through this process at a time
when our company doubled itself in size and still maintained credibility with
our customers.  It is significant in that this certification demonstrates that
Allied Automotive Group already has a quality process in place with strict
guidelines."
    "We are extremely pleased that we were able to earn this certification on
our first attempt," said Joe Collier, president of Allied Automotive Group.
"We have made quality an important part of the services we provide to our
customers for many years and the ISO-9002 certification publicly underscores
that commitment."
    "Allied Automotive Group has achieved a major accomplishment in earning
the ISO-9002 certification," said A. Mitchell Poole Jr., president and chief
operating officer of Allied Holdings.  "We cannot overstate the fact that
AAG's designation as an ISO-9002 certified company is an outward endorsement
of the internal commitments to quality and service that all Allied Holdings
subsidiaries support.  We celebrate AAG's significant achievement and pledge
to all Allied Holdings customers a renewed commitment to quality and service
in the months and years ahead."
    Allied Holdings, Inc., is the parent Company of several subsidiaries
engaged in the automotive distribution business.  Allied Automotive Group
(AAG), through its subsidiaries, is the largest motor carrier in North America
specializing in the delivery of automobiles and light trucks.  AAG transports
automobiles and light trucks for all major domestic and foreign manufacturers
primarily from manufacturing plants, rail ramps, ports and auctions to
automobile dealers throughout the United States and Canada.  Axis Group, Inc.,
through its subsidiaries, provides logistics solutions to United States and
international automotive markets.  Axis utilizes innovative methods of
distribution, as well as traditional and emerging technologies, to help
customers solve complex transportation, inventory and logistics problems.