Expiration Date Extended for Envirotest Systems Corp. Notes

29 September 1998

Environmental Systems Products Holdings Inc. Extends Expiration Date for Envirotest Systems Corp. Notes

    NEW YORK--Sept. 29, 1998--

    Environmental Systems Products Holdings Inc. Extends Expiration Date
    for the Outstanding 9-1/8% Senior Notes Due 2001 and the Outstanding
    9-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2003 of Envirotest Systems Corp. the Expiration Date is Extended to 11:59 P.M., New York
    City Time, On Tuesday, October 13, 1998

    Environmental Systems Products Holdings Inc. ("ESPH") announced today that ESPH has extended the Expiration Date of its tender offers for the outstanding 9-1/8% Senior Notes due 2001 (the "9-1/8% Notes") and the outstanding 9-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2003 (the "9-5/8% Notes", and together with the 9-1/8% Notes, the "Notes") of Envirotest Systems Corp. ("Envirotest") (AMEX: ENR).
    The tender offers will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, October 13, 1998, unless otherwise extended.
    Any questions concerning the tender offers should be directed to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, the Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., the Information Agent, or U.S. Bank Trust National Association, the Depositary, at the telephone numbers set forth below:

Credit Suisse    MacKenzie Partners, Inc.     U.S. Bank Trust National 
                                              Association
First Boston
Corporation

212-325-3290     212-929-5500                 612-244-0721
800-221-1037     800-322-2885

This news release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The tender offers are only made pursuant to the offering documents.
ESPH is a recently-formed holding company formed for the purposes of holding, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding capital stock of Environmental Systems Products, Inc., a leading U.S. provider of automotive emissions testing and analysis equipment.