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Corporate Profile for Allied Holdings Inc., dated Oct. 2, 1998

2 October 1998

Corporate Profile for Allied Holdings Inc., dated Oct. 2, 1998

    DECATUR, Ga.--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services.
                                                                              
Published Date:   Oct. 2, 1998
                                                                              
Company Name:     Allied Holdings, Inc.
                                                                              
Address:          160 Clairemont Ave., Suite 510
                  Decatur, GA 30030
                                                                              
Main Telephone
 Number:          404/373-4285
                                                                              
Internet Home 
 Page Address
  (URL)           www.alliedholdings.com

Chief Executive                                                               
 Officer:         Robert J. Rutland
                                                                              
Chief Financial                                                               
 Officer:         A. Mitchell Poole Jr.
                                                                              
Investor Relations                                                            
 Contact:         Adam I. Friedman
Business number:  212/896-1215
 e-mail address:  afriedman@kcsa.com

Trading Symbol/    
 Exchange:        NYSE:AHI
                                                                              
Industry:         Automotive Distribution
                                                                              
    Company description: Allied Holdings, Inc. is the parent company
of several subsidiaries engaged in the automotive distribution
business. The 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 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. Allied Holdings' Axis Group,
through its subsidiaries, provides logistics solutions to the United
States and international automotive markets. Axis utilizes innovative
methods of distribution, as well as traditional and emerging
technologies to help customers solve the most complex transportation,
inventory and logistics problem.

52 Week Price Range:                $10-24                   
Current Price:                      $113/4                   
Market Capitalization:              $89.6 million            
Shares Outstanding as of 5/1:       7.877 million            

Fiscal Year Ending:                 December 31                   
FY 1997 Net Revenues:               $581.530 million                     
Earnings Per Share:                 $0.31                           
Float:                              4.22 million