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Subaru Southeast Region Reports Year-End Sales; Record-Breaking December Sales

7 January 1999

Subaru Southeast Region Reports Year-End Sales; Record-Breaking December Sales

    AUSTELL, Ga., Jan. 6 -- Subaru Southeast Region announced its
year-end sales figures.  The Southeast Region posted a year-end sales total of
17,447 units for 1998, up 10 percent over the same period last year.  December
1998 sales of 1,607 units marked the best ever December sales month for this
region.
    Nationally, Subaru of America, Inc. recorded a year-end sales total of
147,833 units for 1998 up 10.5 percent over year-end 1997 totals.  1998 marks
the sixth year of year-over-year retail sales increases.  December held all-
time sales records for both the Outback and Forester.
    Subaru of America, Inc./Southeast Region, located in Austell, Ga.,
operates as a regional sales and parts distribution center of Subaru of
America, Inc.  The regional office services 119 retail dealerships throughout
Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

    CONTACT:  Tim Colbeck of Subaru of America, 609-488-8509.