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Isuzu Celebrates New Year With Top January Retail Sales

4 February 1999

Isuzu Celebrates New Year With Top January Retail Sales

    WHITTIER, Calif.--(AutomotiveWire)--Feb. 2, 1999--American Isuzu Motors Inc. (AIMI) celebrates a new year with a 24 percent retail sales increase over last January, with total vehicle sales reaching 6,697.
    January pickup sales was at its highest since 1994.
    The Hombre began 1999 with a 147 percent increase over last January with 1,463 units posted. The Trooper enjoyed a 14 percent increase over last January at 1,022 units. The Amigo posted 868 units, its highest January ever, including the old and the reintroduced models, a testimony to the positive market acceptance of this stylish new sport-ute. The top seller was still the Rodeo at 3,264 units.
    American Isuzu Motors Inc.'s light vehicles are distributed through a network of 550 dealers across the United States.
                      American Isuzu Motors Inc.
                      Retail Sales: January 1999

                   Jan. Month/Last Year       YTD/Last Year
                      1999      1998          1999      1998

Trooper              1,022       896         1,022       896
Amigo                  868         0           868         0
Pickup total             0         0             0         0
  Import                 0         0             0         0
  Domestic               0         0             0         0
Hombre Pickup        1,463       593         1,463       593
Oasis                   80       145            80       145
'97 Rodeo                8       267             8       267
'98 Rodeo            3,256     3,506         3,256     3,506

Total                6,697     5,407         6,697     5,407

Total car               80       145            80       145
Total truck          6,617     5,262         6,617     5,262

Import car              80       145            80       145
Domestic truck       5,595     4,366         5,595     4,366
Import truck         1,022       896         1,022       896