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Winnebago Industries' Motor Homes Receive Top Sales Award Honors

17 February 1999

Winnebago Industries' Motor Homes Receive Top Sales Award Honors

    FOREST CITY, Iowa, Feb. 17 -- Statistical Surveys, Inc., a
retail reporting firm in Grand Rapids, Michigan, announced today that
Winnebago Industries, Inc. had received two awards for top retail
sales volume achievement for its motor homes.
    According to Statistical Surveys, Winnebago Industries' Winnebago brand
motor homes were the top selling Class A brand during calendar 1998,
outselling every other Class A brand in the United States.  Class A's are
described as motor homes that are constructed directly on medium-duty truck
chassis that include the engine and drivetrain components.  Winnebago brand
Class A's include the Brave, Adventurer and Chieftain models.
    Winnebago Industries was also recognized for being the top selling
manufacturer of Class C's in the U.S.  These are mini motor homes that are
built on a van-type chassis on which Winnebago Industries constructs a living
area with access to the driver's compartment.  The company's Class C motor
homes include the Winnebago Minnie and Minnie Winnie, Itasca Spirit and
Sundancer and Rialta motor home models.
    "Winnebago Industries' employees have worked very hard to achieve these
impressive sales goals," said Jim Jaskoviak, Winnebago Industries' vice
president of sales and marketing.  "We are especially proud to receive these
sales awards in a year of record industry-wide RV sales.  We attribute this
success to developing motor homes that meet the needs of today's RV buyers,
continued high quality standards, the recognition of our well-known Winnebago
brand name, as well as our proven partnerships with our network of dedicated
and professional, full-service dealers."
    Winnebago Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of motor homes,
self-contained recreation vehicles used primarily in leisure travel and
outdoor recreation activities.  Other products manufactured by the Company
consist principally of a variety of component products for other
manufacturers.  The Company builds quality products with state-of-the-art
computer-aided design and manufacturing systems on automotive-styled assembly
lines.  These products conform to what the Company believes to be the most
rigorous testing in the recreation vehicle industry.  The Company's common
stock is listed on the New York, Chicago and Pacific Stock Exchanges and
traded under the symbol WGO.  Options for the Company's common stock are
traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Visit Winnebago Industries' Web
site at http://www.winnebagoind.com/.