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Subaru Announces October Sales Figures

2 November 1999

Subaru Announces October Sales Figures

    CHERRY HILL, N.J., Nov. 1 -- Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA)
today announced its October sales figures.  Subaru recorded a sales total of
13,920 units for the month, slightly up over the same period last year
(13,848 units).  Year-to-date totals of 129,517 units are up eight percent
over 1998 year-to-date totals of 119,413 units.
    The Legacy model line led sales with 8,027 units posted.  The Outback
accounted for 5,525 units for the month.  Forester posted 4,163 units, a seven
percent increase over the same month last year.
    Over the past six years, Subaru of America, Inc. has nearly tripled its
revenues and seen its sales increase by nearly 50 percent thanks to its
popular line of car-based sport utility vehicles.  The company is among the
fastest growing brands in the automobile industry and was recently named "Most
Improved Car Company in the World" by the London-based Financial Times
Automotive World Magazine.
    Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy
Industries Ltd. of Japan.  Headquartered near Philadelphia, the company
markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a
network of nearly 600 franchised dealers across the United States.  All Legacy
and Outback models sold in the U.S. are produced at the company's American
manufacturing plant, Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, Inc. near Lafayette, Ind.

    For more information, contact Kim Marino of Subaru, 856-488-8578.