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Budget Group Promotes Sotir to President, North American Vehicle Rental Operations

5 January 2000

Budget Group Promotes Sotir to President, North American Vehicle Rental Operations

           Rossetti Appointed Senior Officer for Budget Truck Group

    LISLE, Ill., Jan. 5 -- Budget Group, Inc. today
announced that Mark Sotir has been promoted to president, North American
Vehicle Rental Operations, overseeing the newly consolidated car and truck
rental operations.  Sotir has led the successful efforts to improve the
profitability, productivity and service delivery of Budget Rent a Car and has
overseen the integration of Premier Car Rental into Budget's retail car rental
operations.
    Nick Rossetti, vice president, Truck Operations, and a 15-year veteran at
Ryder TRS, will take on the additional role as senior operating officer for
the Budget Truck Group.
    Additionally, the company announced that Tom Zorn, president, Budget Truck
Group, has resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities.
    "We are very excited to place Mark and Nick in these expanded roles as we
further integrate our car and truck rental businesses.  We look to further
strengthen our dealership network and continue to improve the profitability of
the truck rental segment," stated Budget Group President and Chief Operating
Officer David Siegel.
    Siegel added, "We thank Tom for his contributions to the company and wish
him well in his future endeavors."
    Budget Group, Inc. is a global network of transportation related
businesses which includes Budget Rent a Car, the world's third largest car and
truck rental system, and Ryder TRS, the nation's second largest consumer truck
rental company.  For more information, visit the company's Web site at
http://www.budgetgroup.com .

    Statements made in this press release that are not historical in nature
may include "forward-looking statements"' within the meaning of the federal
securities laws.  It is important to note that these statements involve a
number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause Budget
Group, Inc.'s actual results to differ materially from those projected in such
forward-looking statements.  Additional information concerning such matters is
contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1998, and other documents subsequently filed by the Company with
the SEC, all of which are available from the SEC.