Isuzu Reports Record Setting Commercial Vehicle Retail Sales for 1999

11 January 2000
Isuzu Reports Record Setting Commercial Vehicle Retail Sales for 1999
    CERRITOS, Calif., Jan. 11 -- American Isuzu Motors Inc.
reports its best commercial vehicle annual retail sales year in the company's
history.  With the NPR Diesel, NPR Gas, NQR, and FTR each setting new annual
sales records, Isuzu truck sales topped 20,000 units.  Isuzu dealer network
sales were up an impressive 31% over the record sales figures of the 1998
model year.  The Isuzu network set record retail sales numbers in nine of the
twelve months of the year (Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.)
    In the low cab forward market, Class 2C through Class 4, Isuzu commercial
trucks continue to excel with a 60% market share.  In addition, Isuzu Class
5-7 low cab forward trucks posted a one-year increase of 8 points in market
share rising from 24% to 32%.  Looking at the entire low cab forward market
Class 2C-7, Isuzu now commands a 50% market share.
    Leading the way in this record setting year were the core vehicles of the
Isuzu commercial vehicle lineup. Isuzu's number one seller, the NPR Diesel,
set a sales record of 11,463 while the NPR Gas bettered last year's record
sales of 2,778 by an additional 1,000 plus units with 3,819 trucks sold. In
its first full year of sales the Class-5 NQR sold 2,100 trucks coming up just
short of doubling the previous years figure of 1,085 units sold.  In the
F-Series line, the FTR continued to gain strength selling 1,462 trucks.
    "We are extremely pleased with the success Isuzu commercial trucks
experienced during 1999.  We take our relationship with our dealers and
customers as a partnership and the entire Isuzu family has a commitment to
providing the utmost in satisfaction and improved performance.  We feel that
this continued success is testimony to this commitment, the quality and
reliability of our products and our various customer programs such as our Gold
Star Certified Used Truck, Isuzu Truck Owner Protection, and our Assured
Maintenance Programs," said Jim Underwood, Senior Vice President, Chief
Operating Officer, Commercial Vehicle.
    Isuzu commercial vehicles are distributed through a network of 203
commercial vehicles dealers across the U.S. Isuzu trucks have been the number
one low cab forward trucks in the U.S. for 15 consecutive years.  Over 210,000
Isuzu-designed Class 3-7 vehicles have been sold in the U.S. since 1984.  For
information call 800-785-5445 or point your browser to http://www.isuzucv.com on the
worldwide web.