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American Axle & Manufacturing Announces New Business with Ford

19 April 2000

American Axle & Manufacturing Announces New Business with Ford Motor Company

    DETROIT, April 18 American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings,
Inc. (NYSE: AXL) announced that it has been selected as the supplier of rear
axles and driveshafts (propshafts) for a future Ford vehicle.
    This will be AAM's first opportunity to produce axles for Ford Motor
Company (NYSE: F).  AAM currently produces a variety of components for Ford.
    "We look forward to expanding the products we produce for Ford Motor
Company," said AAM Chairman, CEO & President Richard E. Dauch.  "This
opportunity further diversifies our axle and driveshaft customer base."
    "With this new program and other recently acquired new business, AAM will
further reduce its concentration of business with our largest customer,
General Motors, to 79 percent.  For the full year 1999, the GM percentage of
our sales was 86 percent."
    AAM is a world leader in the manufacture, engineering and design of
driveline systems, chassis systems and forged products for trucks, buses,
sport utility vehicles, and passenger cars.  In addition to its 13 locations
in the United States (in Michigan, New York and Ohio), AAM also has offices
and facilities in Brazil, England, Germany, Japan, Mexico and Scotland.
    Certain statements contained in this press release which are not
historical facts contain forward-looking information with respect to the
Company's plans, projections or future performance, the occurrence of which
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results
or plans to differ materially from those expected by the Company which include
risk factors described in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

    For more information ...

    Media relations contact                  Investor relations contact
    Karen J. Manardo                         Robert A. Krause
    Manager, Media Relations                 Vice President & Treasurer
     & Communications                        313-974-3074
    313-974-2945                             krauser@aam.com
    ManardK@aam.com

    Or visit the AAM website at http://www.aam.com .