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Tender Offer for Carey International Common Stock Extended

8 September 2000

Tender Offer for Carey International, Inc. Common Stock Extended Until 5:00 p.m. New York City Time on Thursday, September 14, 2000

    WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 Carey International, Inc.
and Aluwill Acquisition Corp., an entity that is affiliated
with Chartwell Investments II and Ford Motor Company, today announced that
they have extended their tender offer to acquire at $18.25 per share in cash
all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Carey International, Inc.
until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 14, 2000.  The tender offer had
previously been scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on
Friday, September 8, 2000.
    The offerors have been advised by United States Trust Company of New York,
the Depositary for the tender offer, that as of close of business on
Wednesday, September 6, 2000, approximately 9,193,366 shares had been tendered
and not withdrawn pursuant to the offer.  The number of shares tendered and
not withdrawn represents approximately 93% of the outstanding shares of Carey
International.
    D.F. King & Co., Inc. 800-628-8510 is acting as the Information Agent for
the tender offer.
    This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor solicitation of an
offer to sell shares of Carey International.  The tender offer for the Carey
International common stock is being made through, and the foregoing
announcement is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Offer to
Purchase dated August 3, 2000 and the related Letter of Transmittal.
Shareholders should read the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal in
their entirety prior to making any decision as to the tender offer.  These
documents will be made available to all shareholders of Carey International at
no expense to them.  These documents will also be available at no charge on
the Securities and Exchange Commission's web site at http://www.sec.gov.