Manufacturing News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 28, 2004

Kawasaki 2004 Jet Ski® Watercraft Loan Program
Reaches $1 Million Milestone

Contact:
Freeman/McCue Public Relations
John Donaldson
(714) 557-3663 ext 219

IRVINE, CA—-The long-standing Kawasaki JET SKI® watercraft loan program has loaned more than 120 JET SKI watercraft in 2004 with a retail value of over $1 million. The nationwide program operates through Kawasaki dealers loaning JET SKI watercraft to public agencies responsible for marine law enforcement, recreational boating education and safety, and search and rescue.

Roger Hagie, director of public affairs at Kawasaki, says that the loan of four 2004 Kawasaki JET SKI STX®-15F watercraft to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency raised the value of loans this year to over $1 million.

Commenting on the loan, Hagie says, “The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officers have helped support safe and responsible JET SKI watercraft use for many years. Kawasaki is pleased to have this agency mark this milestone.”

The participation of JET SKI watercraft dealers is essential in the working of the program. While the program is not mandatory for dealers, most are enthusiastic participants as evidenced by the more than 650 dealers who have made public safety loans since the program was created in 1989. The Tennessee Wildlife loan was arranged by a Kawasaki dealer in Tennessee.

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., (KMC) markets and sells at wholesale Kawasaki motorcycles, ATVs, personal watercraft, utility vehicles, power products and general purpose engines. These product lines are sold through a network of more than 1,500 independent retailers. KMC and its affiliates employ nearly 2,400 people in the United States, with approximately 400 of them located at the Irvine, California headquarters.

Kawasaki’s tagline, “Let the good times roll™”, is recognized worldwide and the brand is aggressively carrying its heritage of power, performance, leading-edge design and exhilaration into the 21st century. Information about Kawasaki’s complete line of recreational products and Kawasaki affiliates can be found on the Internet at www.kawasaki.com.