WARRENVILLE, IL – Navistar International Corp has expanded its global product lineup and dealer network and added to its portfolio of military contracts.

“At a time when the commercial truck industry is severely down in North America, we are growing beyond the cyclicality of our traditional markets,” said Daniel C. Ustian, chairman, president and CEO of Navistar. “We are continuing to grow our commercial truck revenue outside the U.S. and Canada. And we are building a sustainable business of at least $2 billion a year selling military vehicles to the U.S. and its allies.”

At the recent Expo Transporte in Guadalajara, Mexico, Navistar debuted a mid-sized commercial bus for Mexico and Latin America, with additional potential for other export markets. The midibus will be targeted from the start for Latin America and other global markets. The midibus was also designed jointly by the company’s Truck Development and Technology Center in Fort Wayne, Ind., and Mahindra Engineering Services in Pune, India. The midibus engine was designed and will be built by the company’s MWM International Motores unit in Brazil.

Navistar is currently represented by 15 full-service dealerships in 33 locations in the region, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The company is also represented by three dealerships in Iraq, which play an integral role in providing after sales support to the U.S. military vehicles supplied by Navistar Defense.

The urgent needs of the U.S. Armed Force for armored vehicles suitable for the unique terrain in Afghanistan call for accelerated production and vehicle enhancements for International MaxxPro Dash. Navistar Defense, LLC has been awarded a contract for $24.8 million for MaxxPro gunner restraints and an accelerated production schedule for the Dash, a lighter and more maneuverable variant of Navistar Defense’s Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle. Work under the contract will be performed at the company’s West Point, Miss., assembly plant and will be completed by the end of June 2009.

MaxxPro Dash is the sixth variant in 18 months from Navistar’s MaxxPro MRAP vehicle platform. Since the initial contract in May 2007, Navistar has won more than $3 billion in contracts to produce a total of 6,044 MaxxPro vehicles.

Navistar will also compete to meet urgent requirements from the United Kingdom and other NATO countries where interest has been expressed in the survivability characteristics of the International MaxxPro and MXT vehicles.

For more information, visit www.Navistar.com/newsroom.

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