PACCAR Engines Honored in Asia Bus Market

PACCAR (Nasdaq:PCAR) has successfully renewed its $2 billion syndicated one-year credit facility through June 2010. An additional existing $1 billion credit facility matures in June 2012. These bank credit facilities provide back-up liquidity for PACCAR’s commercial paper and medium-term notes. “PACCAR is pleased to renew its credit facility with over twenty of the leading banks and financial institutions worldwide,” said Ron Armstrong, senior vice president. “PACCAR’s strong balance sheet continues to provide the company with a significant competitive advantage in meeting the capital requirements of our finance companies and manufacturing operations.”

At the recent Bus World Asia exhibition in Shanghai, China, PACCAR was honored with the “Best Engine Producer of the Year 2009” award. PACCAR earned this accolade as a result of PACCAR’s 12.9-liter and 9.2-liter engines’ industry-leading reliability, durability and fuel efficiency. This is the third consecutive year that PACCAR engines have been honored at this event. “The Chinese bus market recognizes the advantages of PACCAR’s high-quality engines,” said Jim Cardillo, president. “Field trials of the PACCAR engine in Kenworth and Peterbilt fleets are achieving excellent results for the North American market.”

PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high-quality light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. It also provides financial services and information technology and aftermarket support for its customers worldwide. PACCAR shares are traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, symbol PCAR, and its homepage is www.paccar.com.

Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5996028〈en

PACCAR
Robin Easton, 425-468-7676