XM-Ready Toyota Avalon, Lexus GS 300, and Lexus 430 Vehicles Now Available at Dealerships Nationwide

XM-Ready Toyota Avalon, Lexus GS 300, and Lexus 430 Vehicles Now Available at Dealerships Nationwide

WASHINGTON, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading provider of satellite radio with approximately 3.8 million subscribers, today announced that XM-Ready models of the 2005 Toyota Avalon, Lexus GS 300, and Lexus GS 430 are now available at automobile dealerships nationwide.

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The Avalon, GS 300 and GS 430 are the newest vehicle models to offer XM Satellite Radio as a dealer-installed option. Toyota recently chose to factory install XM satellite radios in certain models, and chose XM to be its supplier of satellite-delivered data services. Starting in 2006, XM will be available as factory-installed equipment in a variety of Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

"XM is the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment for the automotive market, and the expansion of Toyota and Lexus vehicles with XM-Ready radios is the latest example of why XM has a commanding lead in the number of satellite radio subscribers," said Hugh Panero, President and CEO of XM Satellite Radio. "We're very excited that Toyota Motor Sales continues to expand the vehicle line-up offering XM."

XM is available today as a dealer-installed option on a total of 12 Toyota, Lexus, and Scion models: the Toyota Camry, Toyota Land Cruiser, Toyota Solara, Toyota Avalon, Lexus GS 300, Lexus GS 430, Lexus ES 330, Lexus LS 430, Lexus LX 470, Scion tC, Scion xA and Scion xB.

About XM Satellite Radio

XM (NASDAQ:XMSR) is America's number one satellite radio service with approximately 3.8 million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington, DC, New York City and Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame, XM's 2005 lineup includes more than 150 digital channels of choice from coast to coast: 67 commercial-free music channels, featuring hip hop to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to blues; 64 channels of premier sports, talk, comedy, children's and entertainment programming; and 21 channels of the most advanced traffic and weather information for major metropolitan areas nationwide. XM Satellite Radio is the satellite radio leader in sports programming, offering thousands of live sporting events every year. XM is the official satellite radio network for Major League Baseball, NASCAR, the Indy Racing League, the PGA TOUR, and the college sports conferences ACC, Pac-10, and Big Ten. XM was named Best Radio Service at the 2004 Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards.

XM, the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment and data services for the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan and Volkswagen/Audi, is available in more than 120 different vehicle models for 2005. XM also is available in Avis, National, and Alamo rental cars. XM is the exclusive in-flight entertainment service for AirTran Airways, and will soon be available on JetBlue flights. Consumers can experience XM over the Internet through XM Radio Online at http://listen.xmradio.com/. For more information about XM hardware, programming and partnerships, please visit http://www.xmradio.com/.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for XM Satellite Radio's service, the Company's dependence on technology and third party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well as other risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 3-4-05. Copies of the filing are available upon request from XM Radio's Investor Relations Department.

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CONTACT: Chance Patterson of XM Satellite Radio, +1-202-380-4318, or
chance.patterson@xmradio.com

Web site: http://www.xmradio.com/

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