Volkswagen to Offer SIRIUS on New 2005 Jetta

Volkswagen to Offer SIRIUS on New 2005 Jetta

SIRIUS Satellite Radio to be Offered as Factory Installed Option Beginning This Month

NEW YORK, March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) today announced that Volkswagen will offer SIRIUS as a factory installed option on the new 2005 Volkswagen Jetta beginning this month.

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SIRIUS is currently available as a factory installed option on the 2005 Beetle and Beetle Convertible, and will also be available as a factory installed option on the new 2006 Passat later this year.

"SIRIUS provides over 120 channels of quality satellite radio programming, including commercial-free music, that complements the quality driving experience of being in a Volkswagen," said Doug Wilsterman, Senior Vice President and General Manager OEM Division for SIRIUS. "We are very pleased that Volkswagen is making SIRIUS available to its customers in these new 2005/2006 model year vehicles."

About SIRIUS

SIRIUS delivers more than 120 channels of the best commercial-free music, compelling talk shows, news and information, and the most exciting sports programming to listeners across the country in digital quality sound. SIRIUS offers 65 channels of 100% commercial-free music, and features over 55 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95. SIRIUS also broadcasts live play-by- play games of the NFL and NBA, and is the Official Satellite Radio partner of the NFL.

SIRIUS radios for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are manufactured by Alpine, Audiovox, Blaupunkt, Clarion, Delphi, Jensen, JVC, Kenwood, Pioneer, Sanyo and XACT Communications. Available in more than 25,000 retail locations, SIRIUS radios can be purchased at major retailers including Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Office Depot, Sears, Target, Wal-Mart and RadioShack. SIRIUS is also available at heavy truck dealers and truck stops nationwide.

SIRIUS radios are currently offered in vehicles from Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Infiniti, Jeep(R), Lincoln-Mercury, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Nissan, Porsche and Volkswagen. Beginning in February 2005, SIRIUS will also be available in Toyota, Lexus, and Scion vehicles. Hertz currently offers SIRIUS at 53 major locations around the country.

Click on http://www.sirius.com/ to listen to SIRIUS live, or to find a SIRIUS retailer or car dealer in your area.

Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance with respect to SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. are not historical facts and may be forward-looking and, accordingly, such statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Accordingly, any such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among the key factors that have a direct bearing on our results of operations are: our dependence upon third parties to manufacture, distribute, market and sell SIRIUS radios and components for those radios; the unproven market for our service; our competitive position and any events which affect the useful life of our satellites.

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CONTACT: Jim Collins, SIRIUS, +1-212-901-6422, jcollins@siriusradio.com, or Michelle McKinnon, SIRIUS Investors, +1-212-584-5285, mmckinnon@siriusradio.com, or Jaymie VanValkenburgh, SIRIUS Investors, +1-212-584-5168, jvanvalkenburgh@siriusradio.com

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

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