EXHIBIT 99

                        SUIT FILED AGAINST BRUNSWICK

                                                   For Immediate Release

         LAKE FOREST, Ill., Jan. 5, 1999 - Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) 
announced today that it has been served with a lawsuit filed recently in 
Federal District Court in Virginia claiming Brunswick violated various 
provisions of the antitrust laws in connection with its sales of MerCruiser 
sterndrive and inboard engines.  The suit was filed by Volvo Penta of the 
Americas, Inc., seeking damages in an unspecified amount and injunctive relief. 
Brunswick said it believes the suit is without merit and will aggressively 
defend itself against it. The complaint invokes the allegations contained in a 
suit brought in Little Rock, Ark., where, as previously reported, a jury 
awarded a group of 22 boat builders treble damages totaling $133 million in 
June 1998.  The company is in the process of appealing this verdict.  While 
there can be no assurances, the company believes the jury verdict will 
ultimately be reversed.

         Brunswick Corporation is a multinational company serving outdoor
and indoor active recreation markets with consumer products that include
such leading brands as Zebco and Quantum fishing equipment; American Camper
and Remington camping gear; Igloo coolers and ice chests; Mongoose,
Roadmaster and Ride Hard bicycles; Brunswick bowling and family
entertainment centers, equipment and consumer products; Brunswick billiards
tables; Life Fitness, Hammer Strength and ParaBody exercise equipment; Sea
Ray, Bayliner and Maxum pleasure boats, Baja high-performance boats, Boston
Whaler and Trophy offshore fishing boats; Mercury, Mariner and Force
outboard engines and MerCruiser sterndrives and inboard engines.