Southfield, Mich., June 8, 1999 - Lear Corporation (NYSE: LEA) today announced the appointment of Patrick Murray to Vice President - Industrial Design & Product Analysis for the Technology Division.

In this new position, Murray is responsible for managing the company's Industrial Design Studios at the World Headquarters and Technology Center as well as the Product Analysis group which studies current market segments and trends to help determine the future interior products Lear will develop with its customers. He also oversees Lear's new Concept Development Studios with its technical staff and capability to develop 3-dimensional interior concepts both manually and digitally.

Patrick Murray

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Visteon has paired its world-class audio and electronic capabilities with prestigious Danish audio-video manufacturer Bang & Olufsen to develop a new level of automotive audio sophistication. The partnership enables Visteon to offer exclusive audio systems to high-end vehicle manufacturers and their consumers. It also represents Bang & Olufsen's first venture into the automotive audio arena.

These systems will offer enhanced components such as unique speakers and improved woofers and superior audio clarity. They will also offer additional options to maintain audio system excellence as sound technology continues to mature. Significant design changes will differentiate these units from a standard audio system. They will exhibit sophisticated designs that take their cues from the understated elegance of premier vehicle models. Visteon and Bang & Olufsen will explore the application of premier materials such as brushed aluminum to speaker grills and radio bezels.

Las Vegas, June 10, 1999 - Meritor Automotive Inc. (NYSE: MRA) and ZF Friedrichshafen AG, two leading global automotive components and systems suppliers, today announced their intention to form a joint venture, ZF Meritor LLC, to produce technologically-advanced medium- and heavy-duty transmissions for heavy vehicle original equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket, for the United States, Canada and Mexico. The announcement was made at the 1999 International Trucking Show.

The joint venture will combine the strengths of Meritor's marketing and distribution capabilities and existing line of transmission products with ZF's technological expertise to engineer advanced truck transmission components and systems. ZF is a leading global independent manufacturer of transmission products. Sales and service of the complete product range will originate and be managed on behalf of the joint venture by Meritor's 100-person sales department, which will include its North American field operations and aftermarket teams.

With more than 20 years of international experience, Alapont joined Delphi as executive director, International Operations for Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems in October 1997, in Bascharage, Luxembourg. Prior to this assignment, he was group vice-president and general manager for Valeo's Worldwide Lighting Systems.

Alapont began his automotive career with Ford of Spain in 1975 as a machine and process capability engineer. He held various managerial, manufacturing, engineering, purchasing and operations assignments at Ford of Europe. In 1990, Alapont was named managing director of Valeo Engine Cooling- Spain. In 1991, he was named as their executive operations director for Worldwide Heavy Duty Engine Cooling and in 1992 he was named group vice president and general manager Worldwide Clutch Operations.

A native of Spain, Alapont received an industrial engineering degree from the Technical School of Valencia, Spain, and holds a doctorate in philology from the University of Valencia, Spain.

Delphi Automotive Systems also announced today that Jean de Montlaur will join the company as the executive director of international operations for Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems and Delphi Chassis Systems, succeeding Jose Maria Alapont, who was named president of Delphi Europe. Montlaur will be based in Luxembourg and reports to Donald L. Runkle, president of Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems.