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MMay 28, 2003
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This Week:

• Nissan Inaugurates New Plant In Canton, Miss.

• Chrysler Group Announces Decision Not to Build Proposed Manufacturing Facility in Windsor, Ontario

• Saab Chief Designer Michael Mauer Appointed Director Of GME Advanced Design

• MINI ONE D: D-Day Has Arrived

• Toyota Tops The Awards In The Automotive Environmental Award Competition

• Fiat Comes To Mexico Through General Motors

• As part of Renault's development in Asia, Renault and TCEC signed an MA covering Renault business in Malaysia

• Mazda Vehicles Zoom to the Top of Safety Ratings

• Five-Stars All Around for 2004 Chrysler Pacifica

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Saab Chief Designer Michael Mauer Appointed Director Of GME Advanced Design
 

The improvement of engineering efficiencies at General Motors Europe - Opel, Vauxhall and Saab - is fully on track and continues to take shape. The latest move forward is the appointment of Michael Mauer as Executive Director, Saab Design and GME Advanced Design, effective May 1, 2003. NORCROSS, GA - In addition to his ongoing responsibilities as Saab's Chief Designer, Michael Mauer, 40, will become more involved in the design of other GM vehicles in Europe, with new responsibilities to coordinate Advanced Design for GME brands. With this organizational change, the existing Saab Advanced Design Center in Pixbo, Sweden, near Gothenburg - along with studios in Rüsselsheim, Germany and elsewhere in Europe - will see broader use by other brands in the GME portfolio. Overall responsibility for the respective design languages remains with the specific studios and brands.

Mauer will continue to report to GME Vice President, Saab Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Peter Augustsson, and will report for GME projects to Hans Demant, Vice President, GM Europe Engineering. On Advanced Design projects pertaining to Opel/Vauxhall, he will coordinate directly with Martin Smith, Executive Director Design, Opel /Vauxhall.

Michael Mauer joined Saab in his current role in May 2000. Since then, he has been responsible for developing and driving Saab's new design direction, as exemplified by the stunning and widely-acclaimed 9-X and 9-3X concept cars.

(May 27, 2003)