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This Week:

• Mazda B2500 - The New Spirit of Adventure

• 2005 Dodge Magnum RT Featured as Official Pace Car of the July 11, 2004 Tropicana 400 at Chicagoland Speedway

• Honda Accord Hybrid: Honda's Best-Selling Vehicle Goes Hybrid

• Last Ford Heritage F-150 Pick-Up Rolls Off The Assembly Line At Ontario Truck Plant

• GM Relocates Asia Pacific Headquarters to Shanghai, China

• Toyota and Lexus Dominate 2004 J.D. Power and Associates Vehicle Dependability Study

• Order books for the new four-door coupé from Mercedes-Benz now open - CLS-Class: Four-door Coupé a generation ahead

• Start Of Assembly Of HUMMER H2 At Avtotor In Russia

• Euro NCAP: the new Golf is the safest car

• New President Named at BMW Manufacturing Co.

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New President Named at BMW Manufacturing Co.

Clemens Schmitz- Justen Photo: BMW

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Professor Dr. Clemens Schmitz- Justen has been named president of BMW Manufacturing Co., succeeding Dr. Helmut Leube who will become chief executive officer of the BMW Group factory in Munich. The leadership change will occur July 1. Schmitz-Justen has been head of the Painted Body Division in the Research and Innovation Centre of the BMW Group in Munich, having been with the company since 1991. He holds a manufacturing engineering degree from Technical University of Aachen where he also received his doctorate in 1986. He and his wife, Birgit, have two sons, Stephan and Philipp.

Leube, who became president of BMW Manufacturing in 2000, began his career with BMW in 1987, working in managerial positions in the areas of development and production. He, too, is a graduate of the Technical University of Aachen with master's and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering. He and his wife, Gupa, have two sons, Justin and Vincent. The decision to build the Spartanburg plant in 1992 represented a major step in the internationalization strategy of the BMW Group. Today, the BMW X5 sports activity vehicle and Z4 roadster are produced exclusively at the Upstate South Carolina factory and shipped to 124 worldwide markets. (June 29, 2004)