• Ford and Volvo reached agreement on Passenger Car Business
• GM Outlines Global Automotive Strategy
• Renault with a sales plus of  nearly 300,000 units in 1998
• Ford introduces Third Age Suit for Product Developers
• GM is producing the first car in Shanghai
• Cornerstone Laid for Peugeot Citroën do Brasil Plant
• Renault increases the capital of its subsidiary Renault V.I.
• Digital Engineering : PSA Peugeot Citroën chooses CATIA as its principal drafting solution

News of January 25, 1999

• Ford and Volvo reached agreement on Passenger Car Business
• Mercedes-Benz to open a new sales center in Berlin, the Mercedes-Benz experience
• Continued Negotiations Between DaimlerChrysler and Nissan Motor
• Visteon 1998 earnings increase 37 percent to record $712 million
• Ford to acquire engineering company with aluminum stamping expertise
• Volvo Acquires 12.85% of Scania 
• Chris Bird new director of Small and Medium Car Vehicle Center Design
• Volkswagen reports record sales in North America; best result ever in 17 years

News of January 18, 1999

• Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers founded
• TH!NK Electric: Ford invests in Norwegian Company
• Renault to take 20% stake at Nissan
• New showroom in Paris "Le Rendez-Vous Toyota" intends to support Toyota’s new image
• Former   Tuscaloosa Manager Renschler named Management Development Officer for whole DaimlerChrysler
• Škoda passenger car production in Russia
• Renault to take over DACIA, the Romanian Carmaker
• Toyota will open Theme Park at the Tokyo Waterfront, the MEGA-WEB
• Ford and ZF to form a Joint Venture for Transmission Production 
• General Motors will consolidate its R&D Centers
• Toyota Sets Record for North American Production

News of  January 10, 1999

• DaimlerChrysler revenues  in 1998 up by 13%
• Volkswagen is Going to Build a Transparent Factory in Dresden
• Ford and Peugeot Joint For Common Engine Factory
• DaimlerChrysler Appoints Gary Henson and Richard Schaum to Key Manufacturing Positions
• 2000 Neon World Debut in Los Angeles
• Cynthia Trudell New President of GM´s Saturn Division
• Werner Neubauer Takes Over in Volkswagen´s Wolfsburg Plant
• Opel Live is a New Concept for a Theme Parc within the old Ruesselsheim Factory

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