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News Center : January 2001

News of January 31, 2001

• Chrysler Group Announces Next Initiative In Turnaround Plan

• Boost America: Ford expects record-setting booster seat buy will jump start new safety trend for kids

• Toyota to Build Lexus Engines and Transmissions in West Virginia

• GM Dealers Power Van Sales To Record Year In 2000

• BMW And Thomas Steinbruck Announce Partnership – BMW Design Chief Chris Bangle Forges Fashion Relationship in New York

• PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN Consolidated Sales up 16.9% To 44.2 Billion of euros at December 31, 2000
• Toyota To Unveil RSC "Rugged Sport Coupe" Concept At Chicago Auto Show

• Renault and Albateam plan to form a partnership to promote the development of CAT

• DaimlerChrysler Announces New Safety Chief - Plant Manager Appointed to Kenosha (Wisc.) Engine Plant

• Ford Econoline: 40 Years of History

News of January 24, 2001

• Chevrolet SSR To Begin Production At The Lansing Craft Centre In 2002

• Chrysler To Introduce The Most Powerful Minivan On The Planet, The All-New 230 Horsepower 3.5-Liter Chrysler Town & Country Limited
• Hydrogen promotion: BMW 750hL hydrogen fleet on world tour First stop: Dubai 1st February 2001
• Opel Astra Cabrio - The Cabrio For All Seasons

• Toyota statement regarding Reuters story on possible third brand

• Petrauskas to Retire as Ford Vice President of Environmental and Safety Engineering
• Porsche has increased its profits

• Ford reports record revenues, unit sales, operating earnings per share in 2000

• Freightliner Trucks introduces the Coronado into the US market 

• American Honda Sets All-Time Sales Records

• BMW and Motorola Launch Integrated Dual Band, Tri-Mode Digital Phone System

News of January 17, 2001

• First Chrysler-Branded Prowler to Debut In Blue

• Ford Of Europe's Chairman Nick Scheele Creates Role Of CEO
• Kjell ac Bergström to head technical development at new Fiat-GM Powertrain Joint Venture Company
• BMW's New 3.0-Lliter Six-Cylinder Receives Ward's 10 Best Engines Award For 2001
• Within the framework of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Renault establishes a commercial presence in Peru
• DaimlerChrysler Increases Revenues by more than 6 Percent to approximately EUR160 billion in 2000
• Ford Celebrates Top Award For New Transit

• North American International Auto Show Design Winners Announced 

• Chevrolet K5: A Powerful, Wide-Open Link From A Storied Past To Trucks Of The Future

• Visteon Announces Addition of Two Members to Board of Directors

News of January 10, 2001

• 2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Honored As 'Automobile Of The Year' By Automobile Magazine
• Chrysler PT Cruiser Named North American Car of the Year
• Land Rover Develops New Market Segment with Freelander
• General Motors and Toyota Announce All-New Vehicle Pontiac to Market in North America; Toyota to Market in Japan
• DaimlerChrysler Corporation’s New Toledo North Assembly Plant Represents Worldwide Best Practices for Lean, Flexible, High-Quality Manufacturing
• PSA Record 2000 Sales
• A successful year 2000 - Audi sales figures at a new record level

• BMW Sets New Sales Record, With Over 822,000 Cars Sold

• Bentley Prototype EXP Speed 8 Le Mans Racing Car Revealed in Detroit

• James E. Press Named Chief Operating Officer of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

• Lear Corporation earns Fiat Qualitas award

News of January 02, 2001

• Ford unveils an American beauty in Thunderbird Sports Roadster concept
• "Will" Finds Its Way To 2001 Los Angeles Auto Show In The Form of a New Concept Vehicle
• 2001 Detroit Auto Show - Three world premieres for Mercedes-Benz
• Renault consolidates its lead with 29.1% of the French automobile market in 2000
• Porsche - Horst Marchart hands over the Development Center in Weissach to Wolfgang Dürheimer
• BMW Group Looks Back On A Successful Year: Over 2,500 New Jobs In Germany
• Mercedes-Benz M-Class Production in 2000 Increases 17 Percent Over Last Year
• Volvo Caps 2000 With Sales Records

• New Five Year/60,000 Mile Service Plan Announced By Oldsmobile

• Hyundai Motor Company Moves to New Headquarters In Korea

• Delphi to Become Battery Supplier To International Truck and Engine Corporation
• Visteon Corporation Wins Mach(R) Satellite Digital Radio Contract With Ford Motor Company