Visteon Names New Market Development Vice President

19 December 1997

    DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 19 -- Visteon Automotive Systems
continues to build its global executive team with the appointment of James B.
Smith III to the position of vice president of New Market Development.
    Smith, formerly vice president of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for
Ford Credit, will be responsible for evaluating and pursuing new business
opportunities for Visteon on a global basis.
    Prior to his appointment with Ford Credit, Smith was executive vice
president of Financial and Administrative Matters for Autolatina, the joint
venture between Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG in Argentina
and Brazil.  Following dissolution of Autolatina, Smith was vice president of
Financial and Administrative Matters for Ford 's Argentina and Brazil
operations.  Smith joined Ford in 1970 and has held a variety of positions in
North America, South America and Europe.
    Smith, 51, holds a bachelor's degree in management from Carnegie-Mellon
University and a master's degree in management from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
    Visteon Automotive Systems, an enterprise of Ford Motor Company, has
78,000 employees located in 74 plants, including 29 joint venture facilities,
and 30 sales offices, engineering and technical centers in 19 countries around
the world.

SOURCE  Visteon Automotive Systems