Visteon's Long Life Filtration System Demonstrated Today

    DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 22 In an effort to develop
maintenance-free vehicle solutions, Visteon Corporation is
demonstrating another Visteon first -- a factory-installed Long Life
Filtration System designed to virtually eliminate filter maintenance over the
lifespan a vehicle.
    
    "This is good news for our customers and consumers.  This technology saves
space in the engine compartment for customers and saves consumers time and
money in meeting routine maintenance requirements," said Michael Johnston,
Visteon's President and Chief Operating Officer.

    Visteon's Long Life Filtration System contains a filter element within an
Air Induction System that is designed to last more than 150,000 miles under
normal use.  It consists of a reticulated foam filter that traps an
unprecedented amount of dust, salt, moisture and other corrosives.  The foam
is 97 percent porous, so it traps dust and other contaminants within the
depths of the foam layers, utilizing the whole volume and not just the
surface.

    Vehicle manufacturers and consumers benefit from this new system because
it does not need frequent attention and it is not limited to the traditional
under hood placement.  Visteon's Air Induction System can be placed in another
section of the vehicle, freeing up valuable space in the engine compartment.
This latitude in placement allows the vehicle team to focus their attention on
reducing noise, vibration and harshness instead of packaging the induction
systems within an already crowded engine compartment.

    In light of environmental concerns, Visteon's unique filtration system is
manufactured from 25 percent post-consumer recycled materials and designed so
the entire system can be recycled at the end of vehicle life.  In addition, by
reducing the number of filter replacements over the lifespan of a vehicle, the
amount of solid waste materials entering landfills would be reduced.

    The results from a series of tests, in both the laboratory and in
stressful driving conditions, indicated Visteon's Long Life Filtration System
should provide maximum value to customers under normal driving conditions for
passenger cars and light trucks, and can be configured to meet or exceed
150,000 miles under these conditions.

    This all-new Visteon technology is expected to be in production vehicles
as early as 2003.