2004 Concours d'Elegance At Cranbrook Partners With General Motors

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Bloomfield Hills, Mich. - The Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook committee is pleased to make the following announcements:

General Motors Corp. will be the presenting sponsor for the 2004 Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook.

John F. Smith, GM group vice president of North America Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing, will serve as the honorary chairman for the 2004 event. Smith had been general manager of Field Sales, Service and Parts since January 2002. Prior to that, he was general manager of Service Parts Operations since February 2000, general manager of Cadillac Division since February 1997, president of Allison Transmission since January 1994, and GM Europe vice president of planning since August 1989.

Robert A. (Bob) Lutz, GM vice chairman, Product Development and chairman, GM North America, will serve as chief judge for the event. Lutz also is a member of the Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook advisory board.

"The 2004 Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook theme of classic European and American-influenced automobiles is a great place to showcase General Motors ownership of historic European nameplates such as Vauxhall and Opel," said Marvin Towns Jr., co-founder and executive director of the Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook. In addition, the show will highlight partnerships that date back to joint ventures with European manufacturers and designers such as Pininfarina, Bertone and Bizzarini.

The Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 25, and the "Cars Under the Stars" gala and auction is 7 p.m. to midnight July 24.

Proceeds from the events benefit the Cranbrook Educational Community and also the Bloomfield Hills-based, Women's Committee for Hospice Care non-profit organization.

Contacts:

Marvin Towns Jr., co-founder, executive director, Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook, 248 539.2150 Chuck Little, chairman, Concours d'Elegance at Cranbrook, 248 743.6546 Steve Hoffman, director of Public Relations & Marketing, Cranbrook, 248 645.3064 Cathy Quattrone, publicity chair, Women's Committee for Hospice Care, cquatt1012@aol.com Cranbrook is an internationally renowned educational community celebrating 100 years of excellence in education, science and art. Cranbrook is located at 39221 Woodward Ave. in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and comprises its Academy of Art, Art Museum, Institute of Science, Schools and other affiliated cultural and educational programs.