Automotive News World Congress to Explore Strategies for Prospering in a Time of Both Uncertainty and Potential

  WHAT:         30th Automotive News World Congress
                "The Road to Prosperity: The Right Strategies in a Shifting
                Landscape"

  WHEN:         Monday - Thursday, Jan. 16 - 19, 2006

  WHERE:        Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dearborn, Mich.

  HIGHLIGHTS:   The four-day agenda features:

                *  individual presentations by:
                   --  Steve Miller, chairman of the board and CEO, Delphi
                       Corporation and Jim Press, president and COO, Toyota
                       Motor Sales USA Inc. (7:45 and 8:30 p.m.,
                       respectively, Mon., Jan. 16)

                   --  Ron Gettelfinger, president, UAW and Ralph Nader,
                       founder, Center for the Study of Responsive Law and
                       author, "Safe at Any Speed: The Designed-in Dangers
                       of the American Automobile" (7:45 and 8:30 p.m.,
                       respectively, Tues., Jan. 17)

                   --  Ed Welburn, GM vice president, Global Design, General
                       Motors (7:45 p.m. Wed., Jan. 18)

                   --  leading automaker and supplier executives (9 a.m. -
                       12:30 p.m. Tues. and Wed., Jan. 17 - 18; complete
                       speaker roster at www.autonews.com/anwc)

                *  concurrent afternoon panel presentations:
                   --  "Finding Finance Strategies and Tactics that Work"
                       and "Making the Internet Pay Off" (2 - 4:30 p.m.
                       Tues., Jan. 17)

                   --  "New Business Models for Suppliers: Turning
                       Challenges into Advantages" and "Marketing Tomorrow:
                       Making Change Work for You" (2 - 4:30 p.m. Wed., Jan.
                       18)

                *  Tuesday, Jan. 17 dinner presentation of the Polk
                   Automotive Loyalty Awards (7:15 p.m.) recognizing
                   manufacturers for superior performance in customer
                   retention

                *  Wednesday, Jan. 18 Gala Dinner program (7:15 p.m.):
                   presentation of the BorgWarner Championship Driver's
                   Trophy to 2005 Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon and
                   the BorgWarner Team Owner's Trophy to Andretti Green
                   Racing; and

                *  presentation of the Automotive
                   News/PricewaterhouseCoopers Shareholder Value Awards.

  Jan. 17 and 18.
                Onsite media registration is available.