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Borg-Warner Automotive Back on Growth Track

31 March 1999

Borg-Warner Automotive Back on Growth Track: BWA Expects to Beat First Quarter EPS Concensus Based on Strength of Engine-Related Programs, Auto Builds

    CHICAGO, March 30 -- Borg-Warner Automotive
announced today that it expects first quarter 1999 earnings to surpass current
First Call estimates of $1.18 per share by an estimated 10%.
    "While this should be a good quarter for many in our industry because of
strong vehicle production, we are additionally benefiting from the growth
provided by changes in engine technology," said John F. Fiedler, chairman and
chief executive officer of Borg-Warner Automotive.  "These engine programs,
especially in Europe, are driving double digit growth in our Morse TEC and new
Turbo Systems operating groups."
    Fiedler noted that improved sales and earnings are anticipated across all
of the company's operating groups and that the recent acquisition of Kuhlman
Corporation will be neutral to the quarter.  "Our focused, technology-driven
strategy has put us back on track with the kind of excellent growth that
investors have come to expect from us.  With earnings per share in the 1999
first quarter expected to increase 20% over last year's first quarter, we're
off to a great start for the year."
    For the 1998 first quarter, Borg-Warner Automotive reported net earnings
of $26.0 million, or $1.09 per share, on sales of $464.7 million.
    Chicago-based Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. is a product leader in highly
engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications
worldwide.  The company operates manufacturing facilities in 13 countries.
Customers include Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, General Motors, Toyota, and VW.

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statements as contemplated by the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act that are based on management's current expectations, estimates and
projections.  Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans,"
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statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual
results to differ materially from those projected or implied in the
forward-looking statements.  Such risks and uncertainties include:
fluctuations in domestic or foreign automotive production, the continued use
of outside suppliers by original equipment manufacturers, fluctuations in
demand for vehicles containing the Company's products, general economic
conditions, as well as other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Cautionary Statements filed
as Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.