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Borg-Warner Automotive Reclassifies 1998 Quarters by Operating Group

19 May 1999

Borg-Warner Automotive Reclassifies 1998 Quarters by Operating Group
    CHICAGO, May 18 -- Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.
today re-released 1998 quarterly sales to reflect the format in which the
company is reporting its 1999 operating group sales.
    The sales of the turbocharger business of A.G. Kuhnle, Kopp and Kausch are
included with Morse TEC, and certain amounts have been reclassified from
Automatic Transmission Systems to divested operations.  The revised numbers
are attached.
    Chicago-based Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. is a product leader in highly
engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications
worldwide.  The company operates 54 manufacturing and technical facilities in
13 countries.  Customers include Ford, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors,
Toyota, Caterpillar, Navistar and VW.


                              Borg-Warner Automotive
                        Quarterly Sales by Operating Group
                           Year Ended December 31, 1998

                                        Quarter Ended            Year Ended

                                March 31 June 30 Sept. 30  Dec. 31  Dec. 31
    Powertrain Systems             133.9   127.6    118.2    139.1    518.8
    Automatic Transmission Systems 103.5    98.0     93.9    107.2    402.6
    Morse TEC                      128.5   125.9    128.1    153.7    536.2
    Air/Fluid Systems               91.1    89.0     82.1     89.2    351.4
    Divested operations             21.2    21.8     19.9     10.6     73.5
    Intersegment eliminations     (13.5)   (11.0)   (10.6)  (10.6)   (45.7)

                                   464.7   451.3    431.6    489.2  1,836.8

        The above sales by business group have been reclassified for each of
    the interim quarters for 1998 to reflect the reclassification of certain
    amounts from Automatic Transmission Systems to Divested operations and the
    inclusion of the sales of A.G. Kuhnle, Kopp & Kausch with Morse TEC.