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James Thomas Named Senior PR and Cust Service Manager for Daewoo

3 April 2000

James Thomas Named Senior Public Relations And Customer Service Manager for Daewoo Motor America

    COMPTON, Calif., April 3 James Thomas has been named
Senior Public Relations and Customer Service Manager for Daewoo Motor America,
Inc. Thomas succeeds William Tucker who has resigned.
    Thomas joined Daewoo in 1999 in Franchise Operations.  Before joining
Daewoo, he was Vice President and CMO of trans2 and Global Electric motorcars
and was instrumental in the development and introduction of Neighborhood
Electric Vehicles into the US and world markets.  Thomas began his automotive
career with Pontiac Motor Division and has held a variety of management
positions with Nissan, BMW and Volkswagen.
    Daewoo Motor America, Inc. is based in Compton, CA, and is the U.S.
subsidiary of Daewoo Motor headquartered in Seoul, Korea.  Daewoo Motor
operates 18 manufacturing facilities in 14 countries and has sales operations
in more than 180 countries.  Joining the Daewoo Motor America line-up later
this year will be the sporty Korando SUV.