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Delphi to Consolidate Facilities at World Headquarters in Michigan

13 June 2000

Project Will Provide Significant Cost Reductions
               
    TROY, Mich. - Delphi Automotive Systems announced today that it will 
consolidate several leased facilities in the Midwest to existing land in Troy, 
Mich.  The consolidation is being made to better utilize employee resources, 
reduce operating costs, and create synergies among divisional administrative 
staffs for improved efficiencies.

    A total of 775 salaried employees from Delphi's Energy & Chassis Systems
and Interior Systems divisions from current facilities in Dayton, Ohio, and
Warren and Flint, Mich., will begin consolidation into two new facilities,
scheduled to be built adjacent to Delphi's existing headquarters, over the
next 18 months.  This announcement does not affect any manufacturing
facilities or personnel.

    "This consolidation project will bring Delphi significant increased
operational efficiencies and falls directly in line with our corporate
strategy of being a lean organization," said Delphi Chairman, CEO and
President J.T. Battenberg III.  "We will continue to examine all phases of our
business, looking for ways to best serve our customers by improving
productivity and reducing the cost of doing business."  Battenberg said the
consolidation will result in a net reduction of 35,000 square feet of office
space for Delphi.

    Construction on a new two- and a new three-story building, which will
begin this summer, will be completed in early 2002.  The facilities will bring
Delphi 240,000 sq. feet of new workspace.

    Multi-national Delphi Automotive Systems, with headquarters in Troy,
Mich., USA, Paris, Tokyo and Sao Paulo, Brazil, is a world leader in
transportation and mobile electronics components and systems technology.
Delphi's three business sectors -- Dynamics & Propulsion; Safety, Thermal &
Electrical Architecture; and Electronics & Mobile Communication -- provide
comprehensive product solutions to complex customer needs.  Delphi has
approximately 213,000 employees and operates 176 wholly owned manufacturing
sites, 41 joint ventures, 53 customer centers and sales offices and 30
technical centers in 38 countries.  Delphi can be found on the Internet at
http://www.delphiauto.com .