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BorgWarner Divests Kysor-Westran

7 December 2000

BorgWarner Divests Kysor-Westran

    CHICAGO, Dec. 7 BorgWarner Inc. today
announced that it has completed the sale of Kysor-Westran to Bergstrom Climate
Systems L.L.C., a leading supplier of mobile climate systems and components to
the commercial vehicle, off-highway and specialty vehicle industries.  Terms
of sale were not disclosed.
    The Kysor-Westran HVAC unit was part of the Vehicle Products business of
Kuhlman Corporation that BorgWarner acquired in March of last year.  The unit
is among a number of solid businesses that do not fit into BorgWarner's
strategic focus on powertrain technology that have been divested since the
acquisition.
    Kysor-Westran HVAC serves the agricultural/off-highway market in North
America and Europe.  It is headquartered in Byron, Illinois and employs about
320 people.
    Chicago-based BorgWarner is a product leader in highly engineered
components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide.  The
company operates 60 manufacturing and technical facilities in 13 countries.
Customers include Ford, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Toyota, Caterpillar,
Navistar, PSA and VW Group. The Internet address for BorgWarner is:
http://www.bwauto.com .

    Statements contained in this news release may contain forward-looking
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,"
"believes," "estimates," variations of such words and similar expressions are
intended to identify such forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking
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, 1999.