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Visteon Wins Mach Satellite Digital Radio Contract With Ford

19 December 2000

Visteon Corporation Wins Mach(R) Satellite Digital Radio Contract With Ford Motor Company

                  Visteon's MACH(R) Satellite Digital Radio
                 To Receive Sirius Satellite Radio Broadcasts

    DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 19 Visteon Corporation
today announced that it has secured a contract to develop and supply its
MACH(R) Satellite Digital Audio Radio System for an undisclosed future Ford
Motor Company vehicle.
    "This business underscores our long-standing and strong relationship with
the automaker, as well as our expertise with automotive audio applications,"
said John Slosar, director of Visteon's North American and Asian Strategic
Business Unit within the corporation's Telematics/Multimedia business system.
    To bring this technology to the vehicle, Visteon has established a
strategic partnership with Sirius Satellite Radio to provide
motorists with the ability to receive satellite radio broadcasts, including up
to 100 channels of digital-quality radio coast-to-coast throughout the
continental United States.  Sirius will broadcast from its three orbiting
satellites to Visteon's MACH(R) Satellite Digital Audio Radio System 50
channels of commercial-free music in virtually every genre, and up to 50
channels of news, sports, talk, comedy and children's programming.