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All domestic nonautomotive operations were later added to his responsibilities.

He had worked on a line of nonautomotive products outside Pininfarina under his own name.

In all, Volvo's nonautomotive holdings have a market value of nearly $4 billion.

The sales are part of Ford's effort to reduce its nonautomotive finance operations.

"We've had to look at nonautomotive opportunities for growth."

Having more women as drivers could also help the sport prosper by bringing in sponsors who make nonautomotive products.

"We are not spending money in nonautomotive areas any more," Ms. Fierens said.

For Porsche, the design of its nonautomotive products, a line ranging from pens to golf clubs, is an important issue.

Both Cadillac and Lincoln look to nonautomotive products as keynotes for their new looks.

"We look at nonautomotive areas," he said.

Two of G.M.'s three nonautomotive units reported higher third-quarter profits.

Separately, G.M.'s three nonautomotive subsidiaries all reported improved financial results for the third quarter.

The three principal nonautomotive subsidiaries of G.M. posted healthy earnings reports today.

"Because the market views Ford as an automotive company, it has not fully recognized or rewarded us for our diversification in nonautomotive financial services businesses."

In 1967 he was named an executive vice president with broad responsibilities for overseas and domestic nonautomotive operations and reported directly to the chairman.

He is urging Chrysler to sell off some nonautomotive assets, as Chrysler has said it plans to do.

Another nonautomotive job was a commission to rethink the design of The Los Angeles Times.

Demand for its cars is weak, and the company has been forced to sell nonautomotive assets to raise cash to revamp its car business.

The latest period's results included a write-off of $24 million, reflecting the sale or liquidation of nonautomotive assets.

The General Motors Corporation's three nonautomotive subsidiaries posted mixed second-quarter financial results today.

Chrysler Financial has been selling its nonautomotive businesses, including its consumer finance unit, which was sold to Nationsbank.

Nonautomotive retailing accounts for a little more than a quarter of the country's gross domestic product, Mr. Steidtmann said.

Ford Glass is a nonautomotive glass subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company.

But more recently, he had been overseeing G.M.'s nonautomotive businesses, which included the manufacture of military vehicles and heavy-truck transmissions.

He reiterated that Chrysler should sell its $3 billion in nonautomotive assets, but that the stock buyback could proceed without the proceeds of such a sale.