The vehicle division played a very important role because Marines were included in this battalion.

He had been given a tough assignment and he was in there fighting like hell on behalf of the British vehicle division.

Mr. Kim was president of the company's commercial vehicle division.

Currently he is an executive with General Motors in their vehicle remarketing division.

Last year, the sale of an armored military vehicle division added $505 million to G.M.'s net income.

Mr. Cordes, 53, has cut thousands of jobs since taking over Daimler's commercial vehicle division in 2000.

Freightliner's revenue fell 19 percent, and operating profit for Daimler's commercial vehicle division dropped 94 percent.

Isuzu's truck and commercial vehicle division is profitable, but some analysts suggest the company may never have made money from passenger-car sales.

The company's commercial vehicle division continued to bounce back from a near meltdown of the truck market in 2001.

But this willingness to share makes G.M.'s vehicle divisions nervous.