Stearns closed the automobile division in 1904 and returned to the hardware supply business.
During the late 1970's, he traveled to South Korea to help Hyundai start an automobile division.
Asking the automobile division, he found that a simple problem with the drive chain for the camshafts was the cause for many of these complaints.
Among the most visible changes at Fiat are in its automobile division.
The automobile divisions were converted into marketing operations.
Mercury was the automobile division for Ford.
It was the first extensive effort of any automobile division.
It has been casting about for ways to cut debt and return its embattled automobile division, Fiat Auto, to profitability.
The company said revenues from its automobile division rose a provisional 14 percent, to 16.4 trillion lire, or $12 billion.
Honda decided to withdraw from motorcycle racing to concentrate on its automobile division.