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HEATSHIELDS:CARCOUSTICS

CHARGE AIR COOLER:BEHR

SEAT PADS:F.S. FEHRER AUTOMOTIVE

CONDENSER:MODINE

ISS CONTROL UNIT:BERU

EXHAUST SYSTEM CLAMPS:NORMA

DAMPING:ALCAN KAPA

TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER:KTM KHLER

SHIFT FORK INSERTS:SULZER FRICTION SYSTEMS

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING:ZF LENKSSYSTEME

STEERING COLUMN & I-SHAFT:THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA STEERING

SYNCHRONIZER SYSTEMS:HOERBIGER ANTRIEBSTECHNIK

SEAT LEATHERETTE:BENECKE-KALIKO

PRIMER:BASF COATINGS

ALL-WHEEL DRIVE:HALDEX

EMBLEM TAILGATE CLOSURE:HUF HLSBECK & FRST

ENGINE COOLING FAN MODULE :BROSE

MANUAL TRACKS:C. ROB. HAMMERSTEIN

CAMSHAFTS:THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA CAMSHAFTS

VACUUM PUMP:IXETIC

CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER:FTE AUTOMOTIVE

CLUTCH DISCS:LUK

TRANSMISSION SHAFTS:HIRSCHVOGEL AUTOMOTIVE

AXLE BUSHINGS:VIBRACOUSTIC

MANUAL SEAT RECLINER:KEIPER

DOOR PANELSRCHLING AUTOMOTIVE

STEERING WHEEL SWITCHES:PREH

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS:BLAUPUNKT

DOOR HINGES:EDSCHA

SIDE WINDOW GLASS:DURA

BEARINGS:FAG; NSK EUROPE

STRUT BEARINGS:INA

STEERING WHEEL AND DRIVER AIRBAG:TAKATA-PETRI

PISTONS:FEDERAL-MOGUL

SATELLITE RECEPTION SYSTEM:DELPHI

FUSE BOX:DRXLMAIER GROUP

EXTERIOR MIRRORS:VISIOCORP

MICROPHONES:PARAGON

PIPE FASTENERS AND PLUGS:TRW ENGINEERED FASTENERS & COMPONENTS

HVAC UNIT:VALEO

AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR:SANDEN

FUEL FILTER:MANN+HUMMEL

FRONT BRAKING PADS:HONEYWELL FRICTION MATERIALS

VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBO:HONEYWELL

UNDERBODY HEAT SHIELDS:LYDALL GERHARDI/THERMIQUE ACOUSTIQUE

PULLEYS AND FLEXPLATES:WINKELMANN POWERTRAIN COMPONENTS

WHEELS:BORBET GROUP; RONAL

REAR WINDSHIELD:SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT

CRASH IMPACT SOUND SENSOR:CONTINENTAL

LICENSE PLATE LAMP:CML INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

EPS TORQUE SENSOR:BOURNS SENSORS

TOWING SLEEVE:ALCOA FASTENING SYSTEMS

Car Cutaway

Suppliers wanted: If you are a supplier and have questions or want your information considered for our cutaway features, contact Steven Wingett at automotivenews@supplierbusiness.com or through www.supplierbusiness.com

Continental keeps Golf drivers safe with soundA number of German suppliers contribute key parts to the new Volks-wagen Golf. The car features a new Crash Impact Sound Sensing sys-tem from Continental. The system recognizes the sound of an impactand analyzes the data to determine if the airbags should be activated

and whether a one- or two-stage deployment is required. ZF Lenksys-teme provides the Golfs electric power steering and Rchling Automo-tive contributes the interior trim and door module carriers. Benecke-Kaliko provides artificial leather and expanded and soft foils for the pas-

senger compartment while Robert Boschs Blaupunkt unit and Conti-nental contribute to the cars infotainment features.

Steven Wingett

BYD aims to sell electric cars in developed marketsHenry Li, general manager of BYDAutos export division, says BYD has4,000 engineers working on hybrids,electric and other vehicles. He spoketo Automotive News China ReporterKevin Huang at the companys head-quarters in Shenzhen. BYD Auto is abusiness unit of Hong Kong-listedBYD Co.

What products is BYD Auto exporting?We sell gasoline cars to more than 20countries at present, mainly to Rus-

sia and countries inAfrica, the Middle Eastand South America. Weexported about 7,000cars last year, mainly theF3 compact sedan. Weexpect this years exportvolume to increase by 50percent to 70 percentyear-on-year.

Whats BYD Autos overall strategy foroversea markets?

We plan to sell conventional gasolinecars to developing countries andnew energy [plug-in hybrids and fullelectric] cars to the developed mar-

kets such as the US andEurope. We hope over-seas sales could makeup more than 50 per-cent of our annualsales, but we may need10 years to realize thistarget.

Whats your plan for Europe?Like our schedule for the US, we planto launch sales in Europe in 2010 or2011. We may choose some countries

such as Denmark and Portugal forpilot sales programs. We have signeda contract with the Hipogest Groupin Portugal to distribute our cars. Bythe way, we may launch sales in Is-rael in 2009.

How is BYD Autos r&d ability?We have about 4,000 automobile en-gineers, and the engineers from someother r&d departments of our parentcompany will also participate in thedevelopment of new cars. ANE

Q & A: Henry Li

We may choose some countriessuch as Denmark and Portugalfor pilot sales programs.

Henry Li

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