In 2002, Lear was awarded total interior responsibility to work with GM to jointly design, source and engineer the interiors for a pair of the automaker's 2006-model luxury cars. The project involves an unprecedented level of teamwork and cooperation between GM and Lear.

Involvement in the early stages of the program allowed Lear to interface with the vehicles as a whole as it worked hand-in-hand with GM's engineering and program teams over the past three years to provide critical input for the content, design and production processes that were selected for these vehicles.

Lear will provide approximately 80 percent of the interior content for the program and will also integrate components from other suppliers. In addition to the interior content, Lear also supplies 100 percent of the wire harness and bussed electrical centers. In total, more than 1,500 part numbers will be supplied in five colors sequenced from various Lear-controlled distribution centers.