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Continental AG and Schaeffler Group are starting to see the powertrain synergies that were promised after Schaeffler's hostile bid for its larger rival in 2008.
Schaeffler, which controls 49.9 percent of Continental's shares, will build Continental's first turbocharger.
This is the first time Schaeffler, a maker of clutches and bearings, will make a turbocharger. But the company was responsible for the bearings in the turbocharger used in the specially equipped Volkswagen Touareg that won the Dakar Rally last month.
Continental and Schaeffler said production of the turbo will start in the third quarter of 201 1. The part will be fitted on a mass-market car made on a European vehicle platform, Continental said without providing more details.