Batteries, tires and brake components, for example, wear out after only a few years.

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Then there is the London-based TI Group, the global leader in making the tiny copper tubes found in brake systems and refrigeration components.

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The components companies are not too happy with the new arrangement where they are forced to display their brake, transmission, engine and other components 20 kilometers away from the glitz surrounding the car models.

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Kailing not only makes all of its own components, it has also designed entire brake assemblies that it sells to original equipment manufacturers in China, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain and India.

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Toyota zeroed in on 174 key components, such as air bags, fuel pumps and brake systems.

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