Magna's tight links to Daimler-Benz may well cause BMW to pull its long-standing drive-train work from Steyr.

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Steyr will get a lot of outsourced Mercedes business after the Chrysler merger.

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With his fiercely capitalistic ways, Stronach will have some problems absorbing Steyr.

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Austria has strong socialist traditions, and the Steyr people are used to a state-run shop with a guaranteed salary, not Stronach's low salary plus bonus.

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