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Exhibit 22.   Subsidiaries of Echlin Inc. (indirect subsidiaries are indented)
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                                            State or Jurisdiction        Percentage of
Name                                        Where Organized              Securities Owned
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<S>                                         <C>                          <C>
 
Ace Electric Company, Inc.                       Missouri                      100      
American Electronic Components, Inc.             Delaware                      100      
Automotive Brake Company Inc.                    Delaware                      100      
  Brake Parts Inc.                               Delaware                      100      
  Friction Inc.                                  Delaware                      100      
  Hydraulics Inc.                                Delaware                      100      
Automotive Controls Corp.                        Connecticut                   100      
Automotive Motion Technology                     England                        51      
Beck/Arnley Worldparts Corp.                     Delaware                      100      
Blackstone Manufacturing Co., Inc.               Illinois                      100      
British Filters Limited                          England                       100      
BWD Automotive Corporation                       Delaware                      100      
Echlin Argentina S.A.                            Argentina                     100      
Echlin Asset Funding Corp.                       Connecticut                   100      
Echlin Australia (Pty.) Ltd.                     Australia                     100      
Echlin (Bermuda) Ltd.                            Bermuda                        99      
Echlin Canada Inc.                               Canada                        100      
  Brake Parts Canada Inc.                        Ontario                       100      
  Distex Ind. Inc.                               Ontario                       100      
  Neelon Casting Ltd.                            Ontario                       100      
  Long Manufacturing Ltd.                        Ontario                       100      
Echlin Charger Mfg. Co. (Pty.) Ltd.              South Africa                   92      
Echlin China Limited                             Hong Kong                     100      
  Ai Che Distribution Co. Ltd.                   China                          80      
Echlin Dominicana, S.A.                          Dominican Republic            100      
Echlin Europe Holding Limited                    England                       100      
  Echlin (Southern) Holding Limited              England                       100      
    Echlin Europe Limited                        England                       100      
      Grau Limited                               England                       100      
      Midland-Grau S.A.                          Spain                         100      
      Hobourn Automotive Limited                 England                       100      
      Lipe Limited                               England                       100      
      Preferred Technical Group.                                                       
        CHA Limited                              England                       100      
      Echlin Europe (Heavy Duty)                                                       
        Holding Limited                          England                       100      
      Quinton Hazell plc                         England                       100      
        Motaproducts Automotive Limited          England                       100      
        Quinton Hazell Holdings Espana, S.A.     England                       100      
          La Industrial Plastica Y                                                        
          Metalurgica, S.A.                      Spain                         100      
Echlin Holding Deutschland GmbH                  Germany                       100      
  Echlin Grundstucksverwaltung                                                         
    (Deutschland) GmbH                           Germany                       100      
  FTE Automotive GmbH                            Germany                       100      
  Echlin India Private Limited                   India                          50      
  Move Brems - und Kupplungsschlauch GmbH        Germany                       100      
Echlin International, V.I., Inc.                 Virgin Islands                100      
Echlin-Ponce, Inc.                               Delaware                      100      
Echlin Taiwan Ltd.                               Taiwan                        100      
Emboabas Industria e Comercio Limitada           Brazil                        100      
  Echlin do Brasil S.A.                          Brazil                        100      
Grau GmbH                                        Germany                       100      
Grupo Echlin Automotriz, S.A. de C.V.            Mexico                        100      
  Frenos Lusac, S.A. de C.V.                     Mexico                        100      
  Itapsa, S.A. de C.V.                           Mexico                        100      
  Balatas American Brakeblok, S.A. de C.V.       Mexico                        100      
  Echlin Comercial, S.A. de C.V.                 Mexico                        100      
  Inversiones Echlin, S.A. de C.V.               Mexico                        100      
  Long de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.                   Mexico                        100      
  Producciones Automotrices, S.A. de C.V.        Mexico                        100      
  Echlin Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.                  Mexico                        100      
Integrated Technologies Group, Inc.              Connecticut                   100      
Inversora Sabana, S.A.                           Venezuela                     100      
  Echlin de Venezuela, C.A.                      Venezuela                     100      
      Echlin de Colombia, Ltda.                  Colombia                      100      
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Exhibit 22.   Subsidiaries of Echlin Inc. (continued)

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                                            State or Jurisdiction        Percentage of
Name                                        Where Organized              Securities Owned
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<S>                                              <C>                     <C>
Iroquois Tool Systems, Inc.                      Pennsylvania                  100   
Long USA Inc.                                    Delaware                      100   
  Long Cooling Systems Inc.                      Delaware                      100   
  Long Automotive, Inc.                          Texas                         100   
Midland Brake, Inc.                              Delaware                      100   
Moto Mirror Inc.                                 Texas                         100   
Mr. Gasket, Inc.                                 Delaware                      100   
Nobel Plastiques S.A.                            France                        100   
  Nobel Plastiques Iberica S.A.                  Spain                         100   
  Nobel Plastiques Climatisation S.A.            Spain                          65   
Pacer Industries, Inc.                           Missouri                      100   
  Balatas American Brakebloks, S.A. de C.V.      Mexico                        100   
Prattville Mfg., Inc.                            Delaware                      100   
Preferred Technical Group International, Inc.    Delaware                      100   
  Multitech - PTG, Inc.                          Delaware                      100   
  Preferred Technical Group, Inc.                Delaware                      100   
Ristance Corporation                             Indiana                       100   
  Echlin de Saltillo, S.A. de C.V.               Mexico                        100   
Sierra International Inc.                        Illinois                      100   
T. J. Filters Limited                            England                       100   
Tekonsha Engineering Company                     Michigan                      100   
Theodore Bargman Co.                             Michigan                      100   
United Brake Systems Inc.                        Delaware                      100   
WAWD-EAP Automotive Products, Inc.               Delaware                      100   
3125025 Canada Inc.                              Canada                        100   
 
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