Haldex's new innovative electro hydraulic differential lock, Haldex FXD, debuts in the Volkswagen Scirocco #116 at the 24-hour Nürburgring Race

Haldex's new innovative electro hydraulic differential lock, Haldex FXD, debuts
in the Volkswagen Scirocco #116 at the 24-hour Nürburgring Race

Volkswagen chose to test the new electro hydraulic differential lock from Haldex
under the toughest conditions in one of its three racing Sciroccos that VW
Motorsport entered on the 24-Hour Nürburgring race on May 15 - 16 

The Volkswagen Scirocco #116 with the Haldex FXD (Front Xross Drive) was driven
by Volkswagen's Management Board Member for Technical Development, Dr Ulrich
Hackenberg and the Head of Chassis Development of the Volkswagen Brand, Prof Dr
Stefan Gies, as well as Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Manager of auto motor und
sport Bernd Ostmann and senior sports editor of the Swiss automotive weekly
Automobil Revue Peter Wyss.

"Motorsport and production car development have always inspired each other,”
said Dr Ulrich Hackenberg before the race. "An electro-hydraulic differential
lock has enormous advantages compared with conventional versions. Now we want to
prove the potential of this technology in the world's toughest circuit race.”
 
The electronically controlled lock combines the positive effect of a
conventional differential lock with the advantages of an active, controllable
system. This provides the benefits of more forgiving handling and less severe
understeer.

The Haldex FXD prototype caused no technical down time and showed no signs of
fatigue during the entire 24-hour race. It will now be thoroughly examined in
Haldex's development center in Landskrona, Sweden.

“The innovative electro hydraulic differential lock is part of our modular
concept and all the essential parts are the same as in the Haldex Generation V
All-Wheel-Drive coupling that will be supplied to customers for serial
production starting in 2012,” says Ulf Ahlén, Head of the Traction Systems
Division.

Haldex currently supplies several of the major OEMs, Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda,
Seat, Volvo, Ford Motor Company, Land Rover and General Motors with proprietary
and advanced systems and solutions for All-Wheel-Drive system.

For further information, please contact: 
Joakim Olsson, President and CEO, Tel: +46 (0)8-545 049 52 or
Ulf Ahlén, Head of Traction Systems, Tel: +46 (0)418-47 65 31


Haldex (www.haldex.com), headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is a provider of
proprietary and innovative solutions to the global vehicle industry, with focus
on products in vehicles that enhance safety, environment and vehicle dynamics.
Haldex is listed on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Stock Exchange and had net sales of
nearly 5.5 billion SEK in 2009. The number of employees amounts to about 4,000.