As filed with the Commission on November 3, 2006

Registration No. 333-          

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

LEAR CORPORATION

(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		13-3386776 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
21557 Telegraph Road Southfield, Michigan (Address of principal executive offices)		48086-50085 (zip code)

Lear Corporation Hourly Retirement Savings Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

Daniel A. Ninivaggi
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Lear Corporation
21557 Telegraph Road
Southfield, Michigan 48034

(Name and address of agent for service)

(248) 447-1500

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of

Proposed maximum

securities to be

Amount to be

offering price per

Proposed maximum

Amount of

registered (1)

registered (1)(2)

share (3)

offering price (3)

registration fee

Common Stock, $.01 par value

500,000 shares

$

30.205

$

15,102,500

$

1,616

(1)		Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Lear Corporation Hourly Retirement Savings Plan.
(2)		Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, which may be offered pursuant to the Lear Corporation Hourly Retirement Savings Plan as a result of stock splits, stock dividends and certain other events.
(3)		Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average high and low prices reported for shares on the New Stock Exchange Composite Tape on October 30, 2006, which was $30.205.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

     Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement registers an additional 500,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01, of Lear Corporation that may be awarded under the Lear Corporation Hourly Retirement Savings Plan (f/k/a the Lear Corporation Non-Bargaining Hourly Retirement Savings Plan and the Lear Corporation Bargaining Hourly Retirement Savings Plan). Registration Statement No. 333-16415, as filed on November 19, 1996, registered 200,000 shares of common stock to be issued under two plans: (1) the Lear Corporation Non-Bargaining Hourly Retirement Savings Plan and (2) the Lear Corporation Bargaining Hourly Retirement Savings Plan. Effective as of January 1, 2000, the two plans originally listed on Registration Statement No. 333-16415 were merged to form the Lear Corporation Hourly Retirement Savings Plan. Registration Statement No. 333-94787, as filed on January 18, 2000, and Registration Statement No. 333-108882, as filed on September 17, 2003, registered an additional 300,000 and 500,000 shares of common stock, respectively, to be issued under the Lear Corporation Hourly Retirement Savings Plan. With this Registration Statement, Lear Corporation registers an additional 500,000 shares of additional common stock to be issued under the Lear Corporation Hourly Retirement Savings Plan.

PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, as filed on November 19, 1996, Reg. No. 333-16415 are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

Item 8. Exhibits

Exhibit
Number				Description
	23.1			Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
	24.1			Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Lear Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Southfield, Michigan, on the 3rd day of November, 2006.

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James H. Vandenberghe and Daniel A. Ninivaggi and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Robert E. Rossiter   Robert E. Rossiter		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Director (Principal Executive Officer)		November 3, 2006
/s/ James H. Vandenberghe   James H. Vandenberghe		Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, Director (Principal Financial Officer)		November 3, 2006
/s/ Matthew J. Simoncini   Matthew J. Simoncini		Senior Vice President, Operational Finance (Principal Accounting Officer)		November 3, 2006
/s/ David E. Fry   David E. Fry		Director		November 3, 2006
/s/ Conrad L. Mallett, Jr.   Conrad L. Mallett, Jr.		Director		November 3, 2006
/s/ Larry W. McCurdy   Larry W. McCurdy		Director		November 3, 2006
/s/ Roy E. Parrott   Roy E. Parrott		Director		November 3, 2006
/s/ David P. Spalding   David P. Spalding		Director		November 3, 2006
/s/ James A. Stern   James A. Stern		Director		November 3, 2006
/s/ Henry D.G. Wallace   Henry D.G. Wallace		Director		November 3, 2006
/s/ Richard F. Wallman   Richard F. Wallman		Director		November 3, 2006

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Southfield, Michigan on November 3, 2006.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number				Description
	23.1			Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
	24.1			Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)

EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Lear Corporation Hourly Retirement Savings Plan the incorporation by reference therein of our reports (a) dated March 6, 2006, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Lear Corporation, Lear Corporation management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Lear Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) and (b) dated June 9, 2006, with respect to the financial statements and schedules of the Lear Corporation Hourly Retirement Savings Plan included in the Plan’s Annual Report (Form 11-K), both for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Troy, Michigan
November 2, 2006