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As the automotive interior life span targets the 10 year durability benchmark, and post consumer recycling continues to be a critical environmental concern, the use of dissimilar materials has become increasingly challenging. Different initial and long term color effects, and the introduction of passive restraint's changes to energy management options has raised the interior requirements benchmark. With the multiple process capability and diverse physical property characteristics of vinyl, interior skins/substrates and support structures made from vinyl can reach longer term cost, performance, and environmental goals.