<PAGE>   1
          AS FILED WITH THE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 19, 1996
                                                   REGISTRATION NO. 333-________

                       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                                 13-3386776
     -------------------------------       -----------------------------------
     (State or other jurisdiction of       (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     incorporation or organization)


               21557 Telegraph Road
               Southfield, Michigan                  48086-5008
     ----------------------------------------        ----------
     (Address of principal executive offices)        (zip code)

                                   
                Lear Corporation                    Lear Corporation
           Bargaining Hourly Umbrella            Non-Bargaining Hourly
             Retirement Savings Plan            Retirement Savings Plan


                           (Full title of the Plans)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             James H. Vandenberghe

                            Executive Vice President

                                Lear Corporation

                              21557 Telegraph Road

                        Southfield, Michigan 48086-5008
                        -------------------------------
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                               (810)  746-1500
          -----------------------------------------------------------
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

This Registration Statement shall become effective immediately upon filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, and sales of the registered securities
to participants in the 401(k) plans listed above will be effected pursuant to
purchases in the open market.

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
          -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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                                            PROPOSED MAXIMUM      PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF SECURITIES   AMOUNT TO BE          OFFERING PRICE PER    AGGREGATE OFFERING   AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED (1)  REGISTERED (1)        SHARE (2)             PRICE (2)            REGISTRATION FEE
<S>                   <C>                   <C>                   <C>                  <C>
Common Stock, $.01                                                
par value             200,000 shares        $35.8125              $7,162,500           $2,170.46
============================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1)  In addition, 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 employee benefit plans
     described herein.

(2)  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
     pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average high and low prices
     reported for shares of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
     Composite Tape on November 14, 1996, which was $35.8125.


<PAGE>   2


                                    PART I.

                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS


     The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participating employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.


                                    PART II


              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     Lear Corporation (the "Company"), Lear Corporation Bargaining Hourly
Umbrella Retirement Savings Plan (the "Bargaining Plan") and Lear Corporation
Non-Bargaining Hourly Retirement Savings Plan (the "Non-Bargaining Plan"; and
together with the Bargaining Plan, the "Plans") hereby incorporate the
following documents herein by reference:

     (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 31,
1995;

     (b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 30, 1996;

     (c) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
29, 1996;

     (d) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 28, 1996;

     (e) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 22, 1996;

     (f) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 27, 1996;

     (g) All other reports filed by the Company and the Plans pursuant to
Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), on or after December 31, 1995; and

     (h) The description of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value,
contained in the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-A/A filed on April 5, 1994, including any subsequent
amendment or any report or other filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") updating such description.

     In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company and the Plans
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

     Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.


<PAGE>   3



ITEM 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

          Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.   INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

          None.

ITEM 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

        The Company is a Delaware corporation.  Reference is made to Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the "GCL"), which provides
that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than
an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that
such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at its request in such capacity of another corporation or
business organization against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted
in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such
person's conduct was unlawful.  A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers
and directors in any action by or in the right of a corporation under the same
conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial
approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation.  Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must
indemnify him against the expenses (including attorneys' fees) that such
officer or director actually and reasonably incurred.

        Reference is also made to Section 102(b)(7) of the GCL, which permits a
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of
the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Section 174 of the GCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.

        The certificate of incorporation of the Company provides for the
elimination of personal liability of a director for breach of fiduciary duty as
permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the GCL and the by-laws of the Company provide
that the Company shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent
permitted by Section 145 of the GCL.

        The Company has directors and officers liability insurance that insures
the directors and officers of the Company against certain liabilities.  In
addition, Lehman Brothers Inc. has agreed to indemnify David P. Spalding, James
A. Stern and Alan H. Washkowitz, each being a director of the Company and an
officer or former officer of Lehman Brothers Inc., in connection with their
service as directors of the Company.


ITEM 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

        Not Applicable.


ITEM 8.    EXHIBITS

        A list of exhibits is set forth on the Index to Exhibits.

        The Company hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the
Plans and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a
timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order
to qualify the Plans under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.


<PAGE>   4

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

       (a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:

          (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
     made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to
     this Registration Statement:

               (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
          the Securities Act;

               (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
          after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most
          recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
          the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
          forth in this Registration Statement;

               (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
          plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
          Statement or any material change to such information in this
          Registration Statement;

     provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section
     do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form
     F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
     amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with
     or furnished to the SEC by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section
     15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
     Registration Statement.

          (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
     new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
     the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
     initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
     amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
     the termination of the offering.

     (b) The undersigned Company hereby further undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the annual report of the
employee benefit plans pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof. 

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<PAGE>   5


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company 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 19th day of November, 1996.

                                                   LEAR CORPORATION

                                                   By: /s/ Kenneth L. Way
                                                      -------------------------
                                                   Kenneth L. Way
                                                   Chairman of the Board and
                                                   Chief Executive Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Kenneth L. Way, Robert E. Rossiter and James H.
Vandenberghe 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, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.


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Signature                        Title                                                             Date     
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<S>                              <C>                                                               <C>
/s/ Kenneth L. Way               Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer                 November 19, 1996    
----------------------           (Principal Executive Officer)                                                           
Kenneth L. Way                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                         
/s/ Robert E. Rossiter           Director, President and Chief Operating Officer                   November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
Robert E. Rossiter                                                                                                       
                                                                                                   
/s/ James H. Vanderghe           Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial            November 19, 1996    
----------------------           Officer (Principal Financial and Principal Accounting                                   
James H. Vandenberghe            Officer)                                                                                
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                         
 /s/ Larry W. McCurdy            Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
Larry W. McCurdy                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
/s/ Gian Andrea Botta            Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
Gian Andrea Botta                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                         
/s/ Robert W. Shower             Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
Robert W. Shower                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
/s/ David P. Spalding            Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
David P. Spalding                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                         
/s/ James A. Stern               Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
James A. Stern                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                         
/s/ Alan H. Washkowitz           Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                    
Alan H. Washkowitz                                                                                                       
</TABLE>



<PAGE>   6


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, the
undersigned (or other persons who administer the Plans) have duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Southfield, Michigan on November 19,
1996.


                            LEAR CORPORATION  BARGAINING HOURLY
                            UMBRELLA RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                            By: Lear Corporation, as Plan
                                 Administrator 
                        
                            By: /s/ Joseph F. McCarthy
                                -------------------------------
                            Name: Joseph F. McCarthy
                           
                            Title: Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
                        
                        
                            LEAR CORPORATION NON-BARGAINING
                            HOURLY RETIREMENT SAVINGS
                            PLAN
                            By: Lear Corporation, as Plan
                                 Administrator 
                        
                            By: /s/ Joseph F. McCarthy
                                ---------------------------------
                            Name: Joseph F. McCarthy
                        
                            Title: Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

<PAGE>   7


                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER                               DESCRIPTION
-------                              -----------
<S>   <C>
4.1   Form of certificate for the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per
      share (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on
      Form S-8 (No. 33-55783) and incorporated herein by reference)

23.1  Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

23.2  Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP

24.1  Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)
</TABLE>
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1
          AS FILED WITH THE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 19, 1996
                                                   REGISTRATION NO. 333-________

                       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                                 13-3386776
     -------------------------------       -----------------------------------
     (State or other jurisdiction of       (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     incorporation or organization)

               21557 Telegraph Road
               Southfield, Michigan                  48086-5008
     ----------------------------------------        ----------
     (Address of principal executive offices)        (zip code)

                                   
                Lear Corporation                    Lear Corporation
           Bargaining Hourly Umbrella            Non-Bargaining Hourly
             Retirement Savings Plan            Retirement Savings Plan

                           (Full title of the Plans)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             James H. Vandenberghe

                            Executive Vice President

                                Lear Corporation

                              21557 Telegraph Road

                        Southfield, Michigan 48086-5008
                        -------------------------------
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                               (810)  746-1500
          -----------------------------------------------------------
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

This Registration Statement shall become effective immediately upon filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, and sales of the registered securities
to participants in the 401(k) plans listed above will be effected pursuant to
purchases in the open market.

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            PROPOSED MAXIMUM      PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF SECURITIES   AMOUNT TO BE          OFFERING PRICE PER    AGGREGATE OFFERING   AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED (1)  REGISTERED (1)        SHARE (2)             PRICE (2)            REGISTRATION FEE
Common Stock, $.01                                                
par value             200,000 shares        $35.8125              $7,162,500           $2,170.46
============================================================================================================
(1)  In addition, 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 employee benefit plans
     described herein.

(2)  Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
     pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average high and low prices
     reported for shares of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
     Composite Tape on November 14, 1996, which was $35.8125.
2

                                    PART I.

                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

     The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participating employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.

                                    PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     Lear Corporation (the "Company"), Lear Corporation Bargaining Hourly
Umbrella Retirement Savings Plan (the "Bargaining Plan") and Lear Corporation
Non-Bargaining Hourly Retirement Savings Plan (the "Non-Bargaining Plan"; and
together with the Bargaining Plan, the "Plans") hereby incorporate the
following documents herein by reference:

     (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 31,
1995;

     (b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 30, 1996;

     (c) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
29, 1996;

     (d) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 28, 1996;

     (e) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 22, 1996;

     (f) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 27, 1996;

     (g) All other reports filed by the Company and the Plans pursuant to
Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), on or after December 31, 1995; and

     (h) The description of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value,
contained in the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-A/A filed on April 5, 1994, including any subsequent
amendment or any report or other filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") updating such description.

     In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company and the Plans
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

     Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
3

ITEM 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

          Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.   INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

          None.

ITEM 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

        The Company is a Delaware corporation.  Reference is made to Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the "GCL"), which provides
that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than
an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that
such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at its request in such capacity of another corporation or
business organization against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted
in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such
person's conduct was unlawful.  A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers
and directors in any action by or in the right of a corporation under the same
conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial
approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation.  Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must
indemnify him against the expenses (including attorneys' fees) that such
officer or director actually and reasonably incurred.

        Reference is also made to Section 102(b)(7) of the GCL, which permits a
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of
the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Section 174 of the GCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.

        The certificate of incorporation of the Company provides for the
elimination of personal liability of a director for breach of fiduciary duty as
permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the GCL and the by-laws of the Company provide
that the Company shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent
permitted by Section 145 of the GCL.

        The Company has directors and officers liability insurance that insures
the directors and officers of the Company against certain liabilities.  In
addition, Lehman Brothers Inc. has agreed to indemnify David P. Spalding, James
A. Stern and Alan H. Washkowitz, each being a director of the Company and an
officer or former officer of Lehman Brothers Inc., in connection with their
service as directors of the Company.

ITEM 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

        Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.    EXHIBITS

        A list of exhibits is set forth on the Index to Exhibits.

        The Company hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the
Plans and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a
timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order
to qualify the Plans under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
4

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

       (a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:

          (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
     made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to
     this Registration Statement:

               (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
          the Securities Act;

               (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
          after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most
          recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
          the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
          forth in this Registration Statement;

               (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
          plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
          Statement or any material change to such information in this
          Registration Statement;

     provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section
     do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form
     F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
     amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with
     or furnished to the SEC by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section
     15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
     Registration Statement.

          (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
     new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
     the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
     initial bona fide offering thereof.

          (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
     amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
     the termination of the offering.

     (b) The undersigned Company hereby further undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the annual report of the
employee benefit plans pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof. 

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company 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 19th day of November, 1996.

                                                   LEAR CORPORATION

                                                   By: /s/ Kenneth L. Way
                                                      -------------------------
                                                   Kenneth L. Way
                                                   Chairman of the Board and
                                                   Chief Executive Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Kenneth L. Way, Robert E. Rossiter and James H.
Vandenberghe 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, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature                        Title                                                             Date     
---------                        ------                                                            -----
/s/ Kenneth L. Way               Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer                 November 19, 1996    
----------------------           (Principal Executive Officer)                                                           
Kenneth L. Way                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                         
/s/ Robert E. Rossiter           Director, President and Chief Operating Officer                   November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
Robert E. Rossiter                                                                                                       
                                                                                                   
/s/ James H. Vanderghe           Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial            November 19, 1996    
----------------------           Officer (Principal Financial and Principal Accounting                                   
James H. Vandenberghe            Officer)                                                                                
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                         
 /s/ Larry W. McCurdy            Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
Larry W. McCurdy                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
/s/ Gian Andrea Botta            Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
Gian Andrea Botta                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                         
/s/ Robert W. Shower             Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
Robert W. Shower                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         
/s/ David P. Spalding            Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
David P. Spalding                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                         
/s/ James A. Stern               Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                   
James A. Stern                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                         
/s/ Alan H. Washkowitz           Director                                                          November 19, 1996    
----------------------                                                                                                    
Alan H. Washkowitz
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     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, the
undersigned (or other persons who administer the Plans) have duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Southfield, Michigan on November 19,
1996.

                            LEAR CORPORATION  BARGAINING HOURLY
                            UMBRELLA RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                            By: Lear Corporation, as Plan
                                 Administrator 
                        
                            By: /s/ Joseph F. McCarthy
                                -------------------------------
                            Name: Joseph F. McCarthy
                           
                            Title: Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
                        
                        
                            LEAR CORPORATION NON-BARGAINING
                            HOURLY RETIREMENT SAVINGS
                            PLAN
                            By: Lear Corporation, as Plan
                                 Administrator 
                        
                            By: /s/ Joseph F. McCarthy
                                ---------------------------------
                            Name: Joseph F. McCarthy
                        
                            Title: Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER                               DESCRIPTION
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4.1   Form of certificate for the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per
      share (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on
      Form S-8 (No. 33-55783) and incorporated herein by reference)

23.1  Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

23.2  Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP

24.1  Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)