Fruit Flies and Lawyers.(Column)
AutoWeek, July, 2006
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Byline: Steve Thompson Like most car guys, you can probably look at any vehicle and see what lies beneath its skin. Using the special X-ray vision acquired only by long and impassioned study of engineering, vehicle by vehicle, you can see into and understand active suspension, turbocharging, direct injection, electric power steering, computerized engine controllers, hydroforming, ABS, ASC, TC, and much else incomprehensible to those for whom a car is style, status, transportation and nothing more.
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