Automotive Design & Production

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Articles in Oct 2004 issue of Automotive Design & Production

• Folding money: Mini drops its top; Available across the line for an extra 4,500, the Mini Convertible aims to set the standard in the premium compact convertible segment
• The what & how of being the '05 Jeep Grand Cherokee: staying true to a pedigree is something that Jeep engineers—and executives—take seriously. Very seriously
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Nissan's platform play
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• The new Honda Odyssey: beyond the mom-mobile? Honda shoots for a revolution with its updated benchmark minivan
  by Kermit Whitfield
• A clean, green, mean engine: the engineers at Ricardo are working on an engine that gives a four cylinder the power and smoothness of an eight by changing from a four-stroke to a two-stroke on demand
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• High-performance testing from Cosworth Technology—and you thought they only built engines
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Pardon the disruption
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Who needs paint? Automakers have long dreamed of building assembly plants that don't need expensive, emissions-intensive paint shops. With plastic film technologies maturing quickly that dream may soon be within reach
  by Kermit Whitfield
• The importance of being positive
  by Ted Pollock
• The trends in CFD are continuous, dynamic, and real: a variety of new computational fluid dynamics software packages are just a mouse click away for part and product designers—with a lot more capability to boot!
  by Lawrence S. Gould
• The view from Bosch: China, diesels, hybrids, & more
  by William Kimberley
• Detroit's socialists
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• The new realities of demand & supply
  by Kim Korth