Automotive Design & Production

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Articles in Nov 2004 issue of Automotive Design & Production

• Send in the reserves
• Building them slow in Romeo
• Ford is fully flexed in flat rock: adding 2005 Mustang production to Auto Alliance International's flat rock facility took five years, lots of planning, and the belief that rear- and front-drive vehicles could be produced together on the same line
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Rapid prototyping: bigger & stronger; Once it was all about small, fragile parts. But now, models made with rapid prototyping equipment are not only sizable, but durable
  by Lawrence S. Gould
• Honda's downhill racer
• C6: the right materials in the right places
• Searching for God
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Laser light show
• Possibilities
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Juiced
• Fasten thin sheets
• How do you rate as a problem solver?
  by Ted Pollock
• Diminishing returns?
• Structural plastics first
• Connected
  by William Kimberley
• Inside the 2005 Mustang: combining a live axle, MacPherson struts, and a Lincoln base to build the 21st century's first pony car
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• A suppliers' guide to innovation
  by John Cleveland
• Freestyle and Five Hundred: Ford gets two for one
  by Kermit Whitfield
• Using vision in South America
• GM's got game: during a global product seminar in Fayence, France, GM executives laid out their common vision of how to use the corporation's massive size to competitive advantage
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Detroit's high performance plans
• Honda's third hybrid: the Accord
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Japanese Robots save U.S. jobs?
• Brian Nielander: soul man; His name may not be familiar, but Brian Nielander is having a dramatic impact on the design of Chrysler's concept vehicles
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• 2004 Ad
• Automotive lighting goes electronic: steady improvements in Light Emitting Diode technology promises to transform the electronic light sources from a bit part in vehicles to a dominant role
  by Kermit Whitfield
• The road ahead: Alcoa bets its latest business model eliminates OEM roadblocks to greater aluminum adoption
  by Christopher A. Sawyer