Automotive Design & Production

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Articles in Jan 2004 issue of Automotive Design & Production

• Beware of Cadillac - WIP
• American heritage: it's the one thing the domestic automakers have that their competitors don't. If properly used, it can spark the imagination of buyers, and erect an impenetrable barrier against foreign competitors - On Cars
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Serious profiler for deeper tasks - WIP - Brief Article
• Creating the inviting interior: Bill Fluharty, vice president of Industrial Design at Johnson Controls, not surprisingly thinks that the focus on automotive interiors is well overdue. Some of the drivers for this change of perspective may be surprising -
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• The pursuit of passion: with few exceptions, vehicle manufacturers don't do a great job of creating products that people actually desire - Marginal
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Chrysler's cranking up quality - WIP
• The powertrain scene circa today [with a glimpse at the not-too-distant tomorrow]: in which Peter Brown of Ricardo—an engineering consultancy that's worked on projects from the Hummer H2 to the HEMI to powertrains that they've taken a vow of silence
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Toward better communications - On the Management Side
  by Ted Pollock
• Overhead space: the final frontier - WIP
• Conventional engines: not dead yet; Fuel cells and hydrogen may get all of the headlines, but gas and diesel internal combustion engines have a lot left to offer - Supply Side
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Why Japanese OEMs do so well—& what Detroit can do to regain market - Insight
  by Kim Korth
• Shop floor CMM - WIP - Brief Article
• How EGA makes better dies; Honda Engineering North America has developed a recipe for making inexpensive dies that can produce complex panels: start with digital prototyping, stir in simulations and add a dollop of creative frugality - EGA - Equipment &
  by Kermit Whitfield
• Cherry goes out on top - WIP
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Climbing the lighting ladder - WIP - Brief Article
• The frame of the future? Revised safety standards, tighter fuel economy requirements, and cost pressures are forcing wholesale change to current light truck body-on-frame designs. The Auto/Steel Partnership's Lightweight SUV Frame project has a strong con
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Thinking to success - WIP
• Less than 5, but not by much: BMW's latest SUV borrows many of its underpinnings from the 3 Series, but comes close to the X5 in most dimensions - On Cars
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• The six-hour car: how IT can help make it happen; Although there are certainly a number of information technology systems available, right now, the automotive supply chain is still tangled when it comes to passing information from OEMs to Tier X. Pamela
  by Lawrence S. Gould
• Sounds like teen spirit - WIP - Brief Article
• Cadillac's brute finesse: stuffing an oversize engine into a small, light platform may be an American hot rodder's dream, but it takes skill to be a player in the sport sedan market - On Cars
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Can twin discs stop close shaves? - Parts Bin
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Tuner temptation at Visteon? - WIP - Brief Article
• Ram SRT-10: just try to wipe that stupid grin off of your face - On Cars - Cover Story
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• District sales offices
• From digital to metal - not what you think - WIP
• Durango: designing, engineering & producing a better SUV; Chrysler Group is taking the opportunity with its second-generation Durango to create a product that has all of the fundamentals right so that it can be competitive in a marketplace that has more t
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Healthy innovation: "the time to innovate is when you are healthy, not when you're lying at death's door." - Dudder
  by Christopher A. Sawyer