Automotive Design & Production

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Articles in Jan 2007 issue of Automotive Design & Production

• Racing toward second-generation diesel
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Light leak tester
• The design imperative: how GM designers are improving the company's product both inside and out
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Laser cutting system
• J Mays & the importance of the story: emotional but rational. Artistic but bottom-line oriented. Yes, being a car designer is something that takes varying point of views, as J Mays explains
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Be resolute: this could be a year of slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Or a time when you resolve to succeed
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Gauge for resistance welding
• Safer is better: City Safety helps avoid or reduce the consequences of a collision by automatically activating the car's brakes and reducing the throttle
  by William Kimberley
• The software connection: fault-tolerant microkernel software and modules will increase the functionality, capabilities, and expandability of automotive infotainment systems says QNX
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Another wreck in Motown: to call Chrysler out of the game is a bit premature, but that doesn't mitigate the need for fundamental change
  by Kevin M. Kelly
• Remembering my father: there are times parents give advice you both know you will ignore. This was one of those times
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• How real estate can help competitiveness: better to work with a developer-advisor who will be confidential, and who can look at different visions for your assets
  by Phil Biggs
• Lasers aid fuel cell development: developments are speeding up in fuel cells—including laser process technology
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Integrating improvement efforts
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• The low-cost car challenge: the question for OEMs is not how many low-cost cars they can sell, but rather, how can they sell them profitably?
  by Wim van Acker
• Air-powered spindle
• Diesel hybrid-electric drive
• Detroit's shifting fortunes: Detroit needs to make adjustments to what it builds and how it does it—fast
  by Laurie Harbour-Felax
• TRW wheel airbags stay put
• Soy oil for "greener" interior foam
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• L.A.: cars, crossovers & concepts
• Ultrasonic flaw detector
• Know EN?
• Bagged, tagged, and tracked
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Breathing life into an engine icon
  by Kevin M. Kelly
• Ford goes green—with beige & other fabric colors
• Integrating the manufacturing enterprise: enterprise resource planning vendors have been very, very busy with acquisitions, new modules, and integrations. Here's a snapshot of some new developments
  by Lawrence S. Gould