Automotive Design & Production

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Articles in Feb 2006 issue of Automotive Design & Production

• Transmission considerations: beyond the manual gearbox
  by William Kimberley
• Ford making tracs for Thailand
• Looking at the FJ Cruiser: with its round headlights and white top , some people may find the 2007 FJ Cruiser to be, well, cute. That it may be. But it is also said to be the most capable 4X4 that Toyota is building, so it has trail cred in spades
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• A different view: accepted vision sensors have a new competitor: an inexpensive silicon-based 3D vision chip
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• From Kano models to bulls-eyes: Hau Thai-Tang on product development: Ford's director of advance product creation talks about how they're developing products with a distinct focus on surprising and delighting customers
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Solving problem solving: this problem-solving tool scans the world for possible solutions to not only bring new ideas to the table, but to help solve problems faster
  by Lawrence S. Gould
• OnStar: 10 years after
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• When …?
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• "Purpose beyond reason"
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Where's Washington?
  by Kevin M. Kelly