Automotive Design & Production

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Articles in March 2007 issue of Automotive Design & Production

• The resurrection of Saturn: what it learned here should help GM as it tries to revive its other divisions
  by Kim Korth
• Designing Audis: Stefan Sielaff and his staff of designers at Audi are working to fulfill the company's credo, "Vorsprung durch Technik" both inside and out
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Taking the lead: understanding how best to procure and engineer a product creates synergies that go straight to the bottom line
  by Axel Schmidt
• Ford: the way beyond 2000; Ford is changing—again. But this time, things are different
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Does Detroit matter? : the domestic OEMs may have caused some of their problems, but shouldn't the rest of the country care?
  by Laurie Harbour-Felax
• Search by shape: new CAD-independent search engines automatically code and classify shapes for quick retrieval
  by Lawrence S. Gould
• Notable; Viewing the North American international Auto Show: sheet metal for today & tomorrow
• Inert atmosphere furnace
• Designing a masterpiece: the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe isn't just a car. It is, in chief designer Ian Cameron's words, "The best-possible car."
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Seeing clearly
• Steel improves C-Class structure: Mercedes engineers turned to new steel alloys to make the 2008 C-Class safer, stronger and lightweight
  by Kevin M. Kelly
• Machining probing system
• New secondary air pump
• Cosma cuts weight & cost & improves the ride: Cosma thinks it has a new, less expensive way to manufacture body, chassis and suspension components, along with new thinking on how to configure truck suspensions
  by Kevin M. Kelly
• More than just a fob
• Metaldyne: engineering a better suspension; Metaldyne is seeking to change the world of front vehicle suspensions with the advent of a system that reduces weight, improves ride and requires fewer parts to manufacture
  by Kevin M. Kelly
• Small prox sensors
• Give private equity a chance: Wall Street has had more than enough time to help influence the supplier turnaround. Now it's time to give someone else a chance
  by Kevin M. Kelly
• Torque vectoring goes modular: Ricardo builds a lighter, smaller, less costly torque vectoring differential unit
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Mini-Z
• Engineering better steel barriers: protecting drivers and passengers is not just a function of making safer cars. Engineering safer road barriers matters, too
  by William Kimberley
• Getting Nissan quality right from the start: Nissan's chief product planner talks about infusing quality into the product before it's made, the importance of a consistent "feel" and the limits of platform sharing
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Global [begin strikethrough]cooling[end strikethrough] warming: the politically correct "debate" concerning climate change is about as insightful, useful, and benign as a Soviet show trial
  by Christopher A. Sawyer