Automotive Design & Production

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Articles in June 2007 issue of Automotive Design & Production

• Thriving in complexity: your future customers aren't going to be happy with limited choices
  by Laurie Harbour-Felax
• Nissan's alphabet soup
• Submicron bore sizing
• A view from the inside: "good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended,"—industrial designer Raymond Loewy
  by Kevin M. Kelly
• Andersson on competitiveness
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Laser diode array
• Sounds like teen spirit
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Bringing the xB: Jin Kim has had his hand in the design of several vehicles of late, with the hottest being played out in the second-gen Scion xB
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Triaxial accelerometers for dummies
• Slouching is in
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Nissan goes green, too
  by Kevin M. Kelly
• Ford's approach to color: yes, there's black. But there's a whole lot more. And with good reason
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Vision system
• BMW's M3 adds power and pistons
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• The Lexus LS 600H L: not just another production car; It's the world's first V8 hybrid with all-wheel drive. And with the Lexus RX 400 h being the first, the Lexus GS 450h the second, it is the third production luxury hybrid on the planet
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Rearview mirror with LCD display
• Advanced sensing
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Motoman's new SSA2000 robot: faster welding—same price
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Soldering Robot
• Fuel for thought
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Nissan's tuner-ready Sentra
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Diet drinks, apple, and George Romney: it isn't a jeopardy category, but rather a prescription to fix what ails Detroit
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Think again: what you know and what you do may not be enough to be competitive
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Software improves race engine development
• "Steel origami": the BMW 3 Series
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Learning from the mouse
  by Kevin M. Kelly
• Thar's gold in them … catalysts?
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Digital mock-up grows up: digital mock-up tools sit nicely between heavy-weight, complex CAD systems and lightweight CAD viewers. Every automotive enterprise should have one of these tools. And in time, will have one
  by Lawrence S. Gould
• Audi's approach to electronics: there will be more electronics content in Audis—from making cars easier to drive to a means to access entertainment
  by William Kimberley
• Low-cost vision sensor
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Seat bearing assemblies