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Articles in Sept, 2003 issue of Automotive Design & Production

• Toro!
• Wiring the tires
  by Kermit Whitfield
• Suppliers' roles in diversity development
  by Melissa Anderson
• NPE: toward the plastic car
• By design
• Nissan takes on trucks
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• How well organized are you?
  by Ted Pollock
• 42-volt hangs by a wire
• Bad things. Small packages
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• What's next for NX?
• Almost famous: magnesium: although there are several applications of magnesium on high-visibility and high-volume vehicles, compared to even aluminum, the applications of the material still remains low. One reason: lack of awareness
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Choices
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Seeing clearly
• At your fingertips
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Nissan's fleet comes in: true, the styling is a little unorthodox, but Nissan's Pathfinder Armada doesn't follow the crowd. A true full-size SUV, it's almost as big as the great outdoors
• Fuel cells, C[O.sub.2] & composite supercars: the scene in Stuttgart: German automakers probably debut more cutting edge technology than any of their competitors and the legendary region of Stuttgart, home to both DaimlerChrysler and Porshce, is at th
• The quick-fix myth
  by Martin Piszczalski
• Keeping it cool in Arkansas
• Takes the heat
• Sound welds in aluminum: the ultrasonic approach: Ford researchers are working on a project that could allow aluminum body structures to be assembled comparatively economically through the use of ultrasonic energy
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• BMW 5 gets eight antennas
• Moving from 2D to 3D for about the price of 2D: buy Autodesk Inventor Series, the solids modeler, and get Autodesk's 2D packages basically for free
  by Lawrence S. Gould