Automotive Design & Production

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Articles in Sept 2005 issue of Automotive Design & Production

• "Our product isn't robots or solutions. It's customer satisfaction."
  by Craig Jennings
• Looking @ the 2006 Cadillac DTS
• Machining: tools for the trade
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Hau Thai-Tang: searching for synergy; As the 2005 Mustang's chief engineer he hit the automotive radar screen. In his new job, he has to merge the needs of Advanced Product Creation and SVT
  by Christopher Sawyer, A.
• The have-it-all hybrid
• Pontiac's bright light creating the Solstice: the executives at General Motors have been talking about building "gotta have" products for the past few years. The Pontiac Solstice is among the few that actually deserves that appellation
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Caliber foundation for new Chrysler powertrains
• Rapid prototyping: rapid, colorful, real, and coming to a desk near you
  by Lawrence S. Gould
• Executing GM's massive IT updates
• Me too!
  by Christopher A. Sawyer
• Take away: seven habits of successful suppliers
• The summer of Toyota
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Ford's new expeditionary force
• Mercedes R-Class seems familiar
  by Kevin M. Kelly
• Mixing government and manufacturing
  by Kevin M. Kelly
• Cowboy in name only
• Looking @ the 2005 Mazdas
• European suppliers—under the microscope and under the knife
  by Melissa Anderson
• Take away: how to go "HI-PO"
• Stronger, quieter interior panels
• Engineering engine advances
  by William Kimberley
• The undervalued resource
• Peter Horbury: changing the face of Ford; As the executive director of Design for Ford's North American marques, Peter Horbury is working to provide a distinctively American look to the Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brands. And he happens to be a Brit
  by Gary S. Vasilash
• Beyond the keiretsu
  by Akio Okamura
• Laser labeling for VINs