Automotive Industries

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Articles in Dec 2004 issue of Automotive Industries

• Looking ahead: the ITC World Congress in Japan offers a glimpse of the future vision in automotive electronics
• Sheet metal stamping simulation software
• Timken to receive payment under U.S. trade law
• Diesel advocate: DaimlerChrysler's Prof. Kohler argues for diesels over hybrids and lays out his views on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
  by John McCormick
• Put the alcohol in the cars, not the drivers
  by John Peter
• Do I have to be flexible? The drivers for flexible manufacturing in the supply base may not be what you think
  by Jason C. Brewer
• Somewhere over the rainbow: automotive coatings manufacturer BASF helps designers add new color to the future of the automobile
  by John Peter
• Pneumatic tractor
• Dunlop expands product line to cater to tuners
• New directions in design
  by Gary Witzenburg
• Losing relevance at the retail level
  by Maryann Keller
• Real-time interface
• Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge add to dealer's credit evaluation system with RouteOne
• 2005 Volvo V50 T5
  by Gary Witzenburg
• Design software
• Mitsubishi materials establishes subsidiary in Shanghai
• Dateline
• Blind threaded inserts
• Doing it yourself
  by Doug Milliken
• Italian love affair: why Italians love their cars, so long as they are small
  by Anthony Lewis
• A new domestic policy: GM gears up to be a major player in what will someday be the world's largest auto market
  by John Peter
• Resistor
• Buy American, not domestic
  by Joseph J. Neff
• Portable electronics threaten embedded electronics
  by Paul Hansen
• GM's new midivans
  by Gary Witzenburg
• Torque flange sensor
• Heavy carbon
  by Dan Rucker
• Pickups aplenty: gobs of product and money are stirring up the compact pickup segment
  by Ray Windecker
• Korean cowpoke
  by Gary Witzenburg
• Gas cylinder scale
• Correction
• The Caldron of cool: drenched with cultural diversity and clamoring for individuality, Southern California's influences on automobiles are manifold
  by Rob Wilson
• Powered by VQ
  by Rich Wilson
• Contamination monitors
• 2004 VW Passat TDI
  by John Peter
• 2005 M-Benz CLK55 AMG
  by Gary Witzenburg
• East meets green: Michelin takes its Challenge Bibendum clean car road show to the world's fastest growing automotive market
  by John Peter
• Back to basics: start with dirt
  by Rob Wilson
• A case for resonant inspection: Quasar International offers a new approach in non-destructive testing of automotive castings
  by Brent Haight
• TPE cords
• The internal combustion engine's last hurrah: Homogeneous-charge compression-ignition may be the answer
  by Don Sherman
• From dials to digits: to increase user friendliness and driver-vehicle interaction, instrument cluster displays must integrate more information into the same space and do so with high-intensity color, clarity and flair
  by Carla Kalogeridis