Articles from Automotive Design & Production (February 1, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A field guide to the North American International Auto Show: a sampling of some of the new products that will be--or may be--coming to a driveway near you.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		5460
Chrysler Group's approaches to Advanced Manufacturing Engineering: they're aggressive in their development of greater flexibility. They're working their capital equipment harder and longer. And they're counting on technology advances to make vehicle manufacturing even better.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1955
Creative expressions: Kip Wasenko's career moved him from Europe and Australia to Saturn, placed him at the leading edge of one of GM's most controversial design programs, and finds him in charge of its specialty and high-performance designs.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		936
Dealing with rollovers: deploying technology to mitigate the potential; Sensors, controls, chassis adjustments, and other means and methods can help prevent a leading cause of fatalities on the roads today: rollovers. Here's a look.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1177
Detroit regained.	Vasilash, Gary S.		581
Don't be afraid of failure.	Pollock, Ted		1557
Future tool: created at the University of Michigan with funding from the National Science Foundation, the Reconfigurable Machine Tool was designed for the needs of the auto industry, where it has yet to catch on.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		736
Glazed and diffused.	Whitfield, Kermit		564
Lotus' Versatile venture: Versatile Vehicle Architecture is Lotus Engineering's attempt to take platform sharing to the next level and allow automakers to make unique vehicles with high commonality and lower investment. If it succeeds, there could be a lot more funky low-volume vehicles in the marketplace.	Whitfield, Kermit		910
Of bread and circuses.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		612
Steeling plastics: having conquered interiors and trim parts, plastics are now making inroads into automotive structural components with the help of an unlikely ally--steel.	Whitfield, Kermit		1056
The auto suppliers' advantage.	Anderson, Melissa		931
What's new in automotive supply chains? Although technology is an enabler, better business practices are resulting in better supply chains these days. Here's a look.	Gould, Lawrence S.		1337