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

Title	Author	Type	Words
American heritage: it's the one thing the domestic automakers have that their competitors don't. If properly used, it can spark the imagination of buyers, and erect an impenetrable barrier against foreign competitors.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		1234
Beware of Cadillac.			386
Cadillac's brute finesse: stuffing an oversize engine into a small, light platform may be an American hot rodder's dream, but it takes skill to be a player in the sport sedan market.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		1249
Can twin discs stop close shaves?	Sawyer, Christopher A.		490
Cherry goes out on top.	Vasilash, Gary S.		753
Chrysler's cranking up quality.			624
Climbing the lighting ladder.		Brief Article	223
Conventional engines: not dead yet; Fuel cells and hydrogen may get all of the headlines, but gas and diesel internal combustion engines have a lot left to offer.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		640
Creating the inviting interior: Bill Fluharty, vice president of Industrial Design at Johnson Controls, not surprisingly thinks that the focus on automotive interiors is well overdue. Some of the drivers for this change of perspective may be surprising.	Vasilash, Gary S.		811
District sales offices.		Brief Article	240
Durango: designing, engineering & producing a better SUV; Chrysler Group is taking the opportunity with its second-generation Durango to create a product that has all of the fundamentals right so that it can be competitive in a marketplace that has more than its share of contenders.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1752
From digital to metal (not what you think).		Brief Article	182
Healthy innovation: "the time to innovate is when you are healthy, not when you're lying at death's door.".	Sawyer, Christopher A.		575
How EGA makes better dies; Honda Engineering North America (EGA) has developed a recipe for making inexpensive dies that can produce complex panels: start with digital prototyping, stir in simulations and add a dollop of creative frugality.	Whitfield, Kermit		956
Less than 5, but not by much: BMW's latest SUV borrows many of its underpinnings from the 3 Series, but comes close to the X5 in most dimensions.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		831
Overhead space: the final frontier.			323
Ram SRT-10: just try to wipe that stupid grin off of your face.	Vasilash, Gary S.	Cover Story	535
Serious profiler for deeper tasks.		Brief Article	127
Shop floor CMM.		Brief Article	174
Sounds like teen spirit.		Brief Article	202
The frame of the future? Revised safety standards, tighter fuel economy requirements, and cost pressures are forcing wholesale change to current light truck body-on-frame designs. The Auto/Steel Partnership's Lightweight SUV Frame project has a strong contender for this frame of the future.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		1018
The powertrain scene circa today [with a glimpse at the not-too-distant tomorrow]: in which Peter Brown of Ricardo--an engineering consultancy that's worked on projects from the Hummer H2 to the HEMI to powertrains that they've taken a vow of silence regarding--talks about what's going on under the hoods.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1702
The pursuit of passion: with few exceptions, vehicle manufacturers don't do a great job of creating products that people actually desire.	Vasilash, Gary S.	Editorial	567
The six-hour car: how IT can help make it happen; Although there are certainly a number of information technology (IT) systems available, right now, the automotive supply chain is still tangled when it comes to passing information from OEMs to Tier X. Pamela Lopker thinks there's a way to straighten it out and to greatly reduce the time to go from order to delivery.	Gould, Lawrence S.	Interview	1468
Thinking to success.			543
Toward better communications.	Pollock, Ted		407
Tuner temptation at Visteon?		Brief Article	221
Why Japanese OEMs do so well--& what Detroit can do to regain market.	Korth, Kim		1142