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

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A suppliers' guide to innovation.	Cleveland, John		1363
Automotive lighting goes electronic: steady improvements in Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology promises to transform the electronic light sources from a bit part in vehicles to a dominant role.	Whitfield, Kermit		1043
Brian Nielander: soul man; His name may not be familiar, but Brian Nielander is having a dramatic impact on the design of Chrysler's concept vehicles.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		1146
Building them slow in Romeo.			446
C6: the right materials in the right places.			462
Connected (physically, that is).	Kimberley, William		937
Detroit's high performance plans.			444
Diminishing returns?			322
Fasten thin sheets.		Brief Article	153
Ford is fully flexed in flat rock: adding 2005 Mustang production to Auto Alliance International's flat rock facility took five years, lots of planning, and the belief that rear- and front-drive vehicles could be produced together on the same line.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		902
Freestyle and Five Hundred: Ford gets two for one.	Whitfield, Kermit		667
GM's got game: during a global product seminar in Fayence, France, GM executives laid out their common vision of how to use the corporation's massive size to competitive advantage.	Vasilash, Gary S.		2207
Honda's downhill racer.		Brief Article	221
Honda's third hybrid: the Accord.	Vasilash, Gary S.		801
How do you rate as a problem solver?	Pollock, Ted		1716
How do you say "howdy" in Korean?		Brief Article	316
Inside the 2005 Mustang: combining a live axle, MacPherson struts, and a Lincoln base to build the 21st century's first pony car.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		948
Japanese Robots save U.S. jobs?		Brief Article	216
Juiced.		Book Review	641
Laser light show.		Brief Article	257
Possibilities.	Vasilash, Gary S.		596
Rapid prototyping: bigger & stronger; Once it was all about small, fragile parts. But now, models made with rapid prototyping equipment are not only sizable, but durable.	Gould, Lawrence S.		1239
Searching for God.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		558
Send in the reserves.		Brief Article	184
Structural plastics first.		Brief Article	131
The road ahead: Alcoa bets its latest business model eliminates OEM roadblocks to greater aluminum adoption.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		608
Using vision in South America.			686