Articles from Automotive Design & Production (April 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
An on-board hydrogen storage breakthrough?		Brief article	134
Caterpillar reinvents the lead-acid battery.			694
Cleaner tool steel is better.			398
Cost-effective & simple bottleneck buster.			708
Denso is seriously green.			480
Dream car garage: what do you do after more than 30 years in the auto industry engineering vehicles under OEM restrictions and timetables? You build your own car to OEM standards in your garage.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		718
Engineering the Q7: because Audi developed its SUV after the VW Touareg and Porsche Cayenne, they were able to make the changes necessary to make theirs distinctly Audi.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		1325
Gearboxes for supercars.	Kimberley, William		1314
Introducing the 2007 Lexus ES 350 the car from the "king of kaizen".	Vasilash, Gary S.		2533
Listen to the future.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		579
Mahle's portable digital testing assistant.			475
Making adjustments.			336
MSC.Software centralizes initial analyses.			365
Multi-purpose motorheads; In less than 40 years, Weber Automotive has evolved into a multi-national powertrain component supplier. Next on its agenda: the design, development, and supply of complete engines for automotive and recreational use.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		2097
Options in rapid prototyping technology.	Gould, Lawrence S.		975
Power shift.			374
Results matter. Numbers don't.			357
Saturn turns green.			736
Siemens gives braking systems a wedgie.		Brief article	333
Speaking European at Ford.	Vasilash, Gary S.		697
Taking a look at some new chipmaking tech (as in metal chips, that is): here are some new developments that you may find to be important for your machining operations.			1582
The '07 VW GTI: another name for schnell.	Vasilash, Gary S.		798
The death of the supply base is greatly exaggerated.	Korth, Kim		1172
The new automotive landscape in China: local players get in the game.	Zheng, Vivian		504
The other crisis.	Vasilash, Gary S.	Editorial	605
The return of Bernhard?	Kelly, Kevin M.		527
The undeniable strengths of Saab.			869
Vehicle sensors gain affordability.		Brief article	159
Where math meets the Golden Rule: while some companies proffer their customer satisfaction surveys as proof of how good they really are, Fred Reichheld thinks satisfaction may be nice but it is wholly insufficient for companies that would like to have sustained, profitable business. Which may explain why some of those same companies are also drowning in red ink.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1712