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

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Title	Author	Type	Words
12 golden rules of top performing automotive suppliers.	Berret, Marcus		466
2007 Hyundai Elantra: wherein Hyundai gives other small sedan makers 13,995 reasons to lose sleep.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		1092
After the turnaround: the launch of the 2007 Infiniti G35 Sedan, Nissan Altima and Sentra mark the start of Nissan's defense of its recent gains.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		1389
Alan Taub: GM's science guy.	Kelly, Kevin M.		772
Assembling cars in Belgium; If you think that Belgium is dominated by just beer and chocolates, think again. Sure, the country has built a strong reputation as a confectionary leader, but one region is trying to keep a toehold in another crucial industry: vehicle manufacturing.	Kelly, Kevin M.		1248
Audi: powerful competitor; By rolling out two more vehicles in its performance S series, this German automaker is strengthening its position in the U.S. market.	Vasilash, Gary S.		916
Bristol Fighter T.			72
Check turned parts.			88
Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra: function trumps form; The call came from on high to move up production for GM's new full-size pickups, a communique most engineers would take with trepidation. But the GMT-900 team responded with a strong voice, telling management the project could be moved up by 13 weeks.	Kelly, Kevin M.		833
Compact safety scanner.			67
Control systems in a package: going "lean" goes beyond production management. It even affects several aspects of control systems hardware, software, and application development.	Gould, Lawrence S.		1545
Deep drilling.			108
Dual-stage diesel turbo.			67
Fast face mills.			69
Fast performance for performance vehicles.	Kimberley, William		1381
Faster is better.	Vasilash, Gary S.		441
Ford's new multi-use element.	Vasilash, Gary S.		163
Fuel cell wheelchair.			64
Hard truths for the holiday.	Vasilash, Gary S.		745
High-temp fuel cell.			67
Infotainment processor.			67
Nascar gets automated.	Kelly, Kevin M.		322
Nine lessons the auto industry can learn from the 787 Dreamliner: when the company's survival is on the line you can do what you've done better, or do something different. Boeing chose different.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		1481
Precision power chucks.			54
Return to first principles: we have forgotten why--other than getting from here to there--we drive cars and trucks, and what we can do to make them significantly better.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		585
State of the industry.	Harbour-Felax, Laurie	Industry overview	792
The '07 Ford Edge: is this the most important vehicle in ford's lineup? [Yes.].	Vasilash, Gary S.		1761
The silicon valley approach.	Vasilash, Gary S.		389
The talent pool deepens.	Kelly, Kevin M.		643
VW's model moves.	Vasilash, Gary S.		501
When low-cost country sources aren't inexpensive.	Anderson, Melissa		1003