Articles from Automotive Design & Production (June 1, 2007)

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Title	Author	Words
"Steel origami": the BMW 3 Series.	Vasilash, Gary S.	719
$4-per-gallon 4-cylinder: turbocharging, direct injection, and a variable compression ratio make four greater than six.	Sawyer, Christopher A.	560
A view from the inside: "good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended,"--industrial designer Raymond Loewy.	Kelly, Kevin M.	864
Advanced sensing.	Vasilash, Gary S.	364
Andersson on competitiveness.	Vasilash, Gary S.	501
Audi's approach to electronics: there will be more electronics content in Audis--from making cars easier to drive to a means to access entertainment.	Kimberley, William	1600
BMW's M3 adds power and pistons.	Sawyer, Christopher A.	345
Bringing the xB: Jin Kim has had his hand in the design of several vehicles of late, with the hottest being played out in the second-gen Scion xB.	Vasilash, Gary S.	2144
Diet drinks, apple, and George Romney: it isn't a jeopardy category, but rather a prescription to fix what ails Detroit.	Sawyer, Christopher A.	751
Digital mock-up grows up: digital mock-up tools sit nicely between heavy-weight, complex CAD systems and lightweight CAD viewers. Every automotive enterprise should have one of these tools. And in time, will have one.	Gould, Lawrence S.	1584
Fabric Roof.		74
Facing changing market demands: from the demands for small cars to an interest in more consumer electronic-like content, times are changing--rapidly.	Korth, Kim	934
Ford's approach to color: yes, there's black. But there's a whole lot more. And with good reason.	Vasilash, Gary S.	947
Fuel for thought.	Sawyer, Christopher A.	409
Getting great designs.	Vasilash, Gary S.	556
Laser diode array.		97
Learning from the mouse.	Kelly, Kevin M.	863
Low-cost vision sensor.	Sawyer, Christopher A.	206
Motoman's new SSA2000 robot: faster welding--same price.	Vasilash, Gary S.	763
Nissan goes green, too.	Kelly, Kevin M.	511
Nissan's alphabet soup.		146
Nissan's tuner-ready Sentra.	Sawyer, Christopher A.	575
Rearview mirror with LCD display.		88
Roll feed system.		67
Seat bearing assemblies.		40
Slouching is in.	Sawyer, Christopher A.	538
Software improves race engine development.		230
Soldering Robot.		61
Sounds like teen spirit.	Vasilash, Gary S.	341
Submicron bore sizing.		101
Survey says ... A global survey of suppliers shows little optimism--to put it mildly.	Berret, Marcus	771
Thar's gold in them ... catalysts?	Sawyer, Christopher A.	322
The Lexus LS 600H L: not just another production car; It's the world's first V8 hybrid with all-wheel drive. And with the Lexus RX 400 h being the first, the Lexus GS 450h the second, it is the third production luxury hybrid on the planet.	Vasilash, Gary S.	1488
Think again: what you know and what you do may not be enough to be competitive.	Vasilash, Gary S.	917
Thriving in complexity: your future customers aren't going to be happy with limited choices.	Harbour-Felax, Laurie	746
Triaxial accelerometers for dummies.		88
Tricking the light fantastic: Hella's adaptive lighting distribution technology lets drivers see farther by putting light only where it's needed.	Sawyer, Christopher A.	570
Vacuum cartridge.		74
Vision system.		42