Articles from Automotive Design & Production (April 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
"M" is for "makeover": after building a number of edgy versions of the M3, BMW rethinks the formula to create a high-performance 3 Series with supercar performance and everyday usability.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		1642
3D laser scanner.			44
Audi rolls with indirect TPMS: meeting the NHTSA regulation for tire pressure monitoring typically means putting pressure sensors inside tires. Audi is taking a new approach, one that uses sensor data fusion to determine tire pressure loss. And one of the sensors being used is the tire itself.			899
Audi's TDI offensive; Its new 3.0-liter V6 diesel meets the toughest emission standards and is the first of what could be many diesel offerings to come from to German automaker.	Sawye, Christopher A.		604
Automation replacement: Robots; as manufacturers are looking for ways to reduce floor space and increase flexibility, robots are being used to replace conventional automation.	Vasilash, Gary S.		934
Automotive economic storm: plastics in danger.	Ricci, James; Dumond, Tim		619
Bearings improve fuel efficiency.			254
Bore surface optical sensor.			71
Design tool aids manufacturing.			147
Field guide: Omron Corp.; Omron is a global leader in automation, sensing, and control technologies, which leads it to other industries beyond industrial automation.	Gould, Lawrence S.	Company overview	3169
Ford's boxy vehicle.			288
Forget about the recession, what about the election?	Kelly, Kevin M.	Industry overview	797
Forget what you know about speaker design.			117
GMC shows its unibody truck plans.			648
High-pressure vise.			70
Hummer HX: even the floor is purposeful.			193
I say it's Spinach: as Irving Berlin wrote, "long as the best things in life are free/I say it's spinach and the hell with it." unfortunately, when it comes to petroleum, it's anything but.	Vasilash, Gary S.		880
Jaguar, Land Rover, Tata ... Ferrari?			538
Leak and flow tester.			70
Machining better bearings.			232
Mazda: designing like the wind; if there is any vehicle manufacturer that is consistently delivering on design on both the road and on the motor show stage, it's Mazda. We talk with Laurens van den Acker, head of its Design Division, to discover the what, how and why they're doing it.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1107
Plastic under the hood.			93
Price reduction requests down--for now.	Anderson, Melissa	Survey	972
Profits out the back door: you may see the profits coming in the front door. But do you know what's happening out back?	Klopf, Marie; Harbour-Felax, Laurie		798
Putting the brakes on weight: brake system suppliers are providing a number of solutions for automakers to help reduce vehicle weight through new material and system-based technologies.	Kelly, Kevin M.		1411
Renishaw's fast scanning.			520
Robots the next generation: for years if you told someone that you work with "industrial robots" they'd hear the "robots" part and think about something like something from forbidden planet or the day the earth stood still. Yet the robots you're talking about look more like something built with an Erector set. Motoman's new industrial robot looks, well, like a "robot"--yes, the humanoid kind.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1115
Rolls-Royce thinks green.			419
Shoulder milling tool.			65
Socket welding spacer ring.		Brief article	60
Stronger, more formable steel developed.			175
The challenge of change.			564
The next generation 2009 Acura TSX: the second generation sport sedan has a fresh design, significant, engineering, and has a projected sales volume of 40,000 units. When the first generation came out, the number was thought to be 15,000. Yes, this vehicle has caught on.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1031
The Return of VCR: Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) technology for powertrains is back. Or at least that's what I discovered while attending this year's Geneva Motor Show.	Kimberley, William		1158
Toying with design at Mitsubishi.	Kelly, Kevin M.		633
Travels with Truman: that's the name of a friend's '49 Cadillac Sedanette that could teach today's Cadillac executives a thing or two about leadership.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		642
Video measurement system.			76