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

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Title	Author	Type	Words
"Interesting times": 2008 is going to prove to be a time of challenge and change in the North American auto industry.	Korth, Kim	Industry overview	1211
5-axis vertical machining center.			83
A cool steel hose.			252
A look the future: what from will the automobile industry--and mobility--take in the future? That depends as much on what role government will on how new technologies are created and deployed.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		657
A new frontier: while most observers have been focused on China as the next potential juggernaut to further erode America's automotive market, an unexpected force has emerged.	Kelly, Kevin M.		734
Advancing metalcutting: work at Mori Seiki, a leading machine tool builder, is not just on developing better machine structures and spindles. While there is that, they're also focusing on improvements in gaging, workholding, and tooling.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1371
At a glance: Mercedes C 63 AMG.			329
Autodesk seeks to transform sculpting.			357
Bravo! Mi.To Alfa takes on the MINI.			209
Calty: designing today for tomorrow: we talk to Kevin Hunter of Calty about the A-BAT concept and what it may represent for the future of vehicle design.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1040
Changing the design paradigm.			1235
Dynamic chassis setups.			281
Emerging markets.			1087
Ford Racing: polishing the Oval: they race to win. And to learn. And to sell.	Vasilash, Gary S.		883
Future mobility.			2353
Getting there from here.			735
GM upgrades its simplest hybrid.			328
Haas machines race.			568
innovITS develops: the future of transportation may be taking shape in the UK.	Kimberley, William		989
Leadership lagging.	Harbour-Felax, Laurie		930
Machining better bearings.			270
Matrix Metalcraft's laser focus.			359
Measuring millions (or armature pins).			141
Mercedes' Peter Pfeiffer takes a bow: after forty years of service--nearly 10 of them spent at the helm of Mercedes design--Peter Pfeiffer is preparing to leave his drafting table later this year and hand the reigns over to Gorden Wagener--current head of Mercedes' strategic design department.	Kelly, Kevin M.		1007
The '09 Honda Pilot: unashamedly SUV-but a CUV: the second-generation Pilot continues as an SUV in form but not entirely in substance. (Hint: it isn't a body-on-frame.).			1031
The Audi R8 TDI Le Mans: forget what you know about diesels.			646
The comedy of tragedy: if only the participants at the art center college of design's recent summit had as great a grasp of irony as they do of what's wrong with the industry, they might have had as much fun as did I.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		828
The future is now: you can put off lots of things. But even the most masterful procrastinator faces the future.	Vasilash, Gary S.		809
Waterjet system speeds part production.		Brief article	326
What's driving factory control? Smaller controllers, industrial controllers with built-in HMI, more powerful industrial computers, and Ethernet, Ethernet--these are the latest development driving factory control.	Gould, Lawrence S.		1662
Wirth Research races toward virtual engineering.	Kelly, Kevin M.		944