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| January 2004
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Less than 5 but not by much
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BMW's latest SUV borrows many of its underpinnings from the 3 Series, but comes close to the X5 in most dimensions.
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Cadillac's Brute Finesse
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Stuffing an oversize engine into a small, light platform may be an American hot rodder's dream, but it takes skill to be a player in the sport sedan market.
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RAM SRT-10: Just Try To Wipe That Stupid Grin
Off Of Your Face
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Stuffing an oversize engine into a small, light platform may be an American hot rodder's dream, but it takes skill to be a player in the sport sedan market.
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Durango: Designing, Engineering & Producing A Better SUV
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Chrysler Group is taking the opportunity with its second-generation Durango to create a product that has all of the fundamentals right so that it can be competitive in a marketplace that has more than its share of contenders.
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American Heritage
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It's the one thing the domestic automakers have that their competitors don't. If properly used, it can spark the imagination of buyers, and erect an impenetrable barrier against foreign competitors.
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Creating the Inviting Interior
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Bill Fluharty, vice president of Industrial Design at Johnson Controls, not surprisingly thinks that the focus on automotive interiors is well overdue. Some of the drivers for this change of perspective may be surprising.
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The Powertrain Scene Circa Today (With A Glimpse At the
Not-Too-Distant Tomorrow)
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In which Peter Brown of Ricardo—an engineering consultancy that's worked on projects from the Hummer H2 to the HEMI to powertrains that they've taken a vow of silence regarding-talks about what's going on under the hoods.
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Conventional Engines: Not Dead Yet
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Fuel cells and hydrogen may get all of the headlines, but gas and diesel internal combustion engines have a lot left to offer.
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How EGA Makes Better Dies
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Honda Engineering North America (EGA) has developed a recipe for making inexpensive dies that can produce complex panels: start with digital prototyping, stir in simulations and add a dollop of creative frugality.
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The Frame of The Future?
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Revised safety standards, tighter fuel economy requirements, and cost pressures are forcing wholesale change to current light truck body-on-frame designs. The Auto/Steel Partnership’s Lightweight SUV Frame project has a strong contender for this frame of the future. |
The Six-Hour Car: How IT Can Help Make It Happen
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Although there are certainly a number of information technology (IT) systems available, right now, the automotive supply chain is still tangled when it comes to passing information from OEMs to Tier X. Pamela Lopker thinks there’s a way to straighten it out and to greatly reduce the time to go from order to delivery.
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COLUMNS
Gary Vasilash - Marginal:
The Pursuit of Passion
Ted Pollock - On the Management Side:
Toward Better Communications
Insight: Why Japanese OEMs Do So Well—& What Detroit Can Do To Regain Market
Christopher Sawyer - Dudder:
Healthy Innovation
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