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March 2002
March 2002


  • Cooler & More Futuristic
    Those are the words Saab's chief designer, Michael Mauer, uses to describe how Saab's sporting nature is different from that of its competitor. No slave to retro, Mauer insists designers must look to the future or become slaves to the past.
  • Genetic Engineering
    Where are the shapes of things to come? How is the vehicle evolving? Here's an analysis.


  • Futurama
    There probably won’t be a vehicle like this one for another 10 to 15 years. There will be plenty of resistance against it coming to be. The status quo is a tough thing to topple. Yet some people at General Motors have driven a stake in the ground—and that ground is in the future.


  • Honda’s Alabama Odyssey
    Honda's new plant in Alabama embodies the company's vision for the future of efficient vehicle manufacturing-eschew hard tooling for flexible robots and make the engines and bodies in the same place.
  • The Network is the PLC
    Smaller, faster, cheaper, and infused with more capabilities. plc vendors are providing powerful capabilities for these industrial workhorses.


  • COWGER: Making It “Great” Through Manufacturing
    Generally speaking, marketing or finance folks make it to the top in corporations. Although Gary Cowger is a whole lot more than just a manufacturing guy, he’s spent a lot of time on the factory floor during his career. And now he sits in the president’s office at GM North America. Here’s a look at how his hard work brought him to the top.

    SUPPLEMENT


    automotive finishing  A regional supplement

  • Painting with Water at Toyota
  • Launching The Vaneo
  • Limited Palette: Limited Edition
  • Color Continuity
  • The Process is Key
  • Before the Job

    COLUMNS

  • Gary Vasilash - Marginal: Agility
  • Ted Pollock - On the Management Side: What Employees Want
  • Martin Piszczalski - Information Technology Update: Plant Control Evolution
  • Gary Vasilash - On Materials: Better Car Building Through Steel (But Not the Material You’re Familiar With)
  • Christopher Sawyer - Dudder: It's All About Focus
  • Gary Vasilash - On Cars: Expedition Essentials
  • Scott Upham - On The Industry: Gen Y: Myth vs. Reality
  • William Kimberly - EuroAuto: E-Class: Time for a Change



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