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| October 2004
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NISSAN’S Platform Play
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The mid-size 2005 Pathfinder, Nissan’s largest design and development program to date, involved three technical centers, and took 36 months and countless trans-Pacific trips to complete. Though it borrows major components from the full-size Titan pickup and Armada SUV, it’s not just a downsized clone.
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The New Honda Odyssey: Beyond The Mom-Mobile?
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Honda shoots for a revolution with its updated benchmark minivan.
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A Clean, Green, Mean Engine
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The engineers at Ricardo are working on an engine that gives a four cylinder the power and smoothness of an eight by changing from a four-stroke to a two-stroke on demand.
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High-Performance Testing From Cosworth Technology—And You Thought They
Only Built Engines
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Although the number of engines that have been engineered by Cosworth that have won races is longer than an NBA player’s arm, and while Cosworth Technology still has considerable involvement in engine design, engineering, casting, machining, and assembly, the company is increasingly involved in testing—not just of engines, but of entire vehicles, even those coming off of an assembly line
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The What & How Of Being The '05 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Staying true to a pedigree is something that Jeep engineers- and executives - take seriously. Very seriously.
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The Who Needs Paint?
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Automakers have long dreamed of building assembly plants that don’t need expensive, emissions-intensive paint shops. With plastic film technologies maturing quickly that dream may soon be within reach.
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The Trends In CFD Are Continuous, Dynamic, And Real
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A variety of new computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software packages are just a mouse click away for part and product designers—with a lot more capability to boot!
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COLUMNS
Gary Vasilash - Marginal: Pardon the Disruption
Ted Pollock - On the Management Side: The Importance of Being Positive
Insight: The New Realities of Demand & Supply
Christopher Sawyer - Dudder:
Detroit’s Socialists
William Kimberly - EuroAuto: The View from Bosch: China, Diesels, Hybrids, & More
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