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Automotive Body

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From the designers that give shape and form to exteriors to the materials that are used to build bodies, here’s where you can find information about giving shape and physicality to automotive form.


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  • Automotive Body
  • Ford on a PD Roll

    Between 2011 and 2016 Ford will have a product refresh rate—as in updating existing products, bringing out new versions of existing products, or bringing new products to market—of 152%.

  • Automotive Body
  • Looking @ the 2012 Honda CR-V

    Introducing the fourth generation of the compact crossover that has perennially been a favorite the world over.

  • Automotive Body
  • Taking the Weight Off With Hydroforming

    How a pressworking process can result in stronger and lighter structures.

  • Automotive Body
  • Powertrain Machining Approaches—Then & Now

    Although production volumes are going up, the need for flexibility in powertrain machin-ing has grown more important. Here’s a look at how things have changed.

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  • Engineering the 2012 Hyundai Veloster

    Sure, it looks like nothing else on the road. Yes, there is a cleverly hidden third door. There’s plenty of tech on the inside. It drives like something a couple segments above. And the MSRP is incredible. Go figure.

    BLOGS

    Toyota Makes Engine Investments

    Toyota is investing, to quote Dick Cheney, “big time” in engine production in the U.S.

    Honda: Seeing Too Far?

    Theodore Levitt, in 1960, published a paper in the Harvard Business Review titled “Marketing Myopia.” Fundamental to the piece is the question, “What market are you in?” One of the famous examples he used is the railroad industry, which was in decline at that time as a mode of personal transportation, as people were taking other alternatives.

    Making More Altimas in Smyrna

    The Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, opened in June, 1983.

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