Exploring the: Automotive Materials Zone
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- Steel and Alphabet Soup
- WorldAutoSteel, an organization that curiously doesn’t put spaces between the words in its name, wants designers and engineers everywhere to know that they have developed a FutureSteelVehicle design (again, leaving out spaces, apparently in a drive ...
Blog Published: 4/19/2013
- Porsche Museum and More
- Zuffenhausen is a northern suburb of Stuttgart.
Blog Published: 3/29/2013
- Building Brembo Brakes for F1
- Although stories about Formula One racing typically include pictures of exotically shaped carbon fiber structures in exotic locales— --here’s something that is exotic in its own way and made of carbon, albeit not fiber in the body panel sense: ...
Blog Published: 3/21/2013
- Porsche 911 GT3: What Do You Do When You Turn 50?
- The new Porsche 911 GT3.
Blog Published: 3/15/2013
- The Return of Spyker
- A couple years ago I was at a press event when Victor Muller, then chairman and CEO of Saab Automobiles, was holding forth about things to come for the company as regards innovative design.
Blog Published: 3/12/2013
- There Are Hybrids & There Are. . . .
- Hybrids tend to look like this, right?
Blog Published: 3/11/2013
- Something We Didn’t Know About the 2014 Stingray Convertible
- No, it isn’t that the fully electronic top—and that top is a three-ply fabric and includes sound-absorbing padding—can be opened or closed at speeds up to 30 mph.
Blog Published: 3/8/2013
- A-Class Looks Good in Green
- Chances are, when you think of “green” technology, your mind goes to something that has a resemblance, if not a direct connection, to something that’s a cross between granola and cardboard.
Blog Published: 3/5/2013
- Autos, Autocrats & Other Observations
- Charlie Hughes—who has worked for a number of OEMs, including as CEO of Land Rover in North America, and as president and CEO of Mazda North America, who is currently head of Brand Rules, a consultancy on branding—thinks that the auto companies that...
Blog Published: 2/25/2013
- 2013 Cadillac ATS 2.5L Luxury Collection
- The Cadillac ATS has won as many awards as Adele has Grammys—if not more.
Blog Published: 2/20/2013