There are far too many children dying in automobiles. It is the number one cause of death for ages 1-24 in the U.S., says Robert Lange of General Motors Corp. A staggering 41,000 children will die each year, another 365,000 will be injured, and it...
From soft tops to cool bottoms, supplier contributions to '01 models are plentifulEver driven a Jeep Wrangler? Did the experience leave you with ringing ears or loose fillings? OK, that's harsh, but you have to admit the Wrangler requires a hearty...
A week after Barbara Halvey took her 1998 Ford Contour to a Chrysler dealer in Burlington, WI for an inspection of a child seat, her car was slammed from behind and shoved into a car in front.Despite this serious "sandwich" accident, Ms. Halvey's...
Ford Motor Co. will spend about $15 million in the next year to distribute 1 million child booster seats as part of its Boost America! campaign designed to protect children between the ages of 4 and 8 who are too big for child safety seats and too...
Automotive designers used to have three choices when it came to decorative trim for interiors: real wood, fake wood, or just plain plastic. That left little room to create a unique personality for a specific car or truck.But automotive design now...
Lear Corp. says its common architecture for interiors can reduce engineering, tooling and design cost, but don't look for automakers to offer completely customized interiors any time soon.Lear demonstrates a completely flexible interior that would...
It wasn't that long ago when a seat was just a seat. German cars had seats that were rock hard, and those in American cars were puffy overstuffed couches. Everybody else was somewhere in-between, and that was the limit of seating variety.Now there...
I've seen three cars, the new Jaguar S-Type, the Audi TT sports Coupe - both coming here - and the Rover 75 sedan, which isn't being sold in the U.S.As the old Chrysler ads say, this trio of designs, particularly the interiors of the Audi and...
So much for the theory that Lear Corp., Johnson Controls Inc. and Magna International Inc. are locking up the North American interiors market.United Technologies Automotive has scored a major strategic coup by winning a General Motors Corp...