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Yankee ingenuity reinvents carmaking

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The American automobile industry has managed to outpace its foreign competition thanks to innovations in the manufacturing process. New highly flexible and high-speed machines are revolutionizing the way cars are made, and giving American automakers a significant edge over the competition.

Author: Bedard, Patrick
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Car and Driver
Subject: Automobiles
ISSN: 0008-6002
Year: 1996
Innovations, Equipment and supplies, Column, Grinding equipment, Machine tools, Machine-tools, Automobile factories, Automotive factories, Milling machinery

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How does your windshield affect your detector?

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Dirty and tinted windshields can cut the effectiveness of a radar detector by up to 95 percent. All windshields affect detectors to some degree, but the worse offenders are those made of cutting-edge materials that use metallic films to reject solar energy.

Author: Bedard, Patrick
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Car and Driver
Subject: Automobiles
ISSN: 0008-6002
Year: 1998
Design and construction, Radar detectors, Automotive windows

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