Yamaha jog 3KG

Yamaha jog 3KG
so simple yamaha

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KYMCO KIWI 100

KYMCO KIWI 100, look the great style isn't it, with red painted. it is a beautiful Kymco

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yamaha-srx250 Blue

yamaha-srx250 Blue.

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Yamaha Mio Vino Retro style

Yamaha Mio vino Fino Retro style, yes i call it retro style, just like another retro classic, this mio is like Vespa or Piaggiot,i believe all of retro mania will love the style.which color do you lke

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Modifikasi Mesin Yamaha Mio

we Now have new article about Modifikasi mesin Yamaha Mio, The reasources coming from my friends and he want to share with us,he we are.the name is mio spek harian with 2006 year
you can bore up 58,5 then
-klep 28/24
-karbu PWL 26
-noken as 280 deg. make the simple exhaust system with easy flow knalpot 
-big pulley LHK
-gear ratio 14/40
-per CVT LHK 2000 rpm
-CDI BRT dual band
aftre modification the compression began   16:1 

the we use bahan bakar pertamax plus mio
-busi autolite jupiter
-koil kawasaki AR 125 ori jpn
-velg nouvo 16"

top speed after modificationwe have jarak 600 m speednya mentok 140/jam
my friend also has new one . here are
spek motor gw :
blok : eon 58,5 keramik
klep : 28/24
pen stroke: naik 2 mm
stang piston : titanium LHK 3,5 mm
camshaft: LHK 330  R10
karbu : sp 28
pulley : kitaco
ratio : 14/41 di pelek 14
kampas kopling : pantekan america
per cvt : LHK 2000 rpm
roller : 10 rata
belt :standart
knalpot : Dbs
Cdi : Brt hyperband
kompresi : 18:1
bahan bakar :pertamax plus
 

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Gambar Mio Modifikasi Kontes

Here we come with new picture of Yamaha Mio Modifikasi, The New Trend Of modication Is Trend ekor Kolibri on Mio Like the picture here. .So who is behind the Kolibri trend Mio ? yeach  he is A man who wins Paddocks siswo winoto, he is the master of wins paddocks

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A look at the beauty and art of the last Hupmobile, 1939 Hupmobile Skylark Corsair

In 1938, Huppmobile’s general manager Norman DeVaux bought what remained of the Cord 810/812’s body dies and sheet-metal stampings and repackaged it as the Hupmobile Skylark using a Hupmobile Senior Six chassis. Four prototypes were built to show off at the upcoming fall automobile shows. In early 1939, the old Cord dies were brought to Hayes’ Grand Rapids plant where they stamped out a trial run of thirty Skylark sedans, at Hupmobile’s Detroit factory as was a single Skylark Corsair Convertible.

Due to their precarious financial situation, Hupmobile was unable to build any more Skylarks, however DeVaux made a deal with Graham-Paige offering them the dies. Once again, the sheet-metal was produced at Hayes’ Grand Rapids plant using the original Cord stampings which by the end of the run were no longer usable. Unfortunately, neither firm made any money out of their short-term partnership and were both out of the automobile business within the year.

After Hupmobile left the automotive manufacturing business, the car was given to one of the models that appeared with the Skylarks in publicity photographs during the 1939-1940 period. This woman and her family relocated to New Hampshire, where the car had fallen into a bit of disrepair, and was found by a collector from the Boston area who purhased and stored the car, for years, sold it to a Connecticut Skylark/Hollywood fancier named Norm Weid, who kept the car in dry storage for about 20 years, intending to restore it. (this never happens in my experience) However, health issues (and no interest in restoring the car obviously ) had him sell the car in 1999 to Tom Hincz, who gave it a complete restoration.

http://www.hupmobileskylark.com/ConvertibleFullSize.html and http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/h/hayes/hayes.htm

A look at the beauty and art of Pebble Beach Concours winner, 1938 Hispano-Suiza H6C Dubonnet Xenia Coupe with Saoutchik body

1938 Hispano-Suiza H6C Saoutchik Xenia Coupe

Winner of the Most Elegant Closed Car award at the 2000 Pebble Beach Concours, this is a streamlined design of a car company known also for its aircraft manufacturing, and due to it's conceptualization from a ww1 fighter pilot, (they may have gotten the nod becuase of the aircraft connection) Andre Dubonnet, heir to the Dubonnet aperitif business and race car driver. All windows are curved glass, the panoramic windshield, gullwing windows, and suicide doors.

Engine design was shared between the aircraft and cars... one crankshaft was carved from a 700 lb billet steel block. Consider that the types of engines in the 30's were huge displacement and fewer cylinders, like a 487 cu in straight 6 cyl... and that Hispano Suiza had aluminum cylinder block and overhead camshafts at a time when Rolls-Royce's venerable Silver Ghost was still using side valves, and an iron block cast in several pieces.

It was also ahead of Rolls-Royce in the braking department. While the Rolls had brakes on the rear wheels only, the Hispano had four-wheel brakes, servo assisted by a shaft driven off the rear of the transmission. Rolls-Royce later adopted this system under licence from Hispano and used it for many years.
http://www.thoroughbred-cars.com/cars/france/hispano%20suiza/Hispano%20Suiza%20H6C.htm

A look at the beauty and art of LeMans competitors, 1937 Adler Rennlimousine Competition Coupe

1937 Adler Rennlimousine Competition Coupe
Winning its class at LeMans in 1938, and 7th overall, this 1937 front wheel drive German car is from the Adler company that made cars from 1900 to 1957. They later became part of Auto Union.

In 1996 it was an award winner at the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance. Temporarily owned by the Blackhawk Collection and shown at the 2001 Meadow Brook Hall Concours d'Elegance http://www.mbhconcours.org/ , it has now found a home in Jay Leno's Big Dog Garage. http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/your_garage/cars/7363.shtml

Jim, who discovered the car in Southfield, Michigan wrote this on the H.A.M.B.

"I've got one for all of you guys that might qualify as the rarest. It's a 1937 Adler Streamliner that raced at Lemans in 1937 and 1938.

It was also used to "inspire" the 1963 split window Corvette. When I first saw it in a shed in Southfield Michigan I thought it WAS a 63 Vette. GM stole the design for the 63 vette.

The owner went to the 60 or 61 Michigan state fair in this car and a exec for GM was there and gave him his card and asked him to bring it to the GM Vandyke design center. He thought they were going to buy it so he had someone follow him over there. When he got there they had him pull it on the cobblestoned turntable. There were three camera's on tri-pods around it and they spun the car around a few times and told him thank you for coming by. He was PISSED that they led him on and did not buy it.

It sounded pluasible since the design was SOOO close. A few years later I had met David Holls at a car show and asked him about the 63 Vette story. He invited me to his home, when I went there he had an extensive library and a binder on the Adler (and several on the Vettes) which included some of the pictures from the cobblstone turntable that Rubin had told me about!

I asked about Rubins claim that the 63 vette was taken from this car and he said that my answer was in the clay model prototype pics. He said to check the dates on all of the "older" style clay model pics, then look at the clay model pics of the clay Vettes the next few weeks AFTER the day the Adler was on the turntable. After comparing it became obvious that the designs changed radically right after Rubin's visit with the Adler. So I asked David directly WAS the split window Vette design taken from this car. He looked at me with a smile and shook his head yes, but at the same time said "absolutely not"!!

The car did also turn out to be a Lemans Race car just as Rubin had said it was. It raced in 1937 and 1938 and won it's class and came in 7th overall in 1938. Adler was the only Jewish owned car manufacturer in pre-war Germany and were some of the first cars to go down the autobahn in a big ceremony with Hitler present, so who knows. .. First closed car, and first streamliner, and first wind tunnel designed car to race at Lemans (designed by the same man who designed the Chrysler Airflow) and the first woman to drive at Lemans.

the Blackhawk Collection had it restored at the prison resto shop in Arizona.They tell me that the car is now in a private collection in Europe. I still have a letter from Baron Fristz Hueske Von Hanstein who raced it with Madamme Annie Iteire in 1937. He tells me about them being blackflagged for improper fueling and him then having to "console" Annie in her tent for hours and hours."
_______West Peterson, EditorAntique Automobile (AACA) http://forums.aaca.org/f169/1937-adler-rennlimousine-competition-272656.html

Variety of cool car photos from different sources I wasn't good at noting

1922 Oldsmobile display window... via Shorpy
Think about starting and stopping in this tube!

the Darth Vader Citreon by Nick Bötticher

I think this was from http://oleragtop.blogspot.com/ and is an Arkansas city in the Ozarks, with a Flippin Mayor, a Flippin City Council, and here is their Flippin website http://www.flippinweb.com/city.htm

A look at the beauty and art of the best designed autos, 1935 Delahaye

1936 Delahaye 135 Competition Court Figoni et Falaschi Coupe

Besides the aerodynamic shape, the distinct features such as all-enclosed fenders, the accent dash that runs from the grille, over the hood and hugs the rear fender, four fully hidden front lights. To break up the side skirts, a belt line runs along the fenders that makes the car look bulbous but doesn't subtract from the overall elegance.

Unique features of the interior include a plush ostrich skin uphostery, a sliding metal sunroof and a front windshield that can wind open for ventilation. I particularly love the door handle design, and the repetitive curve design that is the overall shape, the fender leading edges, the chrome accents on the fender skirts, the chrome accents on the side grills down the sides of the hood.

Inspired by http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/story/index.cfm?id=261 images and info from http://www.supercars.net/cars/1939.html

Assorted amusing or interesting vehicle photos, from Dark Roasted Blend

car body fitted onto a big truck, inspired by the big troop transporters of WW2?

read the back and white sign!

Interesting adaptation of a tractor to make a paving roller.

Jet fighter fuel drop tank, not a bomb casing, wrapped around a motorbike
Most effective steering wheel lock!
This isn't a real GPS... c'mon, spring for the Garmin!

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/04/never-give-up-crazy-logistics-issue-8.html

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/08/never-give-up-funny-pics-part-9.html

The Supercars photo of the day, this is what my Superbee looked like.... often

http://www.supercars.net/PD?displayPotd=y

Too many great cars for sale, rich people are fortunate to have such an enormous selection

I'm referring to the many car collectors with their entire inventory for sale, as they play with them while waiting for them to sell. I don't for a moment believe anyone with great antique cars in perfect condition isn't using them, renting them, or leasing them between purchasing and reselling for profit. I would too! Wouldn't you?!

Here's 58 cool cars, Rolls, Porsche, Stutz, Maybach, Isotta, Duesenburg, Bently, Bugatti, and more... mostly impossible for us regular people to consider ever buying.

http://blackhawkcollection.com/index.cfm?action=inventory&tab=inventory

My favorites from Tere's photos at his weekend car show

Automobile magazine Sept '08 issue, excerpt from page 101

referring to the F1 McLarens that are demolished, wrecked, and so on.... "untold numbers have been destroyed at the hands of overexhuberant owners or their spoiled-rotten children, ungrateful oddspring who should be damned to spend all eternity sitting in traffic at the 101/405 interchange in Los Angeles, wedged into the third-row seat of a clapped-out Plymouth Grand Voyager between Bill O'Reilly and a wet dog. With a full bladder. The F1 was that good." http://www.automobilemag.com/index.html

The anniversary of harley davidson 105th

The anniversary of harley davidson 105th

The Schedule On the way :

Kick-off Party
Wednesday, August 27

Start the 105th Celebration with a rumble on Wednesday, August 27! Join us at Highland Ave. & 35th at 4PM for a powerful performance from American Idol singer Amanda Overmyer. At 5:15PM, check out classic rockers Foghat. Then at 6PM, it's the official Kick-Off Ceremony followed by a continued show from Foghat. Finally, at 7:30PM, young British rock band The Crave will wrap up the night and kick-start the 105th Anniversary celebration weekend.

Summerfest Grounds
Friday, August 29 - Saturday, August 30

Two-days of live music, antique and custom bike shows, skilled riding competitions, and 105th Anniversary merchandise along with food and beverages from several of Milwaukee’s local restaurants.

Check out the Music Schedule

Main Street at the Lakefront
Thursday, August 28 - Sunday, August 31

Gather with other enthusiastic riders starting on Thursday, August 28, through Saturday, August 30, at Main Street at the Lakefront. You'll find loads of great food, live music, fireworks, and more.
 

105th Anniversary Parade
Saturday, August 30

The 105th Parade will be lead by the Parade of MDA Heroes, and will also include the H.O.G.® Chapter Parade of Flags, Police Motor Officers, Dealers and Enthusiasts from across the world. The route is 4.5 miles long. Parade viewing begins at 9AM at 35th Street and Wisconsin Avenue continuing east on Wisconsin Avenue, south on Milwaukee Street and then east on Erie Street to the Summerfest Grounds.

H-D / Buell 2009 Motorcycle Demo Rides
Thursday, August 28 - Saturday, August 30, 9AM - 4PM, State Fair Park

Now is the time to experience everything the 2009 motorcycles have to offer. Get intimate with models you’ve had your eye on, and take them for a spin. Nothing beats the feeling you get from riding a brand new motorcycle.

H-D Facility Activities
Wednesday, August 27 - Saturday, August 30, Times may vary, Highland Ave. & 35th

Take a closer look at what H-D is made of. Learn all about how the motorcycles we build get a soul of their own. Walk the floors where history has been made and rules broken. Experience where it all goes down.

H-D Facilities Schedule

Street Parties
Wednesday, August 27 - Sunday, August 31

In true festival form, the 105th Anniversary Celebration will include a variety of entertaining street parties throughout Milwaukee. Each night the roads will be closed off as they come to life with live music and classic Harley revelry.

Learn More

Harley-Davidson Museum™
Thursday, August 28 - Sunday, August 31

Museum tickets are sold out during the 105th Anniversary but can be purchased for the days prior to and after the four day celebration. However, during the 105th Celebration, the Museum grounds will be open for all to enjoy the river walk, free local bands and great food. Get a tattoo and play some lawn games while you're at it. Be sure to check out the personalized "Living the Legend™" Rivets and create your own to mark your trip to the 105th.

Free Entertainment at the Museum Ground Stage:

8/28 Blacktop Kings 11AM - In Black & White 1PM -
Southbound 3:30PM - Alex Wilson 6PM
8/29 Punch & Pie 11AM – DB Bryant 1PM - Big Bob & Loco Mojo 3PM
8/30 Robert Allen Jr. Trio with Paul Martin 11AM -
Ronnie Nyles 1PM - Marcos D'Cruze 3:30PM
8/31 T-Man & The Young Guns 11AM - H2-OH 1PM -
Charles Walker Blues Band 3PM - Speakeasy 6PM

So come and visit and enjoy

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garage junk

garage junk, originally uploaded by Sanjiv's Catch.

get restored. muscle! muscle!

Goodwood revival classic car racing

Goodwood revival 2007 classic car racing_093, originally uploaded by richebets.

Mazda 787B at Laguna Seca

Mazda 787B at Laguna Seca, originally uploaded by alexwrc.

Rolls Royce trivia

Not all RR were built in England, the company had a facility in Springfield Massachusetts. In 1919, after the First World War, Rolls-Royce recognised that the USA was the most important car market in the world. Americans bought more cars each year than the rest of the world combined.

From Automobile magazine and http://www.darkforce.com/royce/springfield.htm this website claims to be the unofficial and most comprehensive RR and Bentley website

Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen has dismissed suggestions he is suffering from flagging motivation, insisting he remains determined to fight back in the championship battle.

The world champion’s recent inconsistent form has provoked criticism from both the media and some paddock observers, while speculation persists that the 28-year-old is considering retirement at the end of his Ferrari contract in 2009.

Last Sunday’s European Grand Prix prompted further questions about the Finn’s performances after he was again comprehensively outperformed by team-mate Felipe Massa and knocked a mechanic over in the pit lane during his final fuel stop – before an engine failure compounded his misery.

But despite falling 13 points adrift of championship leader Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ standings, Raikkonen is adamant he has both the necessary time and desire to remain in the title hunt.

“We knew we had to take a risk for Valencia and we did not finish the race,” he told his official website.

“It’s a shame, but it’s useless to grieve for that.

“One third of the season is still left and it’s enough to fight back.

“If somebody has doubts concerning my motivation, let them doubt.

“One thing I can say is that right now I am more motivated than ever.”

While keen to move on from his disappointing Valencia weekend, Raikkonen – who qualified with three laps more fuel than pole-sitter Massa – did concede he and the team probably got his strategy wrong given his poor recent qualifying form.

“The Friday practice was good – I had a good feeling in the car,” he said.

“But Saturday was a little bit cooler and we struggled again in qualifying.

“We should have been more aggressive.

“Obviously there has been a lot of talk about my qualifying problems.

“But in Hungary I just went wide on my last lap of Q3. Without that we would easily have been third. Then we got the fourth place and after that I knew the race would be very difficult again.”

He now hopes that next week’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, a venue where he is chasing a fourth consecutive victory at, is the place to start his title fightback.

“I love that circuit, and obviously, I would love to race there for the whole year long,” he said.

“It’s the best of all the circuits and hopefully we finally get the car working the way I want it to work.

“We go to Spa to win again.”

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Modern automotive

Modern automotive engineering is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles, buses and trucks and their respective engineering subsystems.
Contents
 
* 1 Fields
* 2 Product Engineering
* 3 Development Engineer
* 4 Manufacturing Engineering
* 5 Other automotive engineering roles
* 6 See also
* 7 References

 

Automotive engineers are involved in almost every aspect of designing cars and trucks, from the initial concepts right through to manufacturing them.

Broadly speaking automotive engineers are separated into three main streams: product engineering, development engineering and manufacturing engineering.

* Product engineer (also called design engineer), that would design components/systems (i.e brake engineer and battery engineer). This engineer designs and test a part, seeing that it meets all its requirements (i.e. the shock), performs as required, material meets desired durability and so on.
* Development engineer, that engineers the attributes of the automobile. This engineer may provide to the design engineer what spring rate he/she requires to provide the "ride" characteristics required for the automobile to perform as desired, etc.
* Manufacturing engineer, determines how to make it.

In Toyota, for example, manufacturing engineering is regarded as a more prestigious career path than designing and developing the cars.
 Product Engineering

Some of the engineering attributes/disciplines that are of importance to the automotive engineer:

Safety Engineering: Safety Engineering is the assessment of various crash scenarios and their impact on the vehicle occupants. These are tested against very stringent governmental regulations. Some of these requirements include: Seat belt and air bag functionality. Front and side crash worthiness. Resistance to rollover. Assessments are done with various methods and tools: Computer crash simulation, crash test dummies, partial system sled and full vehicle crashes.

Fuel Economy/Emissions: Fuel economy is the measured fuel efficiency of the vehicle in miles per gallon or litres per 100 kilometres. Emissions testing the measurement of the vehicles emissions: hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), and evaporative emissions.

Vehicle Dynamics: Vehicle dynamics is the vehicles response of the following attributes: ride, handling, steering, braking, and traction. Design of the chassis systems of suspension, steering, braking, structure (frame), wheels and tires, and traction control are highly leveraged by the Vehicle Dynamics engineer to deliver the Vehicle Dynamics qualities desired.

NVH Engineering (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness): NVH is the customer's impression both tactile (feel) and audible (hear) feedback from the vehicle. While sound can be interpreted as a rattle, squeal, or hoot, a tactile response can be seat vibration, or a buzz in the steering wheel. This feedback is generated by components either rubbing, vibrating or rotating. NVH response can be classified in various ways: powertrain NVH, road noise, wind noise, component noise, and squeak and rattle. Note, there are both good and bad NVH qualities. The NVH engineer works to either eliminate bad NVH, or change the “bad NVH” to good (i.e., exhaust tones).

Performance: Performance is the driver’s perception of the vehicle's power and pickup. This is influenced by vehicle acceleration, sound of the engine, accelerator pedal feel, and shift quality. Performance is perceived in various ways: wide-open-throttle (WOT) acceleration, 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) -launch performance, or highway passing power.

Shift Quality: Shift Quality is the driver’s perception of the vehicle to an automatic transmission banana event. This is influenced by the powertrain (engine, transmission), and the vehicle (driveline, suspension, etc). Shift feel is both a tactile (feel) and audible (hear) response of the vehicle. Shift Quality is experienced as various events: Transmission shifts are felt as an upshift at acceleration (1-2), or a downshift maneuver in passing (4-2). Shift engagements of the vehicle are also evaluated, as in Park to Reverse, etc.

Durability / Corrosion Engineering: Durability and Corrosion engineering is the evaluation testing of a vehicle for its useful life. This includes mileage accumulation, severe driving conditions, and corrosive salt baths.

Package / Ergonomics Engineering: Package Engineering is a discipline that designs/analyzes the occupant accommodations (seat roominess), ingress/egress to the vehicle, and the driver’s field of vision (gauges and windows). The Package Engineer is also responsible for other areas of the vehicle like the engine compartment, and the component to component placement. Ergonomics is the discipline that assesses the occupant's access to the steering wheel, pedals, and other driver/passenger controls.

Climate Control: Climate Control is the customer’s impression of the cabin environment and level of comfort related to the temperature and humidity. From the windshield defrosting, to the heating and cooling capacity, all vehicle seating positions are evaluated to a certain level of comfort.

Driveability: Driveability is the vehicle’s response to general driving conditions. Cold starts and stalls, rpm dips, idle response, launch hesitations and stumbles, and performance levels.

Cost: The cost of a vehicle program is typically split into the effect on the variable cost of the vehicle, and the up-front tooling and fixed costs associated with developing the vehicle. There are also costs associated with warranty reductions, and marketing.

Program timing: To some extent programs are timed with respect to the market, and also to the production schedules of the assembly plants. Any new part in the design must support the development and manufacturing schedule of the model.

Assembly Feasibility: It is easy to design a module that is hard to assemble, either resulting in damaged units, or poor tolerances. The skilled product development engineer works with the assembly/manufacturing engineers so that the resulting design is easy and cheap to make and assemble, as well as delivering appropriate functionality and appearance.


 Development Engineer

A Development Engineer is a job function within Automotive Engineering, in which the development engineer has the responsibility for coordinating delivery of the engineering attributes of a complete automobile (bus, car, truck, van, SUV, etc.) as dictated by the automobile manufacturer, governmental regulations, and the customer who buys the product.

Much like the Systems Engineer, the Development Engineer is concerned with the interactions of all systems in the complete automobile. While there are multiple components and systems in an automobile that have to function as designed, they must also work in harmony with the complete automobile. As an example, the brake system's main function is to provide braking functionality to the automobile. Along with this, it must also provide an acceptable level of: pedal feel (spongy, stiff), brake system “noise” (squeal, shudder, etc), and interaction with the ABS (anti-lock braking system).

Another aspect of the development engineer's job is a trade-off process required to deliver all the automobile attributes at a certain acceptable level. An example of this is the trade-off between engine performance and fuel economy. While some customers are looking for maximum power from their engine, the automobile is still required to deliver an acceptable level of fuel economy. From the engine's perspective, these are opposing requirements. Engine performance is looking for maximum displacement (bigger, more power), while fuel economy is looking for a smaller displacement engine (ex: 1.4 L vs. 5.4 L). The engine size, though is not the only contributing factor to fuel economy and automobile performance. Other attributes include: automobile weight, aerodynamic drag, transmission gearing, emission control devices, and tires.

The Development Engineer is also responsible for organising automobile level testing, validation, and certification. Components and systems are designed and tested individually by the Product Engineer. The final evaluation though, has to be conducted at the automobile level to evaluate system to system interactions. As an example, the audio system (radio) needs to be evaluated at the automobile level. Interaction with other electronic components can cause interference. Heat dissipation of the system and ergonomic placement of the controls need to be evaluated. Sound quality in all seating positions needs to be provided at acceptable levels.

 Manufacturing Engineering

Manufacturing Engineers at automotive companies are involved in a wide array of manufacturing activities. They plan and engineer the assembly of whole vehicles as well as the individual parts that go into the vehicles. Design and layout of equipment and people, machine rates and line rates, specification of automation equipment, and manufacturing safety procedures are all some of the jobs that Manufacturing Engineers do.

Assembly plants build vehicles from parts they receive...they rarely build parts themselves. Manufacturing engineers at assembly plants plan out the body shop, engine and transmission placement, and the trim and chassis area of the final assembly. Seats, radios, interior trim panels, pick-up bedliners and wheels are examples of parts that need to be manufactured for a vehicle and whose creation would be overseen by an Automotive Manufacturing Engineer. While body panels, usually stamped sheet metal, have typically remained within the OEM, the general trend for all other parts is for them to be bought from outside suppliers. Most vehicles have greater than 60% supplier content (The Toyota Product Development System, Morgan and Liker)

The automotive industry has its own culture that Automotive Manufacturing Engineers need to know to effectively operate. The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), a consortium composed of hundreds of participating companies, have established rules and procedures that ensure parts meet strict quality levels. An Automotive Manufacturing Engineer typically works with statistics and process controls, validating that the process that produces parts will always produce those parts with quality. They also search for ways to continuously improve the process between product upgrades.

 Other automotive engineering roles

There are also other automotive engineers:

* The aerodynamics engineers will often give guidance to the styling studio so that the shapes they design are aerodynamic, as well as attractive.
* Body engineers will also let the studio know if it is feasible to make the panels for their designs.
* Quality engineer, logistics/transportation engineer, environmental engineer, performance engineer, durability engineer, reliability engineer, etc...

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