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Inner sense: realistic interior technology.

Publication: Automotive Design & Production
Publication Date: 01-SEP-04
Format: Online - approximately 782 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
When they're not busy running nationwide "e-panels" with 16-year-old girls to see what they want in car interiors (a removable clothes closet and CD storage on the headliner, if you must know), investigating new materials ("bullfrog"* and bamboo are next), trying to integrate numerous suppliers on a program, or save features as budgets are cut, interior suppliers are working on new ideas. Things like positive-stop seat adjusters with a maximum of 2-mm engagement space, center consoles with integral vacuum cleaners, and modular storage systems that can be personalized or changed when the vehicle comes off lease. Or items like the following four that are quickly gaining acceptance with U.S. OEMs.

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