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Fiat Chrysler minivans cameout on top in 2014, with theChrysler Town & Country andthe Dodge Grand Caravan rankedas the two highest-selling mini-vans for the year.Their combined sales of

272,192 units accounted for near-ly one-half of all minivans sold inthe United States.The Chrysler Town & Country

was the best-selling minivan inthe United States in 2014, with138,040 units sold, an increase of13 percent from 2013. The Town& Country also had its best annu-al sales since 2007.Sales of the Dodge Grand Cara-

van in 2014 increased 8 percentfrom 2013 to 134,152 units.The 272,192 units of combined

minivan sales in 2014 is an 11percent increase from the previ-ous year, beating the 5 percentincrease for the entire minivansegment in 2014.Overall, for 2014, Fiat

Chrysler’s minivans had 49.9 per-cent of the total minivan market,said Fiat Chrysler spokeswomanAngela Bianchi.“This is something we’re very

proud of,” Bianchi said. “After all,Chrysler invented the minivan

Fiat Chrysler Outsells AllOther Minivans in 2014

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The phrase, “made in Michi-gan,” now has a worldwidemeaning with the new Mustangofficially going global.For the first time in its 50-year

history, Mustang will be availableto customers around the worldin more than 100 markets, saidFord spokeswoman AmandaZusman.First shipments of the “highly-

anticipated Mustang” are headedfor Asia, with vehicles arriving inEurope midyear.Ford spokesman Said Deep

said in an email that the 2015rear-wheel-drive Mustang has anew platform but does not havea name for it that the companyuses externally.The new Mustang – assembled

in Flat Rock – now joins otherFord and Lincoln vehicles ex-ported to countries abroad.In 2013, Ford Motor Company

shipped more than 380,000 vehi-cles from the United States, mak-ing the automaker a top U.S. ex-porter of vehicles.“Henry Ford exported the sixth

Model A assembled in 1903 andwe continue this legacy today,”said Joe Hinrichs, Ford presidentof The Americas.“The success of our One Ford

plan presents opportunities forgrowth in global markets. Export-ing Ford and Lincoln vehicles toAsia Pacific and beyond is an im-portant part of Ford’s globalgrowth story.“Mustang is just one more ex-

ample of the international de-mand for Ford cars and trucks.”Making Ford vehicles available

to global consumers supportsthousands of jobs across theUnited States, Hinrichs said.

The new 2015 Mustang is sup-ported by U.S. suppliers in 25states.In 2013, Flat Rock Assembly

Plant, the car’s production home,celebrated the 1 millionth Mus-tang built there.The facility has approximately

3,000 employees working twoshifts at full capacity to produceMustang and Fusion. In addition,

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Global automotive industrytrends like urban mobility,comfort, fuel economy andautonomous driving are the lead-ing forces behind Johnson Con-trols’ innovations in seating,interior and batteries that sawtheir debut at the 2015 NorthAmerican International AutoShow (NAIAS) in Detroit earlierthis month.Johnson Controls showcased

two vehicle interior concepts forthe first time at NAIAS thataddress these global trends.“The 2015 Automotive Seating

Demonstrator ‘SD15’ and theAutomotive Interiors Demonstra-tor ‘ID15’ display innovative newproducts that offer enhancedcomfort, personalization optionsand other unique features ad-dressing the megatrend ofautonomous driving,” said John-son Controls spokeswomanMary Kay Dodero.The company also unveiled a

new battery that Johnson Con-trols says will help automakersmeet increasing fuel efficiencyand emission reduction regula-tions.“At Johnson Controls, we are

always thinking ahead to ensurewe’re offering the right solutionsfor vehicles that meet drivers’expectations today and in thefuture,” said Beda Bolzenius,president of Johnson ControlsAutomotive Experience and vicechairman of Johnson ControlsAsia Pacific.“Our seating, interior and bat-

tery solutions help advance ourautomaker customers’ brands aswell as enhance the overall driv-ing experience.”In addition to the debut of

SD15 and ID15, Johnson Controlslists these highlights of its10,000-square-foot exhibit ofDetroit’s Cobo Center:• Automotive seating systems

that achieve lighter weight, allowfor customization and improvedperformance through productssuch as the new Loft rear seatand protective FreshPer4manceseat coating and its innovativecarbon-fiber-based seat backframe;• Interior materials and flexi-

ble designs for door panels,instrument panels, floor con-soles and overhead consolesthat increase the consumer’sperception of value across allvehicle segments through massreduction and enhanced func-tionality;• A full spectrum of battery

systems for conventional, Start-Stop, Micro Hybrid, hybrid andelectric vehicles that meet theevolving needs of the global mar-ket;• The new Recaro Sport Seat

Platform, an innovative, light-weight and highly modular sportcar seat platform conceptfor original equipment manu-facturers.

Johnson Controls DebutsVehicle Interior Concepts

Mustangs Selling Globally for First TimeSD15 Seat

GM’s special robotic systems weld together dissimilar materials – like these – for the upcoming Cadillac CT6.

Cadillac will use the auto in-dustry’s most comprehensiveand advanced mixed-materialmanufacturing techniques tobuild its new CT6 sedan, allowingcreation of a top-of-range largeluxury sedan with the agilityand efficiency of a smaller vehi-cle.The CT6, which goes on sale in

the fourth quarter of 2015, will bebuilt at the Detroit-HamtramckAssembly plant, using a uniquecombination of joining tech-niques, a first for any GeneralMotors model, said Cadillacspokesman David Caldwell.A new body shop with new

tooling and advanced technolo-gies – including 205 robots – hasbeen added to the plant. Thefully automated, roughly 138,000-square-foot shop is dedicatedto the manufacturing of thehigh-end luxury sedan.When it launches, the CT6 will

expand the Cadillac range up-wards – adding rather than

replacing a current product,Caldwell said. Positioned abovetoday’s CTS and XTS productlines, the CT6 aims to join theelite group of top-class large lux-ury cars.“For the Cadillac CT6, we have

developed additional new bodyconstruction techniques andtechnologies allowing varioustypes of advanced and light-weight materials to be combinedwithin the manufacturing envi-ronment like never before,”Cadillac President Johan deNysschen said last week at theWashington Auto Show.“We have invested $300 million

in the Detroit-Hamtramck Assem-bly plant to make this possible,”he said. “These actions will allowus to advance the art of manufac-turing and take craftsmanshipand manufacturing technology toa new level.”This is important, Caldwell

said, because lighweighting hasbeen a major priority for auto-

makers over the past severalyears. In the past, engineers anddesigners had to decide if a vehi-cle was going to be constructedpredominantly of either steel oraluminum. That’s because it’svery difficult to join unlike mate-rials.That meant that engineers

faced a challenge in manufactur-ing the advanced mixed-materialvehicle structure for the CT6.Combining different types of join-ing methods, the team overcameprevious manufacturing difficul-ties involving the joining oftraditionally dissimilar materials,while still allowing the engineer-ing team to optimize every panelfor its desired purpose.Material-joining techniques

prominent in the body construc-tion of the CT6 include:• Patented Aluminum Spot

Welding Technology;• Aluminum Laser Welding,

Cadillac Uses New Construction TechniquesTo Produce Large Luxury Sedan – the CT6

A Michigan-made Mustang getting ready for export

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by Jim Stickford

Who said the history of Detroitis a dry topic?

Not the people at Detroit His-tory Tours, who will stop at somecity bars on the new toursthey’re hosting.

The tour company will coverthe city, employing historyexperts to explain backgoundabout the stops at major and mi-nor Detroit locations – includingmany storied drinking spots.

The idea for the business start-ed with Bailey Sisoy Isgro, an in-terior sculptor for Cadillac. Sheearned her degree at the Centerfor Creative Studies and works atthe GM Tech Center.

She is also getting her PhD inwomen’s studies from SarahLawrence College in New York.

She and a friend, DennisBorawski, both had an interest inDetroit history and she told himshe’d like to have given more de-tailed tours of the history of thecity when she worked for the De-troit Bus Company and he sug-gested immediately that theymake that happen.

The end result was the cre-ation of Detroit History Tours(www.detroithistorytours.com, acompany that will take people ona bus tour of Detroit.

Customers will visit some ofthe city’s most interstestinghistorical sites. And, cocktailswill be a part of the tours be-cause a lot of Detroit’s historytook place in bars.

Right now, three tours areplanned, Isgro said, each with aparticular theme. The first tour istitled, “Wild Women of Detroit.”

It’s set for 6:15-11:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Feb. 7. The cost is $40.

“Detroit may have been found-ed in 1701 by the French explorerAntoine Laumet de La MotheSirur de Cadillac, but it was hiswife Marie who decided much ofthe town’s original layout,” Isgrosaid.

“From the very beginning,Detroit has been a dame’s town.”

The tour will take customers tovarious Detroit sites, includingtwo bars, that will tell the historyof the city from the female per-spective.

The next tour, titled, “Tales ofDetroit Cocktail Bus Tour,” is setfor Saturday, March 7, starting at6:15 p.m. The cost is $100.

Isgro said this tour looks atDetroit’s drinking history. Thecity has been home to brewersand distillers and played a majorrole in Prohibition. Five stopswill give those taking the tour asample of “the booze that shapedthe city’s history,” she said.

The final tour scheduled is theBelle Isle Walking Tour andPicnic, Isgro said.

The cost is $40 and it takesplace on Saturday, April 4, start-ing at 10:30 a.m.

“One of the women that will betalked about at this tour is AnnScripps Whitcomb,” Isgro said.

“She was an heiress of theScripps newspaper fortune andat one time had the largestprivate collection of orchids in

the world. She donated that col-lection to the city of Detroit and,as a result, the Belle Isle Conser-vatory was named after her.”

Isgro said one of the thingsthat makes Detroit History Toursdifferent is that the peoplebehind it, as well as thoseconducting the tours, have aprofound knowledge of the cityand its history.

“Our guides won’t be peoplewho are just reading off a script,”Isgro said. “They will be expertsin the particular topics of thetour. They will be speaking usingtheir knowledge and will be able

to answer questions and talkabout the city’s history.”

One thing that surprised Isgrowhen she began setting up thetours was just how much of thecity’s physical history is stillstanding.

“Not all of it is in great shape,”Isgro said. “But there are build-ings around that people still use.

“For example, there is a barcalled Abick’s in Detroit whichopened up 100 years ago. It wasrun for decades by a womaneveryone called Manya.

“We just lost her at the age of93.

“She was born in the apart-ment above the bar that’s nowrun by her grandson. It’s the old-est continuously run bar in thecity.

“During WWII, when there wasrationing, Manya would collectall the stray food ration couponspeople had, and use them to buyfood on Sundays.

“Then, she would use that foodto feed the people in the neigh-borhood at her bar on a Sundayafternoon.“That’s a great story and a greatpiece of Detroit’s history thatshouldn’t be lost.”

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100 jobs at the Port of Portland(in Oregon) have now beenadded to support Ford exportsbound for Asia Pacific and othermarkets.

“Serving as a gateway for ex-ports of new Ford vehicles toChina and Korea has helpedboost employment and bolsterour local economy,” said BillWyatt, executive director for thePort of Portland.

“Auto exports and importssupport more than 500 jobs atour marine terminals, and theyhave been an important part ofour diverse cargo portfolio since1953.”

Mustangs exported from theUnited States undergo a seriesof steps to ensure compliancewith vehicle standards in thedestination countries, Hinrichssaid.

At each port’s homologationcenter, Ford and Lincoln vehiclesreceive finishing touches thatfollow specific engineering workcompleted in production at theplant.

Zusman said vehicles undergoproper customs documentationand tracking so Ford can ensuretheir progress and delivery. Cer-tain vehicles receive an under-body coating and documents inthe destination country lan-guage.

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The addition of a right-hand-drive Mustang to Ford’s globalvehicle lineup will allow theiconic pony car to be exportedto more than 25 of these marketsaround the world, including theUnited Kingdom, Australia andSouth Africa, Hinrichs said.

Mustang joins a lineup of FordMotor Company vehicles pro-duced in the United States andexported around the world,Zusman said.

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and it’s a niche that we’ve re-mained strong in.”“After creating the segment in

1983,” said Reid Bigland, head ofU.S. Sales, “FCA US has morethan 30 years of minivan leader-ship and nearly 80 minivan firsts,including class-exclusive Stow ’nGo seating and segment-leadingBlu-ray rear-seat entertainmentsystem.“We’ll continue to listen to our

customers and innovate to re-main the minivan segmentleader.”Bianchi said Fiat Chrysler has

worked hard to differentiate thetwo minivans. The ChryslerTown & Country is more expen-sive and more luxurious, saidBianchi. It has things like avail-able leather seats and moreamenities than the Dodge Cara-van.“The Dodge Grand Caravan

minivan has the Dodge ‘vibe’ andis really affordable, with pricesstarting at $20,000,” Bianchi said.“It’s got a lot of value and is forpeople who need to do some

hauling. It’s real value at a lowerprice point.”For 2015, Fiat Chrysler is mak-

ing a couple of adjustments tohelp better position the twominivans in the marketplace,Bianchi said.For example, the Chrysler

Town & Country is adding twoadditional models for 2015, pro-viding customers with comfort,safety and innovative features atany budget, Bianchi said.Chrysler Town & Country

offers the most innovative seat-ing and storage system with stan-dard Stow ’n Go Seats.Town & Country’s award-win-

ning powertrain, said Bianchi,delivers best-in-class horsepow-er without sacrificing fuel effi-ciency.The 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 en-

gine is a three-time “Ward’s 10Best Engine” winner and pro-duces 283 horsepower and 260lb.-ft. of torque.Chrysler Town & Country

achieves an EPA-estimated 17mpg in the city, 25 on the high-way.And, Bianchi said, the 2015

Dodge Grand Caravan is offeringnew Plus Packages for 2015 togive customers the most desiredfeatures at a significant value.The Grand Caravan offers in-

dustry-exclusive Super Stow ’nGo seating that can be easily op-erated with one hand, allowingusers to convert from carryingseven to hauling cargo in a mat-ter of seconds.The Pentastar 3.6-liter V6 en-

gine provides best-in-class 283horsepower, said Bianchi, with-out a penalty at the gas pump,getting up to 25 mpg. The GrandCaravan is equipped with morethan 55 safety, security and tech-nology features, she said.The Chrysler Town & Country

and Dodge Grand Caravan arebuilt at the Windsor AssemblyPlant in Windsor, Ontario, Cana-da.The vehicles are built on the

company’s RT platform, whichwas first introduced at the 2007Detroit auto show for 2008 modelyear vehicles.A version of the Town & Coun-

try is sold in Europe as the Lan-cia Voyager.

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JANUARY 26, 2015 PAGE 3“FIRST IN THE HEART OF DETROIT SINCE 1933”

Fiat Chrysler kicked off 2015by winning four IHS AutomotiveLoyalty Awards.The Chrysler Town & Country

received its 14th consecutiveLoyalty Award in the non-luxurymid-size van category, extendingits own record of consecutivewins.The Jeep Grand Cherokee

nabbed its sixth award in theNon-Luxury Mid-size SUV catego-ry and the Dodge Challenger washonored in its category for thethird time.Jeep Wrangler won the Non-

Luxury Compact SUV award forthe second consecutive year.“FCA continues to demon-

strate superior performance inowner loyalty across their vehi-cle segments,” said Michael Gin-gell, vice president, global mar-ket analysis solutions and corpo-rate development at IHS.“The fact that they have won

loyalty awards for consecutiveyears with a number of theirproducts shows that they giveconsumers a reason to remainwith their brands.”The IHS Automotive Loyalty

Awards recognize manufacturersfor superior owner-loyalty per-formance, said Fiat Chryslerspokeswoman Angela Bianchi,which is determined when ahousehold that owns a particularvehicle returns to market to pur-chase or lease another new vehi-cle of the same model or make.

The 2014 awards are based onan analysis of personal new vehi-cle registrations during the 2014model year, which ran from Oct.1, 2013, to Sept. 30, 2014.The Chrysler Town & Country,

Bianchi said, with the 3.6-literPentastar V6 engine is a three-time “Ward’s 10 Best Engine” win-ner and produces 283 horsepow-er and 260 lb.-ft. of torque.Chrysler Town & Country

achieves an EPA-estimated 17mpg in the city, 25 highway.The Jeep Grand Cherokee,

Bianchi said, has a host of ad-vanced user-friendly technologyand safety features. It also deliv-ers best-in-class 30 mpg highway,she said, courtesy of an available3.0-liter EcoDiesel V6 engine andstandard eight-speed transmis-sion.The Jeep Wrangler is equipped

with a 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 en-gine delivering 285 horsepowerand 260 lb.-ft. of torque and up to21 miles per gallon.It is one of the few mid-size

SUVs that offers a six-speed man-ual transmission – in addition toits five-speed automatic trans-mission, Bianchi said.The Dodge Challenger, Bianchi

said, has achieved record salessince the reintroduction of theChallenger in 2008.And the new 2015 Dodge Chal-

lenger SRT Hellcat is the mostpowerful muscle car ever, saidBianchi.

Two Jeeps, Town & Country,Challenger Earn IHS Awards

Fiat Chrysler Outsells All Minivans in 2014

The Henry Ford Trade SchoolAlumni Association has donated$750,000 to Lawrence Technolog-ical University.The funds are to be used to

create an endowed scholarshipfund for under graduate mechan-ical engineering students.The donation is among the top

10 largest gifts ever received bythe university to establish anendowed scholarship, saidLawrence Tech spokesman EricPope, and the largest for scholar-ships from an organization.Interest income from the

endowment will provide need-based scholarship assistance torecipients.“Through this permanent fund,

we will perpetuate and celebrateHenry Ford’s legacy in educationand create new generations ofhighly skilled new engineers whoare so essential to sustainingAmerican ingenuity and econom-ic leadership,” said John J. Graf,president of the Henry FordTrade School Alumni Associa-tion.LTU and the Ford alumni group

have a long history dating backto Lawrence Tech’s creation in1932, when one of the first acts ofLTU founder Russell Lawrencewas to create a scholarship fundto attract Trade School gradu-ates, Pope said.Ford Motor Company founder

Henry Ford, and his son, Edsel,then Ford president, helped pro-vide the first classroom buildingfor Lawrence Tech.One of the early advisors to

the university was FrederickSearle, director of education atFord and director of the FordTrade School.LTU President Virinder

Moudgil, in accepting the gift,said that numerous Ford TradeSchool alumni went on to alsoearn Lawrence Tech degrees.They included Lewis C. Veral-

di, Ford vice president of productand manufacturing engineering,who oversaw development of the1986 Motor Trend Car of the Year– the first Taurus – and WilliamD. Innes, who in the 1970s ad-vanced to Ford executive vicepresident and led all of the Dear-born automaker’s North Ameri-can operations.Henry Ford established several

schools where he could offer a

technical education that wouldprepare young people for work inindustry, Pope said.The Henry Ford Trade School

opened in 1916. Classes empha-sized the mechanical arts leadingto apprenticeships and journey-man status in the skilled trades,

but also included English, histo-ry, drafting, chemistry, physics,metallurgy, and bookkeeping,with classwork alternating withshop practice.The school produced 8,000

graduates before closing in Julyof 1952.

Trade School Group Donates $750,000 to LTU

JANUARY 26, 2015DETROIT AUTO SCENE

Kelley Blue Book has namedthe 2015 Jeep Wrangler and 2015Dodge Charger winners of its2015 Best Resale Value Awards.

For the fourth consecutiveyear, Jeep Wrangler has beennamed Best Resale Value in itsclass and ranked on the Top 10list for the fifth year in a row. Thenew-for-2015 Dodge Charger alsoearned a Best Resale ValueAward in the Full-Size Car cate-gory.

“The entire list of Top 10 BestResale Value vehicles is dominat-ed this year by trucks, SUVs andcrossovers, which is a testamentto the strength these categorieswill carry in the future,” said EricIbara, director of residual valueconsulting for Kelley Blue Book.

Kelley Blue Book’s KBB.comBest Resale Value Awards arebased on projections from theKelley Blue Book Official Resid-ual Value Guide and determinedby a skilled staff of automotiveanalysts, said Fiat Chryslerspokeswoman Kristin Starnes.These awards honor vehicles ex-pected to maintain the greatestproportion of their original listprice after five years of owner-ship, she said.

“The 2015 Best Resale ValueAwards are based not on a feel-ing or a guess or a simple calcu-lation, but instead on what weconsider to be the best researchand analysis process in the in-dustry,” said Kelley Blue Bookspokesman Chintan Talati. “Ourresale value projections take in-to account current vehicle data,sales data, market conditions foreach vehicle, competition withinvehicle segments, expectationsof the future economy and thecombined experience of KelleyBlue Book’s team of market andpricing analysts. In other words,this data cannot be duplicated,and it can be your ticket to alow-cost ride.”

Wrangler, ChargerKeep ResidualValues, Says KBB

Green Car Journal has namedthe Jeep Grand CherokeeEcoDiesel its 2015 Green SUV ofthe Year. The announcement wasmade Jan. 23 at the WashingtonAuto Show in Washington, D.C.

“The Jeep Grand CherokeeEcoDiesel delivers what today’sdrivers really want in an efficientSUV,” said Ron Cogan, editor andpublisher of Green Car Journal.“It offers a do-everything naturewith exceptional comfort, power,functionality and driving range,plus surprising efficiency thatdelivers lower environmental im-pact.”

Green SUV of the Year finalistsincluded SUVs and crossoversthat feature notable environmen-tal achievement while also pro-viding all the attributes expectedof this versatile class of vehicle,Cogan said.

The 2015 Jeep Grand CherokeeEcoDiesel was selected as a win-ner from five finalists by a jurymade up of automotive expertsand Green Car Journal staff mem-bers.

“We are truly delighted thatthe editors of Green Car Journalhave named our full-size premi-um SUV – the 2015 Jeep GrandCherokee EcoDiesel – the GreenSUV of the Year,” said Mike Man-ley, CEO – Jeep Brand.

“We take pride that Green CarJournal’s jurors recognized theblend of efficiency, capability,comfort and performance thatthe Jeep Grand CherokeeEcoDiesel offers consumers.Jeep Grand Cherokee is the mostawarded SUV in history, andwe’re pleased to add this signifi-cant award from Green Car Jour-nal to the Jeep trophy case.”

Jeep GrandCherokee Earns

Green Award

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which creates a seamless joiningof exterior panels;• Self-Piercing Rivets, which

are able to join different types ofmaterials together with a cleanappearance;• Flow Drill Screws, which are

able to join different types of ma-terials and used in conjunctionwith adhesive;• Aluminum arc welding and

structural adhesive are also sep-arately used for CT6 body assem-bly.Among the five techniques, the

CT6’s engineers were able toselect the best joining methoddepending on material combina-tion and body location (formachine equipment access),Caldwell said.To weld both the inner and

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complete, a large robotic armlifts the entire vehicle from onepart of the assembly line to anupper-level conveyer – unheardof for a vehicle the size of CT6,Hester said – to be transferredacross the plant.Using these advanced manu-

facturing techniques allows forthe CT6 to meet the highest stan-dards in vehicle build quality,and to allow Cadillac to use themost mass-efficient materialswhile reducing fuel consumptionand enhancing safety and drivingdynamics, said Caldwell.Details of the CT6 will be re-

leased to the media later thisyear, Caldwell said, but he addedthat the vehicle “is a larger car.”By using this new joining tech-

nology on the CT6, GM is able tobuild a bigger car that has theagility of a smaller vehicle.Additionally, Caldwell said, the

CT6 will be a premium car, andits buyers are the type of con-sumers that expect – and arewilling to pay for – premiumcraftsmanship.The CT6 marks the return of a

full-size luxury sedan to Detroit-Hamtramck.“It’s kind of exciting that this

‘hometown’ invention of newbuilding techniques will maketheir debut in the hometownHamtramck factory,” Caldwellsaid.“These are ‘made in Detroit’

techniques GM created to beused in cars made in Detroit –leading-edge manufacturingdone right at home.”

Cadillac’s New TechniquesHelp to Produce CT6 SedanCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

Faurecia returned to the NorthAmerican International AutoShow in Detroit earlier thismonth with nearly three dozennew technologies and processes.The new methods help reduce

vehicle weight while enablingautomakers to offer morecapability and performance toconsumers, said Faureciaspokesman Tony Sapienza.Pursuing a “Less Is More” per-

spective, Sapienza said, Faureciafeatures systems and compo-nents that weigh less, helping im-prove mileage and decreaseemissions.At the same time, Sapienza

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driving well-being for vehicle oc-cupants, the environment andthe automotive industry by mak-ing ‘less’ a central goal and‘more’ a consistent result,”Sapienza said.A wide range of new approach-

es to fashioning vehicle systemswere also exhibited and demon-strated at Faurecia’s display inthe Crowne Plaza Detroit Down-town Riverfront, directly acrossfrom Detroit’s Cobo Center,Sapienza said.New applications of technolo-

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technology for the vehicle withthe advanced manufacturingprocesses that bring them to life,all with the goal of demonstrat-ing that less really can meanmore for our customers and con-sumers.”A centerpiece of the Faurecia

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