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Diagnostic Communication with Road-Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile
Machinery examines the communication between a diagnostic tester
and E/E systems of road-vehicles and non-road mobile machinery such
as agricultural machines and construction equipment. The title also
contains the description of E/E systems (control units and
in-vehicle networks), the communication protocols (e.g. OBD, J1939
and UDS on CAN / IP), and a glimpse into the near future covering
remote, cloud-based diagnostics and cybersecurity threats.
The automobile industry is evolving rapidly on a worldwide basis.
All of the biggest, most successful firms have become totally
global in nature. Plunkett's Automobile Industry Almanac will be
your complete guide to this immense, fascinating industry. This
exciting new book is a complete reference tool for everything you
need to know about the car, truck and specialty vehicles business,
including: Automotive industry trends and market research, mergers
and acquisitions, globalization, automobile manufacturers, truck
makers, specialty vehicles such as RVs, automobile finance and
other financial services, dealerships, components manufacturers,
retail auto parts stores, e-commerce and more. We discuss in detail
developments in China, India and other emerging markets,
collaboration and partnerships between auto makers, as well as
batteries, hybrids and plug in hybrid vehicles (PHEV). This book
includes extensive statistical tables, an automobile industry
glossary, industry contacts and indexes. The corporate profile
section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of
the 400 leading companies in all facets of the automobile industry.
You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market
research report in one superb, value-priced package.
This book offers a unique perspective within the luxury automobile
industry in which the author, a Ferrari dealer, recounts a lifetime
with the iconic car brand. Chapters detail a wide range of
experiences, like a nonstop drive in a 308GTB from Chicago to
Boston; rides with important figures like Piero Ferrari and Dario
Benuzzi; and a visit to the Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini
factories at Maranello. This book follows one man's
all-encompassing journey with Ferraris. First a fan, then a
salesman and a dealer, the author offers numerous insights into the
life cycle of a Ferrari, from production to sales.
Jewels in the Crown provides an analysis of Tata's acquisition of
Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008, and subsequent transformation of
their fortunes, written by an award-winning motoring writer. Ray
Hutton goes behind the scenes to examine how Tata have not only
returned the business to profit, but also transformed the public
image of these long-established British brands. At the time of the
takeover, both brands (once the crown jewels of the British motor
industry) had been tarnished by a patchy reputation for quality and
reliability. Tata bought a new approach to the business, with fast
decision-making and a solid, sustainable, long-term strategy.
Factory efficiency was improved and a major export drive
accompanied by a succession of carefully-positioned new models,
from the Jaguar XJ Saloon and F-Type sports car to the Evoque and
the new, lighter but more luxurious Range Rover flagship. The
result was a remarkable change of fortunes. This book shows how it
was done.
Trace the evolution of the supercar through the technology that
drives it. With an introduction by David Coulthard. This is the
definitive story of the science behind the art of supercar design.
Written by bestselling author Martin Roach and featuring bespoke
technical illustrations from F1 insider Neil Waterman, plus
contributions from the biggest names in the supercar world,
including: Adrian Newey - legend of Formula 1 design Gordon Murray
- creator of the McLaren F1 Achim Anscheidt - chief designer of the
Bugatti Chiron Tony Hatter - Porsche design guru Horacio Pagani -
founder of Pagani Nigel Mansell - Formula 1 world champion
Christian von Koenigsegg - founder of Koenigsegg And many, many
more. From the earliest supercharged monsters to the complex
machines of today, The Science of Supercars traces the evolution of
the supercar through the technology that powers it.
Lavishly illustrated with unique images from the official company
archive, this book charts more than 100 years of car-making at the
Longbridge factory, near Birmingham. Herbert Austin founded the
Austin Motor Company here in April 1905 and it was subsequently
home to the British Motor Corporation, British Leyland, Rover Group
and, latterly, MG Rover. Its products include some of the most
famous British models ever produced, such as the pioneering Austin
Seven, the innovative trend-setting Mini, the popular Austin Metro
and, in later years, the best-selling MG TF and elegant Rover 75.
The factory was a major employer and an integral part of the local
community from its beginnings until the sad events of April 2005,
when MG Rover went into administration. This radically changed the
landscape, spearheading the long-term regeneration of the area. The
community is looking to the future with confidence, never
forgetting its long and proud tradition of manufacturing. This
fully updated version honours the 110th anniversary of the first
motor production at Longbridge as well as the 150th birthday of
Herbert Austin. It includes a new colour section showing various
stages in the life of a car, from the design studio to the
showroom.
It is a bedrock American belief: the 1950s were a golden age of
prosperity for autoworkers. Flush with high wages and enjoying the
benefits of generous union contracts, these workers became the
backbone of a thriving blue-collar middle class. It is also a myth.
Daniel J. Clark began by interviewing dozens of former autoworkers
in the Detroit area and found a different story--one of economic
insecurity caused by frequent layoffs, unrealized contract
provisions, and indispensable second jobs. Disruption in Detroit is
a vivid portrait of workers and an industry that experienced
anything but stable prosperity. As Clark reveals, the
myths--whether of rising incomes or hard-nosed union bargaining
success--came later. In the 1950s, ordinary autoworkers, union
leaders, and auto company executives recognized that although jobs
in their industry paid high wages, they were far from steady and
often impossible to find.
One of the world's largest tire makers and an international
corporation with interests in countries around the world, Michelin
is also a uniquely French company, one that throughout its history
has closely identified itself with the country's people and
culture. In the process, it has helped shape the self-image of
twentieth-century France. In "Marketing Michelin," Stephen Harp
provides a provocative history of the company and its innovative
advertising campaigns between 1898, when Bibendum--the company's
iconic "Michelin Man"--was first introduced, to 1940, when France
fell to the Nazis and the company's top executive, Edouard
Michelin, died. Both events indelibly changed the company and the
national context in which it operated.
Harp uses the familiar figure of Bibendum and the promotional
campaigns designed around him to analyze the cultural assumptions
of "belle-epoque" France, including representations of gender,
race, and class. He also considers Michelin's efforts to promote
automobile tourism in France and Europe through its famous Red
Guide (first introduced in 1900), noting that, in the aftermath of
World War I, the company sold tour guides to the battlefields of
the Western Front and favorably positioned France's participation
in the war as purely defensive and unavoidable. Throughout this
period, the company successfully identified the name of Michelin
with many aspects of French society, from cuisine and local culture
to nationalism and colonialism. Michelin also introduced Fordism
and Taylorism to France, and Harp offers a nuanced understanding of
how the firm effected Americanization and modernization despite the
protests of the French public. Through its marketing efforts, Harp
concludes, Michelin exerted a profound impact on France's cultural
identity in the twentieth century. His ambitious study offers a
fresh perspective on both French social history in these years and
the relationship between corporate culture and popular culture in
the twentieth century.
Since the revolution of 1979, scholars have portrayed the Islamic
State's industrial development capacity in a negative light. Global
isolation, incoherent economic planning, and predatory Islamic
institutions are often cited as the reasons for lackluster
development. In Iran Auto: Building a Global Industry in an Islamic
State, Darius Mehri shows how this characterization is misguided.
Today, Iran has one of the world's largest automobile industries
with national technical capacity. Previous studies ignore the
consequences of three decades of Iran's capacity for successful
industrialization and changes in global technology transfer that
allow countries, even ones isolated from formal global
institutions, to build an automobile industry. Mehri shows how
industrial nationalists in Iran constructed a network of
politically effective relationships to open up space for successful
local industrial development, and then tapped into a set of
important global linkages to create an industry with high local
manufacturing content. This book will open up a new line of inquiry
into how countries in the global south can develop a successful
national automobile industry without the need to conform to global
economic institutions.
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