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Company, F. M. (2009). About Ford. Retrieved april 6, 2009, from The Moving Assembly Line Debuted at the Highland Park Plant: http://www.ford.com/about-ford/heritage/places/highlandpark/663-highland-park
II) This article discusses a part of the Ford motor company’s history. The High Land Park assembly line on October 7 1913 created the first moving assembly line. This technique allowed production time to go from a couple of hours to less than 1 hour. It made the cost of cars decrease because ford didn’t have to pay their employees as much to build their cars.
III) I am going to use this article in my paper for the history aspect. It is very informative. If this technique was not mastered prices would have been off the wall, so in turn with the reduction of price everyone could afford a car.
IV) “Soon the line was improved with a power-drive "endless" conveyor system that was flush.”
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Hunt, Margaret W. "Automotive diaspora." Advanced Materials & Processes Apr. 2007: 2+. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 6 Apr. 2009 http://ezproxy.hacc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=24717873&site=ehost-live.
II) This article discusses the present and future of American car companies. The companies are in big trouble right now and are loosing the market to out of country companies. Even though this is happening these companies are investing in new technologies.
III) I intend to use this article in my paper in the present and future aspect of my paper. It describes that our car companies are in bad shape right now and loosing to out of country companies but still are investing in new technologies. Some of these technologies are shape memory alloys and polymers as smart materials that can change their shape, strength,
and/or stiffness when heat, stress, a magnetic field, or electrical voltage is introduced.
IV) “Ford Motor Co. is accelerating its nanotechnology research at Northwestern
University into lighter-weight metals and plastics with greater strength, ultimately
helping improve the safety and fuel economy of its cars and trucks.”
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Llovet, Diego. "High and Mighty: the dangerous rise of the SUV." Canadian Journal of Urban Research 13.2 (Winter2004 2004): 377-378. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 6 Apr. 2009
II) This book review discusses the issues with driving SUV’s. They are dangerous to both the drivers, passengers and other motorists. They are very prone to rolling over and are hard to control.
III) I am going to use this book review in my paper on the big factor these vehicles are dangerous and hard to control. More and more people are driving these vehicles and are putting themselves and others at risk alike.
IV) “unlike cars, these vehicles are hard to handle, unstable, and prone to rolling over; their design, height and weight are unreasonably deadly for pedestrians, car occupants and SUV passengers themselves; they deepen social inequality by transferring insurance costs to car
owners; and are responsible for undue erosion of cities' infrastructure and environmental pollution.”
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Pralle, Sarah. ""I'm Changing the Climate, Ask Me How!": The Politics of the Anti-SUV Campaign." Political Science Quarterly 2006: 397+. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 6 Apr. 2009
II) This article discusses the problems of driving an SUV. The author of the article says it is unchristian to drive these vehicles due to their safety aspect and their terrible fuel efficiency.
III) I am going to use this article in my paper for the “BIG” factor. It is a great article that discusses the truth that we as Americans love to drive big powerful gas guzzling vehicles. It is the hip thing to do these days instead of buying smaller more fuel efficient cars.
IV) "What a lot of protestors are missing is that Americans have a
deep psychological connection to the SUV. American automotive life is about
mobility and freedom. SUVs give you freedom, in a psychological sense, one
that isn't necessarily rational, but is emotional."
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Sramcik, Tim. "MUSCLE mystique." Aftermarket Business 115.3 (Mar. 2005): 36-42. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 6 Apr. 2009 http://ezproxy.hacc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=16401936&site=ehost-live.
II) This article discusses the popularity of the muscle car era and the history of it. It discusses the baby boom and how it affected the car companies to change their way from building “old people cars” to more hip cars for the times younger generation, and how this era has not disappeared people still want these cars.
III) I am going to us this article in my paper because it discusses a brief part of history of the American car companies. I am going to use it in the history part of my paper. It is valuable because it has a lot of informative facts about the 1960’s early 70’s era of the American car companies.
IV) “Decades after Detroit ceased production, classic muscle cars continue to survive and thrive, offering plenty of opportunities for the aftermarket to 'muscle' into.”
