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One of the most eagerly anticipated vehicles of the year is the Ford Fiesta, which is coming to North America after having had notable successes in European and Asian markets, with well over 500,000 units sold of the current generation. Although it is a small car, it is engineered to be a safe one, deploying not only Ford's SPACE Architecture but an extensive array of cold- and hot-formed, high-strength steel in the body structure. According to Ron Krupitzer, VP, Automotive Applications, AISI, aluminum is used as all alloying material in some steels that provides a means by which there is a reduction -- as much as 10% in some cases -- in the density of the steel. Vehicle engineers are looking for materials that are light but strong. And this not only means steel, but aluminum. Don't think that using steel for passive safety is a consideration primarily of engineers in the US.
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Light, Safe, Steel
One of the most eagerly anticipated vehicles of the year is the Ford Fiesta, which is coming to North America after having had notable successes in European and Asian markets, with well over 500,000 units sold of the current generation (Mk Vl). Although it is a small car, it is engineered to be a safe one, deploying not only Ford's SPACE Architecture (as in ...
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