In many instances, automotive companies wish to create both a left-hand drive and a right-hand drive version of the same vehicle. When the vehicle has relatively low sales volumes, it is imperative to reduce investment costs wherever possible. One successful - if challenging - way is by producing the instrument panel system for both versions off the same tooling. This feat was accomplished in the case of the '97 Jeep® Wrangler, saving the company approximately $7 million.


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    Title :

    Common Tooling for Left-Hand and Right-Hand Instrument Panels


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Raby, Mike (author) / Rose, Tim (author)

    Conference:

    International Congress & Exposition ; 1997



    Publication date :

    1997-02-24




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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