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12 Cover Story Valve controls Imagine a valve control system that is infinitely variable irrespective of engine speed and load. Impossible? Not according to Camcon Automotive’s technical director Roger Stone, as Ian Adcock discovers
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16 Biomimicry Mother Nature knows best What can the automotive industry learn from nature when it comes to weight saving? Ryan Borroff has been finding out
20 Fuel injection systems Building up the pressure Tony Lewin reports on the growing trend towards even higher line pressures in injection systems.
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24 Latching systems Arrival of the super-key The world has moved on apace since the days of the humble key, as Ian Adcock discovers
26 Material trends The inside story Where does the use of alternative materials in interiors go, asks Ryan Borroff
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30 Energy sources Something in the air Just as we get to grips with the new PSA ‘Hybrid Air’ hydraulic brake regeneration system, cryogenic liquid air becomes the subject of a new report. Andrew English takes up the story
32 Question Time History in the making Any concept car from Pininfarina is special. But, when it bears the name ‘Sergio’, it takes on a unique resonance. Ian Adcock talks with company chairman Paolo Pininfarina
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6 News • Exclusive: Engine knock predicted
• Volvo diesel breakthrough
• Driveline software
• Four-way cat for petrol engines
11 The Columnist Innovation shows the way Donald A. Hillebrand, Phd President SAE International
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interview Jan-Maarten de Vries, VP TomTom
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