Automotive Design and Production

MAY 2017

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STEEL SERIOUS ABOUT Automakers continue to use the material to make vehicles that are strong, safe, light and affordable. Here's a look at some of the recent uses of steel. Although there is a lot of discussion of aluminum and even composites for vehicle manufacturing, make no mistake: steel is still the choice for the production of many vehicles. Here are some of the ones that the Steel Market Development Institute (smdisteel.org) tells us are among the most "steel-intensive." And it is an impressive list. (The steel amounts are per SMDI. The comments are ours.) BY GARY S. VASILASH, Editor-In-Chief 20

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