Common Tooling for Left-Hand and Right-Hand Instrument Panels
970442
02/24/1997
- Event
- Content
- 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 JeepĀ® Wrangler, saving the company approximately $7 million.
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- 6
- Citation
- Rose, T., and Raby, M., "Common Tooling for Left-Hand and Right-Hand Instrument Panels," SAE Technical Paper 970442, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/970442.