Thursday, March 15, 2012

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DaimlerChrysler applies its advanced structural plastic molding technology to the 2001 Jeep Wrangler hardtop. Class-A body parts will be next.

If a thousand-mile journey begins with a single step, it follows that the dawn of high-volume injection molded car bodies could begin with the production of 5,000 Jeep Wrangler hardtops. Or at least that's the thinking at DaimlerChrysler. Currently, DC is on schedule for the 2001 launch of a thermoplastic hardtop option for its enduring, offroad icon. And from what engineers involved with the program have told AI, it's only the beginning.

"Introducing injection molded plastic body parts, one piece at a time, is our strategy," says …

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