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1. 1. Light Metal Forming Workshop at Jaguar

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   Published on: 10/10/2006   Last Visited: 8/25/2008

   Mark White, Manager of Body Structures Engineering for Jaguar and Land Rover organised and planned the programme listed below where senior Jaguar technologists and their suppliers explained to the light metal specialists attending what they had done in developing the aluminium XJ saloon.
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   Session One Chairman Mark White, Manager, BIW Product Development, Jaguar Land Rover
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2. 2. Birmingham101 local daily news

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   Published on: 7/8/2006   Last Visited: 7/18/2008

   Mark White, a design manager at Jaguar, said the car's lightness has a positive impact on fuel consumption and limits its effect on the environment.

3. 3. Column: Light On Its Feet - 12/02

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   Published on: 7/6/2006   Last Visited: 7/6/2006

   Mark White, manager, Body-In- White Design, Body & Trim Engineering Jaguar Cars Ltd. (Coventry, England), is an aluminum man.His group built several aluminum Jaguar S-Types in order to verify that this was the way to go for the body structure of the XJ series replacement (codename: X350).They conferred with their counterparts at Ford about the lessons learned from Ford's AIV-Aluminum Intensive Vehicle-Taurus fleet and P2000 research vehicles.And every day the weather cooperates, White can be found behind the wheel of his Lotus Elise, a lightweight specialist sports car with an extruded aluminum spaceframe.
   
   "Fuel is much more expensive in Europe," he says."It's the equivalent of $7 per gallon in the U.K., and vehicles taxes are based on a vehicle's CO2 emissions, which are directly related to fuel economy."This, says White, was a major impetus to get the weight out of the new XJ, especially in light of the trends in luxury vehicle mass. "The weight of the typical luxury vehicle has increased by 10 kg. per year on average," he says, "which means that cars in this sector are on average 220 lb. heavier today than they were in 1992."
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   "I didn't want to have to scrimp on equipment or performance with the X350," says White.
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   White says the structure uses an inside-out build process that allows the rivet guns full access to every joint on the structure.The skin is made of 6111 bake-hardenable alloy, and the doors make use of die castings, extrusions and stampings in their structures.A bolt-on front end structure minimizes low-speed crash damage, and-along with the split rear fender-helps keep insurance costs in check.And every Jaguar dealer has been trained in the repair protocols for the X350's unique underpinnings."We developed the repair techniques concurrent with the design," says White, "and tried to make certain they didn't stray too far from what was familiar."This is another reason why SPRs were used in the structure."Rivets are better in terms of fatigue strength," he says, "and far easier than spot welding in that it's something that can be done anywhere in the world.