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AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION

1. Specialists in automobile industry deal with
designing and manufacturing cars, so they should know that the production of
the automobile comprises the following phases:

1) Designing,

2) Working out the technology of manufacturing processes,

3) Laboratory tests,

4) Road tests,

5) Mass production (manufacturing).

2. Why is it necessary to know all these facts?

It is important to know them as before the automobile (car or truck) is put
into mass production, it should be properly designed and the automobile must
meet up-to-date requirements.

3. What are these requirements?

The automobile must have high efficiency, long service life, driving safety,
ease of maintenance and pleasant appearance.

In order to obtain all these qualities engineers should develop up-to-date
methods of designing cars, using new types of resistant to corrosion light
materials. Also it is important to know computer science because it is intended
to shorten the time between designing and manufacturing. Computers offer quick
and optimal solutions of problems.

4. But before the car is put into mass production all its units and mechanisms
are subjected to tests, first in the plant's laboratory, then the car undergoes
a rigid quality control in road tests. Only then the car is put into mass
production. Why are these tests required? What qualities are required of the
automobile? The modern automobile must be rapid in acceleration, must have
smooth acting clutch, silent gearbox, dependable brakes and steering system, as
well as pleasant appearance. Also it must be comfortable and have all
conveniences.

Вопросы

1. What phases does the production of the automobile comprise?

2. What requirements must the automobile meet?

3. Why are cars subjected to road tests?

4. What qualities are required of the automobile?

5. Why
is it important for the specialists in automobile industry to know computing
methods?