1. xDrive the new four-wheel drive concept in the BMW X3 and BMW X5

   • Gerhard Fischer
   • Werner Pfau
   • Christian Billig

   Cover Story Pages: 2 - 5

2. Market opportunities of dual clutch technologies

   • Rüdiger G. Herbst

   Development Pages: 6 - 10

3. Realistic road modelling for the real-time simulation of vehicle dynamics

   • Torsten Butz
   • Martin Ehmann
   • Thieß-Magnus Wolter

   Development Pages: 11 - 13

4. New ways for the use of mechanical seals

   • Clemens Simon

   Development Pages: 14 - 16

5. Economic function tolerances for the batch production

   • Anton Haumaier

   Development Pages: 17 - 20

6. Monitoring a truck drive train using an observer

   • Johanna Minisini
   • Harald Aschemann
   • Paul W. Gold

   Research Pages: 21 - 23

7. The new moving belt system of Stuttgart University’s IVK full-scale aeroacoustic automotive wind tunnel

   • Jürgen Potthoff
   • Armin Michelbach
   • Jochen Wiedemann

   Research Pages: 24 - 26