1. The new smart fortwo

   • Klaus Badenhausen
   • Markus Bibinger
   • Ralf Peter

   Cover story Pages: 2 - 6

2. No-Idle A/C systems for heavy-duty trucks

   • Fernando de Campos
   • Lubens Simon
   • Rajesh Veettil

   Development Pages: 7 - 10

3. Reducing fuel consumption by an improved mobile air-conditioning control

   • Michael Arndt
   • Maximilian Sauer
   • Marco Wolz

   Development Pages: 11 - 13

4. Evaluation methods for the function and quality of driver assistance systems with active brake control

   • Bernhard Schick
   • Rolf Büttner
   • Heiko Jakob

   Development Pages: 14 - 18

5. Better safety for pedestrians by new impactor testing method

   • Peter Hinze
   • Gerd Heuser

   Development Pages: 19 - 20

6. The vehicle energy efficiency number

   • Johannes Arning
   • Wolfgang Mayer
   • Jochen Wiedemann

   Research Pages: 21 - 23

7. Correlation of skid resistance values and braking deceleration of passenger cars

   • Peter Maurer

   Research Pages: 24 - 28

8. State estimation of the vehicle lateral dynamic with integrated estimation of the friction between tyre and road

   • Yiqin Mao
   • Johannes Karidas
   • Otto Hofmann

   Research Pages: 29 - 31

9. Anti collision system proreta — The way to the crash avoiding vehicle

   • Eva Bender
   • Michael Darms
   • Kurt Landau

   Research Pages: 32 - 35