Category Archives: Guest Columns

Overview:  This week we’re looking at 21^st Century Design Directions. by Merkel Weiss Professor Weiss, as many know is a colleague and friend of mine for many years and this week he is applying his automotive engineering expertise to Battery powered cars. He is a brilliant engineer and as some know was an automotive designer...

Overview: This week we’re looking at The Road Dufus by Merkel Weiss Professor Weiss, as many know him is a colleague and friend of mine for many years and always speaks his mind and simply doesn’t mince words. I’m on vacation, but I think he needs to get away too. He is...

Overview: This week we’re looking at Design Directions as seen from the mind of Merkel Weiss. Those of you who have seen his ideas run in my column in the past know he is an automotive design engineer and for many years a professor of automotive engineering at the prestigious Art...

Overview: This week we’re looking at some insight on High Performance AND Fuel Economy. Is it possible? Well I can’t think of anyone more qualified to share his view on the matter than colleague and friend Merkel Weiss. Regular readers of the column will recognize the name and may recall he is...

Introduction:

For those who check in on my column will know my colleague and friend Merkel Weiss who I quote on occasion because he adds balance from a design engineer’s point of view.

He’s a friend and a colleague and member of the Motor Press Guild. Professionally he is a Mechanical Engineer...