"Like automakers that have long relied on halo cars to draw shoppers into showrooms -- think Chevy's Corvette -- auto parts maker Dana Corp. hopes the frame it developed to underpin the souped-up Corvette Z06 will help the company win new business on mass-market models.
Dana's Z06 frame was the Toledo-based supplier's point of pride at the 2005 North American International Auto Show this month at Cobo Center.
Chuck Heine, Dana's president of technology development, said the frame needed high- tech manufacturing to handle the 500 horsepower loads the Z06 engine can generate on a structure that's 137 pounds lighter than a conventional Corvette. "
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