Good Reads: Is Your Favorite Design News Article in the Top 10 for August?Good Reads: Is Your Favorite Design News Article in the Top 10 for August?

We've rounded up the top 10 most popular Design News articles for the month of August in one convenient place.

Dan Carney, Senior Editor

September 1, 2021

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Our monthly roundup of the most popular Design News articles in August demonstrates readers' never-ending interest in the ranking of colleges. There are also an abundance of stories on electric vehicles and the vision systems that will aid their driving tasks.

Our Friday Funny humor is always a crowd pleaser, so one installment of that series has made the cut, along with a podcast, and manufacturing lessons from a fictional movie factory. 

Can you guess which articles made the cut? Is your favorite this month's number one? Click through the gallery to find out.

About the Author

Dan Carney

Senior Editor, Design News

Dan’s coverage of the auto industry over three decades has taken him to the racetracks, automotive engineering centers, vehicle simulators, wind tunnels, and crash-test labs of the world.

A member of the North American Car, Truck, and Utility of the Year jury, Dan also contributes car reviews to Popular Science magazine, serves on the International Engine of the Year jury, and has judged the collegiate Formula SAE competition.

Dan is a winner of the International Motor Press Association's Ken Purdy Award for automotive writing, as well as the National Motorsports Press Association's award for magazine writing and the Washington Automotive Press Association's Golden Quill award.

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He has held a Sports Car Club of America racing license since 1991, is an SCCA National race winner, two-time SCCA Runoffs competitor in Formula F, and an Old Dominion Region Driver of the Year award winner. Co-drove a Ford Focus 1.0-liter EcoBoost to 16 Federation Internationale de l’Automobile-accredited world speed records over distances from just under 1km to over 4,104km at the CERAM test circuit in Mortefontaine, France.

He was also a longtime contributor to the Society of Automotive Engineers' Automotive Engineering International magazine.

He specializes in analyzing technical developments, particularly in the areas of motorsports, efficiency, and safety.

He has been published in The New York Times, NBC News, Motor Trend, Popular Mechanics, The Washington Post, Hagerty, AutoTrader.com, Maxim, RaceCar Engineering, AutoWeek, Virginia Living, and others.

Dan has authored books on the Honda S2000 and Dodge Viper sports cars and contributed automotive content to the consumer finance book, Fight For Your Money.

He is a member and past president of the Washington Automotive Press Association and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers

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