The "virtual" A-pillar helps to mitigate the disadvantages of structurally robust roof structure required by today's crash-test standards. (Continental)

SAE Eye on Engineering: Continental's "virtual' A-pillar

The pillars that frame both sides of your car's windshield are known as the A pillars. In this episode of SAE Eye on Engineering, Editor-in-Chief Lindsay Brooke looks at Continental's new "Virtual" A pillar.


SAE Eye on Engineering also airs Monday mornings on WJR 760 AM Detroit's Paul W. Smith Show.

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