Benchmarking Data
Technology 

Understand how vehicles are engineered, designed, and built

Access detailed, teardown-backed intelligence to benchmark vehicle architectures, components, materials, and engineering decisions at every level. 

Powered by the industry’s most comprehensive automotive benchmarking database, A2MAC1 Technology helps teams compare technologies, identify innovation opportunities, and make better engineering decisions faster.

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Vehicle complexity is increasing across every engineering domain 

Electrification, software-defined vehicles, new materials, and evolving architectures are reshaping automotive development. At the same time, engineering teams must make faster decisions while managing increasing technical complexity. 

Common challenges include:

  • Limited visibility into competitor technologies and design choices
  • Difficulty comparing systems across vehicles and regions
  • Time-consuming benchmarking and analysis activities
  • Fragmented technical information spread across multiple sources
  • Limited understanding of architecture trade-offs and carryover strategies 

To develop competitive products, teams need access to reliable engineering intelligence based on technical reality, not assumptions.  

Reveal what is hidden inside vehicles 

A2MAC1 Technology combines physical teardowns, engineering expertise, 3D scanning, measurements, and technical analysis. It provides a stand view of how manufacturers build vehicles. 

From full vehicle architectures to single systems and parts, teams gain access to engineering intelligence. These insights support product development, benchmarking, and innovation activities across the vehicle lifecycle.  

Technology Capabilities

3D AutoReverse

3D AutoReverse combines complete vehicle teardowns with detailed 3D scans, measurements, and assembly structures. Teams can benchmark competitor vehicles and compare systems through an intuitive web-based environment.

Vehicle Occupant Packaging (VOP)

VOP provides complete 3D vehicle scans, standardized measurements, and occupant packaging intelligence to support design, architecture, and ergonomic decision-making.

xEV Powertrain

xEV Powertrain delivers in-depth analysis of high-voltage batteries, e-motors, inverters, thermal systems, and related architectures. It allows teams to benchmark the latest EV technologies and engineering approaches.

Body-in-White (BIW)

BIW reveals how leading automakers balance safety, weight, cost, and manufacturability through detailed analysis of structures, joining technologies, and material selections.

Chassis

Chassis provides detailed visibility into vehicle dynamics systems, helping teams compare lightweighting strategies, component integration, and engineering choices across global vehicle programs.

Advanced Seating

Advanced Seating combines teardown data, electronics analysis, packaging measurements, and market intelligence to benchmark seat architectures and innovations from leading OEMs and suppliers.

Electronics

Electronics provides deep visibility into ECUs, component selections, suppliers, and hardware architectures, helping teams understand competitor strategies and technology choices.

Electrical Architecture

Electrical Architecture enables teams to gain a detailed analysis of the low voltage electrical system inside vehicles.

Exterior Lighting

Exterior Lighting provides teardown-backed insights into headlamp and rear lamp technologies, helping teams benchmark functionality, innovation, cost drivers, and engineering solutions.

Interior & Exterior Master Sections

Master Sections provide detailed cross-sectional analysis of vehicle interiors and exteriors, helping teams compare manufacturing approaches, fastening strategies, materials, and perceived quality solutions.

Van Insights

Van Insights provides access to teardown-backed data, 3D scans, packaging measurements, and architecture analysis for commercial vehicles. It helps teams benchmark vehicle concepts, evaluate ergonomic solutions, and identify development opportunities across the global van market.

What’s in it for you? 

With our technology capabilities, you will be able to:

  • Benchmark vehicle architectures and engineering strategies
  • Compare technologies across vehicle platforms and regions
  • Identify innovation and carryover opportunities faster
  • Reduce development risk through proven technical references
  • Accelerate engineering and design decision-making
  • Create alignment across product development teams  

Build products on technical understanding

Access the engineering insights you need to understand vehicle design, track technology changes, and find the next competitive edge.

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