All passenger cars have at least two side-shafts (in all wheel driven vehicles there are four) which have to be made economically for the entire vehicle life (around 250.000 – 300.000 km) without failure. This paper presents a general comparison of various processes that are applied to current and new techniques for the manufacturing of modern side-shafts. These complex processes must consider the technological demands on a side-shaft, their influence on the design, material, manufacturing processes and heat treatment, i.e. the total manufacturing. These techniques will show the types and the degrees of dependences as well as the current and improved modern side-shaft designs with regard to the relevant manufacturing technologies and processes. A further main focus is related to the Noise-Vibration-Harshness (NVH) and weight-optimised cost effective MONOBLOC TUBULAR SHAFTS (MTS). The latter are becoming increasingly popular at the DEM's with regard to materials, weight and energy savings. However, these processes are emerging now to manufacture the shafts more cost-effectively and these features are also discussed in this paper.