Automotive design has come a long way since Karl Benz designed the Patent Motorwagen in the late 1800s, and Henry Ford brought the T-4 powered Model T to the masses in 1908. Those early cars were ...

If drum brakes and flat-tappet camshafts are old-school technology, then springs are quite literally ancient. In some respects the wooden bows and catapults used by medieval knights to bludgeon their ...

Tired of harsh rides and axle hop? See what you actually gain by ditching traditional leaf springs for a high-articulation, ...

Up until the mid-'70s, most cars came from the factory with a solid rear axle suspended by two semielliptic, parallel leaf springs. A leaf spring is made | up of one or more long, narrow strips of ...

Nissan is considering offering its upcoming Navara Pro PHEV with a choice of leaf-spring or coil-spring rear suspension, much like the previous D23 Navara offered the two different types. The ...