There is the matter of power, and then there is the matter of putting that power to work most efficiently. Without a well-designed chassis and suspension, all the power in the world doesn't mean ...

Some Wheelers Like Mud, and some like rocks. Some build trucks, and some build SUVs. Some drop off their 4x4s at a local 4x4 shop, and some roll them into the garage and do it themselves. No matter ...

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 ...

These composite half leaf springs were built by Thunder Composite Technologies for an autonomous, remote-controlled, battery-electric tank prototype developed by General Dynamics. The leaf springs ...

Leaf springs are treated like archaic tech, as they aren’t found under any of the latest industry-leading performance cars, and are often used as a point of reference that shows how “dated” a ...

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 you've ever attended an air show, you know it's always a great time, and if the air show includes WWII American fighter planes, the show is even better. It's a thing of beauty to watch P-51 ...

Leaf springs were a hot new technology several years ago, and by "several years," we mean the Bronze Age. Vehicles have evolved somewhat since the chariot, what with trotting and biting horses being ...

Porsche is quietly preparing a suspension revolution that looks, at first glance, like a step back in time. Instead of chasing ever more complex multi-link hardware, the company is exploring a new ...