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Originally Posted by Cobra
Basically it's an independent single A-arm rear setup with a swaybar and one leaf spring. For all intents and purposes, that leaf could be given a totally different name and the rear end would then be considered independent. I find it curious that the use of a single leaf spring which is retained within the A-arm or wishbone which itself is designed to stabilise the A-arms from excessive independent movement is the predominant component used to describe the architecture of the design.
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It seems the car industry is not recognising this new 'composite leaf spring' design properly.......As I said Clarkson of all people doesn't know the difference or Hammond either because neither of them said anything about it on the TG Vette test???
Here I was thinking the late model Vette has massive 'old style' leaf springs under it with a 7.0ltr LS3 producing 500HP LOL!!!!!!!
Thers actually a few great advantages of the composite design because it minimises wheel weight by negating normal coil springs as described on Wikipedia.