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Originally Posted by EF_6
You are right its absolutely nothing like the original 'leaf spring' design......In actual fact its border line 'independent' going buy some of the pics on Wikipedia. The Vette design isn't independent because its just one spring but the design with a spring each side is basically independent.
Hmmm the Germans and Italians may be scratching ther heads lol! 
And Clarkson obviously never realised the difference in design!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvette_leaf_spring |
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.