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    The suspension also protects the vehicle itself and any cargo or luggage from damage and wear. The design of front and rear suspension of a car may be...
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    Hydropneumatic suspension is a type of motor vehicle suspension system, designed by Paul Magès, invented by Citroën, and fitted to Citroën cars, as well as...
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    Independent suspension is any automobile suspension system that allows each wheel on the same axle to move vertically (i.e. reacting to a bump on the...
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  • up suspension or suspended in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Suspension or suspended may refer to: Car suspension Cell suspension or suspension culture...
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  • suspension is a system of components allowing a machine (normally a vehicle) to move smoothly with reduced shock. Types may include: car suspension,...
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    1502, Rover P6, all Iso cars and Alfa Romeo type 116 (and derivatives), as the wheels do not transmit torque to the suspension. Sympathetic camber changes...
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  • conditions, active suspensions use some type of actuator to raise and lower the chassis independently at each wheel. These technologies allow car manufacturers...
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    A double wishbone suspension is an independent suspension design for automobiles using two (occasionally parallel) wishbone-shaped arms to locate the...
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  • Air suspension is used in place of conventional steel springs in heavy vehicle applications such as buses and trucks, and in some passenger cars. It is...
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    metres (276 ft) Maximum Steepness: 39.2% Cars: 2 Capacity: 40 passengers per car Configuration: Double suspension track (Monorail) Maximum speed: 2.5 metres...
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    front suspension only,[citation needed] where it provides a steering pivot as well as a suspension mounting for the wheel. The first production car to use...
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    A torsion bar suspension, also known as a torsion spring suspension, is any vehicle suspension that uses a torsion bar as its main weight-bearing spring...
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  • incorporating elements of the commonly used MacPherson strut. In cars, suspension refers to the system by which the vehicle maintains contact between...
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    KW Automotive (redirect from KW Suspension)
    originally sold and distributed car parts out of a 75 square meter retail building in Murrhardt. In 1995, the first coilover suspension system by the company was...
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    Ride height (redirect from Car height)
    in center of gravity. The 1905-14 cars of the American Motor Car Company are one example. Self-leveling suspension systems are designed to maintain a...
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    almost vertical. In cars with double wishbone suspensions, camber angle may be fixed or adjustable, but in MacPherson strut suspensions, it is normally fixed...
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    A leaf spring is a simple form of spring commonly used for suspension in wheeled vehicles. Originally called a laminated or carriage spring, and sometimes...
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    Lever arm shock absorber (category Automotive suspension technologies)
    were the first form of hydraulic shock absorber or damper used for car suspension. They appeared in the 1930s and were most commonly used in the 1950s...
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    Citroën 2CV (category 1950s cars)
    The suspension of the 2CV was very soft; a person could easily rock the car side to side dramatically. The swinging arm, fore-aft linked suspension system...
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    composite material in 4 wheelers. Shock absorbers are an important part of car suspension designed to increase comfort, stability and overall safety. The shock...
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    Citroën DS (category Cars introduced in 1955)
    car equipped with hydropneumatic suspension, as well as disc brakes. The 1967 series 3 also introduced directional headlights to a mass-produced car....
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    The Christie suspension is a suspension system developed by American engineer J. Walter Christie for his tank designs. It allowed considerably longer movement...
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    In chemistry, a suspension is a heterogeneous mixture of a fluid that contains solid particles sufficiently large for sedimentation. The particles may...
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    Citroën (category Car manufacturers of France)
    Avant. This was the world's first car to be mass-produced with front-wheel drive, four-wheel independent suspension, as well as unibody construction,...
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    Chevrolet Corvette (C5) (category Cars introduced in 1997)
    The Chevrolet Corvette (C5) is the fifth generation of the Corvette sports car, produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1997 through...
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    Lola Mk6 (category Lola racing cars)
    rear suspension was mounted directly on it, a technique that did not appear in full on Formula 1 cars until the Lotus 49 in 1967. As a result the car was...
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    of the cars being built in Bath by his Horstmann Cars company. This led to a new design using multiple coil springs in automotive suspension, and the...
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    Williams FW15C (category 1993 Formula One season cars)
    fully-automatic gearbox. The original FW15 was a new car designed in 1992 to incorporate the active suspension changes developed by Frank Dernie and implemented...
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    Chapman strut (category Automotive suspension technologies)
    Chapman strut is a design of independent rear suspension used for light cars, particularly sports and racing cars. It takes its name from, and is best known...
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    Koni dampers and torsion bars suspension (front) and spring suspension (rear) similar to current Formula One car suspension. The steering actuation system...
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