1999 - PACE Award Winner Benteler Automotive What: WIN88 Rear Twist Beam Axle Judge's Citation: enteler, a 1998 PACE winner, knew it had to innovate to capture the Ford Windstar 98 rear axle order ...

Through the 1950s, all domestic trucks featured a ladder frame with leaf springs front and rear. These semi-elliptic springs arch below the framerails. The steering knuckles pivot on kingpins at each ...

Last week David Tracy and Jason Torchinsky showed us some pictures of the upcoming Slate EV, which is going to come equipped with a MacPherson strut front suspension and a De Dion setup in the rear.

Engineers at Canadian powerhouse Magna International have released information on what they feel could be just the ticket for driving EV take rate on pickup trucks. And, as most good ideas are, their ...

Ever since 18th-Dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten drove one, the Mustang has been known for its use of a solid live axle at the rear. The decision to keep the Mustang with a solid axle instead of ...

When Mazda debuted the compact Mazda3 in the early 2000s as a replacement for the Protege, the car quickly earned praise for being one of the best-handling, most driver-focused cars in its class, and ...

Traverse City, Mich. — A glass-reinforced nylon cross beam took a top award in this year's Altair Enlighten Award, recognizing innovation in vehicle weight reduction. Developed by ContiTech Vibration ...

We’re only talking about rear axles here. Front axle systems, whether solid axles, Ford Twin Traction Beam, or A-arm IFS, are all full-floaters by definition. If this seems confusing, the next few ...

The suspension system of a road-going vehicle has two main purposes. Filtering out unwanted motions that occur in a moving vehicle is one thing, but the suspension system also improves handling and ...

ZF is known for making the gearboxes for some of the most amazing cars out there. However, the company makes other crucial components, including the rear axle steering system for the Porsche 911. So ...