Many racers even prefer to utilize the leaf-spring rear suspension design in their fabricated Late Model Stock and Modified race cars.

In its factory configuration, the 1969 Dodge Charger uses an axle-on-leaf suspension at the rear. This setup gets its name from the fact that it uses leaf springs to both support the vehicle and ...

The dynamics of planting a simple leaf-spring rear suspension are fairly well understood. Unfortunately, achieving equivalent results with the more sophisticated factory-style coil-spring, four ...

Toyota shared images of the 2022 Tundra pickup truck's suspension, and it ditches the old model's leaf-spring setup for coil springs in the rear. Control arms are employed up front, and the TRD ...

Last year, some versions of 2022 model year Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size, half-ton pickups and all BrightDrop electric delivery vans from General Motors Co. (GM, Detroit, Mich., U.S.) ...

Along with smoothing out bumps, your car's suspension helps keep the wheels firmly on the road over uneven terrain. Older cars specifically most often had leaf spring suspensions.

So they made some big changes. The biggest is at the rear axle: The 2021 Raptor is the first Ford F-150 with a five-link rear suspension and coil springs.

The other thing that's somewhat unique is the rear suspension, which like with the lesser SR and SR5 trims, uses leaf springs instead of the much-touted coil springs to suspend its solid rear axle.

The spring and the pistons subsequently push the stays – and the rear wheel – back down to their default configuration. This setup, which is known as Innova Structural Suspension (ISS ...

The bed is gone, sure, but just look at it all. It’s brilliant. The leaf springs themselves were originally stock F-100 units, but they were replaced with F-150 springs later in the build process.