The simple answer is that for the vast majority of drivers for the vast majority of the time a MacPherson ... component is the strut assembly which includes a damper and a coil spring with the ...

Ironic, then, that Earle MacPherson created his elegantly simple suspension--a coil spring with the damper strut inside the coil--for a stillborn General Motors small car. In May 1945, before war ...

Under the skin, the 2024 Chevy Trax rides on the GM VSS-F vehicle set, with the suspension setup including MacPherson struts with coil-over springs in front, and a torsion beam with coil springs ...

Novel was the original MacPherson coil spring over shock absorber strut that sat in a tower (just like today’s) and the fact that the 3-speed transmission sat under the front seat and utilized ...