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Suspension development in motor vehicles was not the result of some out-of-the-box brainchild by a designer or engineer. Rather, it was an adaptation of the designs used in horse-drawn carriages, where a solid beam across the frame of the vehicle held the wheels and suspension, which was made up of leaf springs. For purposes of suspending a car, the leaf spring and solid axle combination worked well enough, providing simplicity and sturdiness. Today, this setup, sometimes replaced by coil springs, can still be found in commercial and heavy-duty trucks as well as specialized off-road vehicles like rock crawlers, where strength and consistent ground clearance is the key.
In the early 1900s, suspension designers looked for ways to improved ride and handling, and the first designs for independent front suspensions were realized. In order of development, the types of front suspension that made their way into cars were the swing axle, the trailing arm, the MacPherson strut and the double wishbone suspension. The swing axle and trailing arm types of front suspension were significant improvements over the solid axle design, offering vastly improved ride quality and handling characteristics. However, these designs suffered from flaws like unwanted camber changes and movement of the suspension in unwanted directions (a particularly disconcerting trait of swing axle suspensions known as jacking).
Nowadays, you will mostly find dual-wishbone or the McPherson strut as the types of front suspension systems used in cars. MacPherson struts have found a solid foothold in mass-production cars because the design offers simplicity and compactness, making it eminently suitable for compact, front-wheel drive cars. Aside from offering acceptable ride quality, its size allows it use where space is at a premium, even allowing space for the driveshaft in front-engine, front-drive cars. However, even this very popular type of front suspension has its disadvantages, particularly in the areas of positive camber gain during turning and the limited width tire widths that can be fitted to the car. For this reason, you will find dual-wishbone suspensions in high-performance and more expensive luxury car, where ride and handling performance take precedence of cost concerns. The wishbone design of this type of front suspension provides the rigidity that prevents unwanted suspension deflections from occurring. Furthermore, unequal-length wishbone designs provide negative camber as the vehicle leans into a curve, further promoting roadholding.
Because of the design flexibility of this type of front suspension, dual-wishbone suspensions give engineers almost unlimited options on designing a particular car's suspension geometry. This type of suspension is the most advanced design on the road today, and it can be found from Hondas to more expensive sports and luxury cars.
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