Carmaker Audi is about to roll out fiberglass-reinforced epoxy road springs which match the function of steel coils in coping with severe loading, but are around 40 percent lighter. In common with ...

One of the most important components of any car is its suspension. It’s what helps to absorb imperfections in the road—both big and small—and provides a comfortable ride. Today, nearly every vehicle ...

A German automotive supplier has developed an innovation for a critical part in every car. Rheinmetall has invented a suspension spring that's up to 75 percent lighter than a conventional spring — ...

Audi AG is introducing suspension springs made of glass fiber-reinforced polymer for an upcoming upper-mid-size model. The Volkswagen AG subsidiary is collaborating with an undisclosed Italian ...

Leaf springs are treated like archaic tech, as they aren’t found under any of the latest industry-leading performance cars, and are often used as a point of reference that shows how “dated” a ...

Today a lot of street-legal vehicles and off-road rigs run modern coil spring suspensions. Coil springs in their various formats have a number of advantages over traditional leaf springs and torsion ...