Your car is composed of thousands of individual parts that work together to carry you down the road. Some of those components are large and well-known — for example, most people understand that the ...

A car suspension system is designed to maximize friction between the road surface and the vehicle’s tire, enhance passenger comfort and provide steering stability. Car suspensions have evolved a lot ...

Owning a vehicle always comes with its fair share of difficulties. While you may be lucky and won’t have to undergo repair procedures too often, sometimes it’s a good idea to be prepared. After all, ...

I’m 80 years old and purchased my 2004 Toyota Corolla new. Now, I drive mostly around town, so it just has 145,000 miles on it, and I’ve been very diligent with the maintenance over the years. When I ...

There are a lot of components in your car you might not think about, but which are of great importance. Maintaining them or going through with the repairs if something is wrong is a great way to take ...

“I need new shocks. What should I get?” This is a prompt you’ll see almost every day in car forums and Facebook groups. Inevitably, somebody will reply, “Just get coilovers.” That is bad advice.

One of the biggest, most significant shifts in automotive suspension systems over the past several decades has been the explosion in popularity of high-tech active suspensions. From air springs to ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

The terms "shock" and "strut" are often colloquially used to refer to the same part, perhaps because they both operate within a car's suspension apparatus. Structurally, however, they are distinctly ...