Suspension and Drivetrain Guides from The Car Doctor
How a vehicle rides over a Toronto pothole, carries a load or levels itself with a trailer behind it comes down to its suspension and drivetrain. These guides explain the main suspension types, what air suspension does, and which vehicles offer it.
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Air Suspension: How It Works and Which Vehicles Have It
Air springs, a compressor and height sensors let a vehicle level itself, drop at highway speed and lift off-road. Here is how it works, the trade-offs, and which current vehicles in Canada have it, confirmed by two sources each.
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Types of Car Suspension, and Which One Matters Most
The five suspension layouts you will meet on a spec sheet, what each one is good at, why the Jeep Wrangler keeps solid axles and the RAM 1500 uses rear coil springs, and how to choose for commuting, towing or trails.
