While the world debates the appropriateness of famed race team and sports car purveyor Ferrari’s introduction of a crossover SUV model with the Purosangue (“pure blood”), engineers can marvel at the ...

What makes a Ferrari a Ferrari? In the case of the Ferrari Purosangue super SUV, its front-mid-mounted 6.5-liter V-12 pushing 715 hp and 528 lb-ft of torque is only part of the equation. Just as ...

Porsche Active Ride uses an electric hydraulic pump on all four active dampers, enabling them to adapt up to 13 times per second. It’s available on hybrid Panameras and most dual-motor Taycans. Active ...

Suspension systems are sort of like rocket science. It all sounds simple when it comes to the theory, but actually making it happen is a whole different ballgame. Multimatic has been trying to make ...

Active suspension is the be-all, end-all for vehicle dynamics. The ability to decouple ride from handling entirely and have total control over body motions is the dream of engineers, but until now, no ...

Active suspension is an emerging secret weapon for vehicle dynamics. And that’s great news, as new automobiles are so big and heavy that they’re much less nimble in the corners. Many automakers have ...

Ferrari's recently revealed Purosangue represents several key firsts for Ferrari, including being the automaker's first SUV, and also its first production model with four doors, but the high-riding ...

The trouble with setting up the suspension on a motorcycle is that you're constantly compromising. If you want a nice firm ride that's suitable for hard cornering on fast, smooth roads, you're ...

Semi-active dampers were conceived in early 1970s as controllable devices with time-variable dissipative properties. Since then these devices were closely studied, developed and applied.