There are two reasons so many trucks throughout the years were designed with a traditional parallel leaf spring rear suspension: It's simple and cheap. It works really well from a manufacturing and ...

It’s no secret that we are fans of the ’84-’01 Jeep Cherokee XJ platform. They are inexpensive to own, easy to build, and if it wasn’t for that darn Unitbody, would be a nearly perfect blend of ...

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 ...

Leaf springs were a hot new technology several years ago, and by "several years," we mean the Bronze Age. Vehicles have evolved somewhat since the chariot, what with trotting and biting horses being ...

BrightDrop electric delivery vans (above) as well as Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra pickups from General Motors Co. feature North America’s first composite tension leaf springs (TLS) with progressive ...