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Citroens new suspension revealed
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 10:06 am
by russ92xmsed
Revealed on a Cactus prototype. It sounds promising, especially the new seat design.
Link to Steve Cropley's autocar write up.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-c ... 99-comfort" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Citroens new suspension revealed
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 3:47 pm
by raynoon
Well done Citroen. I hate the jittery ride in modern cars
Re: Citroens new suspension revealed
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 3:56 pm
by White Exec
Our RAV4 is a good example of a ride which is really quite good when the car is loaded light/medium (eg two-up), but is pretty unforgiving on extremely bumpy ground with 4-up, when the bump stops come into play. It has some pretty short, single-coil rear springs which doesn't help. These provide oodles of extension (good at keeping all four wheels on the ground) but not much compression travel.
Interesting write-up, Russ. I bet Citroen had to go on bended knee for the funding for this modest-looking research item, and to promise it would be "for the benefit of all"! They certainly need "an edge" now, or what's the point? Did I hear talk of a new PSA SUV recently?
Re: Citroens new suspension revealed
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 10:16 pm
by marc61
The company nearly folds, sells out to the Chinese, then figures out it might just possibly be able to differentiate itself by going back to the biggest feature it was renowned for - comfort! Hope springs!
Re: Citroens new suspension revealed
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 12:14 pm
by Peter.N.
Sounds interesting, wonder if I will ever be able to afford one.
Peter
Re: Citroens new suspension revealed
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 11:36 pm
by Rommel
Wow. There really is hope. I'm glad to hear about this.