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 ...

It was either going to be one of the best modifications we’d ever done to this Jeep or one of the worst. There was no middle ground here. We really like the front coil, rear leaf spring architecture ...

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 ...

Automotive design has come a long way since Karl Benz designed the Patent Motorwagen in the late 1800s, and Henry Ford brought the T-4 powered Model T to the masses in 1908. Those early cars were ...

It is said that the leaf-spring suspension is the oldest suspension used for automobiles. The leaf-spring system was used more recently in '70s production cars, some of which are still in service ...