Today's kit car builders have a plethora of choices in chassis and running gear. Most Cobra clones have ladder frames mounting Mustang, Jag, or Corvette suspension, while the sturdy Fiero still ...
The new Lexus GX is one of the coolest new SUVs on the market, with its boxy, kick-ass styling and twin-turbo V6. Thankfully, it should stick around for a while, as its ladder frame chassis was built ...
Most cars on our roads today are underpinned by a monocoque chassis. However, some models still come with a ladder-frame chassis. A ladder-frame chassis consists of two long beams on the sides of the ...
A user on the MachEClub forum discovered that on May 16, 2018, Ford applied to patent a “Body-on-frame electric vehicle with [a] battery pack integral to [the] frame.” The diagrams included in the ...
It seems like I had caught wind of this chassis design long before CES, but I will say this up front; images do not do this chassis any justice. In all of the random news blasts and images on Facebook ...
As far as pickups in America are concerned, there’s a noticeable discrepancy between American and Japanese automakers. Despite this contrast, the Tacoma fares rather well in the mid-size segment while ...
Toyota has a broad portfolio of SUVs across global markets, many of which are built on tough ladder-frame platforms. In the States, the 4Runner and Land Cruiser hold the fort, but in other parts of ...
It's been called the automotive engineer's dream material. Able to assume any shape while delivering stiffness, strength and light weight, carbon fiber has been the material of choice for years in ...
Ford Motor Company announced the introduction of the all-new Transit chassis cab and cutaway models, engineered to tackle an almost unlimited variety of specialized jobs and vocations. Transit chassis ...