Mr. Valvetrain
Engineer
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- Aug 26, 2011
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Maybe I am just looking for an outlet to ***** about another change in the wrong direction (AAM for example) but the recent change to the basic design of the front suspension to a radius arm from a five link has me questioning the compotency of the engineers in Auburn Hills. How could this possibly be an improvement other than from a piece price and assembly cost savings for Chrysler? I understand when you are designing the next econobox to a price point you'd go away from a double wishbone to a much cheaper and clearly inferior MacPherson srut arrangement, becuase you are not concerned with details like geometry change throughout travel. However, I'd prefer my $70k truck have a bit more focus on function. I'd like to hear some commentary on this subject if anyone else has an opinion either for or against this new (to Dodge) design.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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