HANDLING
30th November 1989, Page 53
30th November 1989
Page 53
Page 53, 30th November 1989
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As we have said before, the secret of good handling is suspension travel; the more you have the better it gets. This is because the spring rates can be adjusted to give softer springing with mild deflection, progressing to harder rates at the highest deflections. Someone at Toyota must have read this because progressive springing is a feature of the new van. Unfortunately he didn't take much notice of the bit about long suspension travel, and the handling of the van suffers.
Mild bumps in the road will not affect the van's occupants much at all, but larger deflection of the springs, or loads in the back, will cause the springs to bottom out. Apart from the jarring ride the short travel suspension causes, it also means