1, McPherson
McPherson is Illinois, who, born in 1891. After graduation he worked in Europe for many years engaged in aircraft engines, and in 1924 joined GM’s engineering center. 1930s, GM’s Chevrolet division wanted to design a true small car, it is the chief architect of McPherson. He was very interested in designing small cars, the goal is to control the quality of this four cars in less than 0.9 tons, control wheelbase less than 2.74 m, the design is the key to the suspension. McPherson changed prevailing manner of a leaf spring and torsion bar spring of the front suspension, creatively combine shock absorbers and coil springs, mounted on the front axle. Practice has proved that this form of suspension structure is simple, small footprint, and excellent maneuverability. Later, McPherson switched to Ford, 1950 Ford in the UK, a subsidiary of the production of two cars, it is the first use of MacPherson suspension goods vehicles in the world. McPherson suspension due to the simple structure, superior performance reasons, was hailed as a classic of design experts.