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Originally posted by ILUVMYX:
It doesn't take more than a tiny bit of common sense to understand the advantages of independent suspension for comfort and handling.
And why would a truck need that ?
Why would I want that ?

I have a WRX and it handles great. My Xterra on the other hand handles like shit compared to it.
I would never want an SUV to handle like my WRX.

Sadly, most of America is uneducated, and feel that they need an SUV to be safe, because it's big and bulky. What they fail to realize is that it is not safer than a car, when it is driven like a car.

So the manufacturers cave in to the demands of the public and continue to make the common SUV practically useless off-road, but more refined on road.

Watch as this continues over the next 10 years as we come full circle back to the station wagon.

BTW, Mosi had no trouble keeping up with me on some 60MPH stretches of desert road and washboard in his Discovery, which is solid front and rear.

PS: Desert trucks use independant suspension up front because they are 2WD. They still all use a solid axle in the rear.
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