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Originally Posted by Lil bastard
Actually, the reason European cars have better suspensions than American ones is because they have to. It's a matter of terrain.
The automobile came along very late in europe's history, when towns, villages and roads were already well-established. Because of a lack of heavy machinery a thousand years ago, when roads encountered an obstacle - river, hill, mountain, etc., the road builders went around them, creating roads with lots and lots of curves.
In America, the majority of the roads today were not laid when the car came along, and so (along with an availabilty of heavy machinery) the roads were built specifically to accomodate the automobile and so are generally more straight with milder curves. American cars simply didn't need to handle the way european cars did.
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Love the history lesson, thank you. But this is 2008 and Germans aren't hauling' ass in horse and buggy around rutted out mountain passes. The roads in Germany are fantastic and they have no more twisty's that we do in this country. The Autobahn is a work of art and if you think that Porsche's aren't built for the riggers of the Autobahn, Autopista, Autovia and every other high speed road then just go on and keep thinking that. American cars are not built for that.
If you don't believe me just take a trip to Germany and see for yourself, I have (thanks to the military) and will again here real soon. If you do go may I suggest you try something else they're good at, cooking and making beer.