Front Suspensions; General Remarks - Fiat Punto 2004 Training Manual

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Increased structural rigidity of the suspension anchoring front crossbar, to achieve better
acoustic vibration.
Both the front and rear suspensions feature, as we have said above, an increased wheel track
compared with the current Punto, both to adapt to the greater outer dimensions of the new
model and to improve the driving stability (70 mm at the front and 75 mm at the rear, on
average).

8.2 Front suspensions

8.2.1 General remarks

The front suspensions feature an independent wheel configuration of the Mc Pherson type.
In particular, the main components of this structural layout are as follows:
two-shell swinging arms made of stamped sheet metal (instead of cast iron, as with the current
Punto), with a significant weight reduction;
use of bushings with larger rubber volume than the bushings fitted to the current Punto, to
improve comfort (to dampen minor roughness) and, at the same time, ensure optimum road
holding and stability when cornering;
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