The hood is supported by a prop rod, rather than gas struts, and the trunk hinges are of the exposed luggage-mashing type.
And even with their supporting gas struts, I thought the Mini's tiny swingers felt a bit tinny — this in a car that's already notorious for squeaks and rattles.
Thoughtful touches abound: the hood is held open by gas struts rather than a flimsy prop rod; the spare tire, tucked under the rear, is full-size and mounted on a matching alloy wheel.
Dirt can get into the gas struts that hold up the gate, causing them to wear and fail, the company said.
Suspension Type: Front: MacPherson struts, gas shock absorbers, anti-roll bar; Rear: Independent, four-link, including toe-link.
Add in RIL's nascent shale-gas projects in America, and gross operating profit from these activities could double to $11 billion in three or four years.That still leaves another big strut: Indian gas and oilfields, mainly off India's east coast.
Suspension Type: Front: MacPherson struts with gas shocks and coil springs, stabilizer bar.
Suspension Type: Front: Twin lower links, strut, coil springs, gas-charged shocks, stabilizer bar; Rear: Multilink coil springs, gas shocks, stabilizer bar.
In a document posted Wednesday on the agency's Web site, Honda said it had concluded that a manufacturing flaw on Odyssey EX-L and Touring models equipped with power liftgates allowed pressurized gas to escape from the struts.
Suspension Type: Front: double wishbones, coil springs, gas-filled shocks, high mount upper arm, stabilizer bar Rear: coil springs and gas-filled shocks, anti-roll bar, strut rod.
Suspension Type: MacPherson strut front suspension with gas-filled shock absorbers and torsion-beam rear suspension with coil springs and gas-filled shock absorbers, and front and rear stabilizer bars.
