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What exactly is a "German-tuned suspension?"

It's kind of like the Shamwow commercial, "It's German, the Germans always make good stuff."

I guess in the case of suspension, they mean it is good at high speed too because of the autobahn.
 
It's because the VW Routan is a Chrysler Town and Country with different sheet metal and interior trim/seats. They cannot honestly say that anything on it is "German Engineered" so they settled for "German Tuned", which, in this case, means exactly the same suspension with stiffer springs and different shock valving.

Of course, this is assuming that you got the question from the VW Routan commercials.

ZV
 
After driving two different VW's, a couple different Mazdas, a Toyota, and a number of GM's there's definitely a uniqueness to it.

Not so much in the suspension per se, but in the steering/road feel. They VW's had a very nice weight to the steering while still retaining a good amount of road feel. Most Japanese cars were almost too light in steering while GM (before the turn by wire stuff) was too heavy with no road feel what so ever.

The latest GM steering is the absolute worst....way overboosted and virtually disconnected from the wheels. It's like driving a video game.
 
It's because Germans are all about procedures and making good high quality shit. It's a market selling point for them. Germans make good products, whatever they may be. If I had a suspension that was "tuned in Germany" or "tuned in China" my decision over the two would be obvious.

Or "tuned in Canada" for that matter would mean that it is tuned just so that your extra large Tim Hortons coffee wouldn't spill out when you fall into a GTA crator.

 
Originally posted by: RKS
My next car will have a German-tuned suspension and Corinthian leather.
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But you have to say that with a Ricardo Montalban accent (if some of you actually remember that commercial).
 
Originally posted by: JJ650
Originally posted by: RKS
My next car will have a German-tuned suspension and Corinthian leather.
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But you have to say that with a Ricardo Montalban accent (if some of you actually remember that commercial).
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i'm pretty sure he was making the reference to that commercial. chrysler cordoba
 
Originally posted by: RKS
My next car will have a German-tuned suspension and Corinthian leather.
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Oh yeah, well I'm going to get a Thundercougarfalconbird! That's a car with a lot of eagle. 😉

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: RKS
My next car will have a German-tuned suspension and Corinthian leather.
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Oh yeah, well I'm going to get a Thundercougarfalconbird! That's a car with a lot of eagle. 😉

ZV
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Well my next car will have a 350 with HEMI, rockcrusher trans, and a 9" rear end.

Oh that and Vtec of course. 😛
 
Originally posted by: Strk
It's kind of like the Shamwow commercial, "It's German, the Germans always make good stuff."
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Exactly what I was thinking when I read the title.

 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
It's because the VW Routan is a Chrysler Town and Country with different sheet metal and interior trim/seats. They cannot honestly say that anything on it is "German Engineered" so they settled for "German Tuned", which, in this case, means exactly the same suspension with stiffer springs and different shock valving.

Of course, this is assuming that you got the question from the VW Routan commercials.

ZV
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I had no idea that the VW Routan was really a T&C. That partnership is odd, to say the least.

Although, no more than the new Nissan Titan being a Dodge Ram with new sheetmetal. At least Nissan picked a good truck.
 
I don't know what "German tuned suspension" means, but I know what Japanese tuned suspension means:

Nissan tuned suspension

I'm going to go ahead and put a NSFW warning on this. Link has no nudity, and this is NOT any sort of official "warning" to the poster, but it's definitely not safe for work.

Zenmervolt - AnandTech Garage Moderator
 
Originally posted by: JDub02
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
It's because the VW Routan is a Chrysler Town and Country with different sheet metal and interior trim/seats. They cannot honestly say that anything on it is "German Engineered" so they settled for "German Tuned", which, in this case, means exactly the same suspension with stiffer springs and different shock valving.

Of course, this is assuming that you got the question from the VW Routan commercials.

ZV
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I had no idea that the VW Routan was really a T&C. That partnership is odd, to say the least.

Although, no more than the new Nissan Titan being a Dodge Ram with new sheetmetal. At least Nissan picked a good truck.
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Well they could have done worse and used a Toyota Tundra.
 
What pisses me off is that the VW minivan being marketed as "German engineering". It's just a Chrysler minivan.

With that said... German engineering isn't THAT much better.
 
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