"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Arny Krueger wrote:
Jaguar showed in the '60s that decent independant rear suspension
could
be
made for a medium priced car. It took BMW (and others) 30 years to
work
out how to do the same.

Citroën did it properly in 1955.

Controversial.

Porsche did it in 1936 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen

And near 50 years later, the Beetle finally got half decent rear
suspension...

The Super Beetle was a true update but came in 1971 which was only 35 years
later.

I can't think what car or development aligns with 1986 (1936+50) .

The New Beetle came 62 years later (1998) and was a completely different car
being FWD.

FWD cars typically have relatively primitive rear suspensions and still
handle pretty well because the rear suspension of a FWD car doesn't have a
lot to do but keep the rear bumper from dragging on the pavement! ;-)