<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by churchmore:Anywho onto my questions! They may seem ignorant to you but bear with me. Why does hummer in general choose to use IFS over a SFA?? Now I know in general SFA is stronger and less difficult to work on than IFS. And for some of the wheeling I have done (nothing extreme I have a measly 4" with 31s...dont laugh
) it seems like articulation would be more desireable in certain off-road situations, like rock crawling. Now I know a locker defeats wheels coming off the ground, but something about having all four wheels on the ground makes me feel more stable I guess. Back to my main question why IFS?? Second, I work retail to help get me through college right now, and we have a few customers who have the H2, I have had to help them load objects in the H2 and from my experience it seems for such a large vehicle there is a lack of I would call storage space. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
(1) Solid Axles are surely capable but certainly not superior to IFS. The H1 is PROOF that Independent Suspension is more than a match for any Solid Axle vehicle out there. As a general rule Solid Axles offer better articulation, but they have to have it. IFS/IRS offers the opportunity for individual wheel angles that can have all 4 tires running on the tire's tread in situations where a solid axle vehicle would have a tire or 2 running on the sidewall & be attempting to roll the bead off the wheel. Both ways can be excellent.
(2) Name a more capable off-road vehicle with superior luggage space. I can haul way more luggage than any Jeep, Land Rover, Range Rover, etc.
(3) Strength. The H1's Independent components are stronger than anybody else's in the civilian market. And, H2's have very little IFS problems even with hard off roading. Solid Axles are simpler, not necessarily stronger.