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You see, the above some of these places can be said to be insignificant, but the weight is so little bit out of province. Although the body weight loss effect is obvious, but this does not mean that 124 Spider / MX-5 in the design process does not consider the collision safety. With the ordinary load-bearing body car similar to the 124 Spider / MX-5 of the crunch zone, stringer force structure of these, some of them still have.

As the 124 Spider / MX-5 is still a convertible design fitw220 rear air suspension, the frame model of its force tends to a two-dimensional plane structure, rather than ordinary cars as three-dimensional skeleton of the style, so the torsion stiffness of its body Is not very good. Although it has a solid sill, and both ends of the beam are fastened in the "L" shape by four sturdy bolts, it only contributes to the torsional strength in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle fitw220 air springsbody; The diagonal position of the body in terms of torsional stiffness, the role is not. So 124 Spider / MX-5 torsional stiffness, the vast majority of the body to provide.

In general, the 124 Spider / MX-5 uses a center-beam structure, low double-wishbone design, the whole body mechanics model with our current common car (including the car chassis developed into a sports car) has essentially s difference. This architecture is common in ultra-ruing (such as LFA), or high-end dual-door GT. 124 Spider fits500 rear air springs/ MX-5 in the US market starting price of less than $ 25,000, can provide a similar structure at this price, currently on the market only 124 Spider and MX-5 the two cars.