The front and rear multilink suspension has been revised to provide better cornering, body control and, most important, isolation, with a pallet full of hydro-elastic bushings between suspension bits and chassis.

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With their gray glass bushings sticking out at right angles, they look strangely out of sync with the evolving calls for a "smart grid, " but engineers say they still work just fine.

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The parts included "brakes, brake pads, brake shoes, ignition coils, water pumps, window regulators, suspension sway bar links, wheel hubs, anti-lock braking sensors, control arm bushings, transmission filters, pitman arms, tie rod ends, and suspension air springs, " the papers add.

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Saab suspensions will be located farther forward and include unusual bushings that will make for an edgier ride: The rear wheels will turn a few hundredths of a degree left when the driver steers right, to allow the car to whip around tight turns.

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Our tester W8 wagon had a mere 9, 181 miles on the odometer when it arrived, but it clearly had warped front brake rotors, a rattle in the automatic transmission lever from overzealous shifting in the manual mode, and bushings that had already been flogged at a level equivalent to what 100, 000 miles of driving by any ordinary owner might do.

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