A Ride Metric System Utilized to Benchmark and Develop a Superior Riding Sport Utility Vehicle

Timothy J. Herrick

doi:10.4271/942273

1994-11-01

A Ride Metric System Utilized to Benchmark and Develop a Superior Riding Sport Utility Vehicle 942273

In the past, a vehicles ride had been evaluated subjectively which allowed many different interpretations of what the ride goal for a new vehicle program should be. With the advent of a ride metric system that evaluates ride based on customer input and provides an objective measure, we have been able to:

Benchmark competitive vehicles,
Define suitable road surfaces to evaluate,
Define a target ride objective,
Sort out various vehicle modifications,
Track performance towards the objective throughout the development of a new vehicle.

Now that an objective measure of ride has been established, ride and handling engineers will be much more effective in providing customers with the level of ride required on new product programs.

SAE MOBILUS

Subscribers can view annotate, and download all of SAE's content. Learn More »

Access SAE MOBILUS »

Digital $37.00 Print $37.00

Preview Document

We also recommend:

Standards

SAE Mobilus®

Publications

News

Events

Professional Development

A World in Motion (PreK-12)

Participate with SAE

SAE Membership

Donate

A Ride Metric System Utilized to Benchmark and Develop a Superior Riding Sport Utility Vehicle 942273

SAE MOBILUS