Hydrolastic is a type of automotive suspension system used in many cars produced by British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successor companies. A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... The British Motor Corporation (BMC) was a car company, formed by the merger of the Austin and Morris companies in 1952. ...

Invented by famous British rubber engineer Alex Moulton, and first used on the BMC project ADO16 under designer Alec Issigonis (of Mini fame), later to be launched as the Morris 1100. The British Motor Corporation (BMC) was a car company, formed by the merger of the Austin and Morris companies in 1952. ... ADO16 was the codename for the development of what became the Morris 1100, a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation and, later, British Leyland History The ADO16 (Austin Design Office 16) models were produced from August 15, 1962 to June 1974. ... Sir Alec Issigonis (1906-1988) was a designer of cars, now remembered chiefly for the development of the Mini in 1959. ... Minis The Mini is the name of a small car produced from 1959 to 2000, and the name of its replacement (known as New MINI) launched in 2001. ... Photo from original press release of Austin 1100 The Morris 1100 was a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation and, later, British Leyland, from August 15, 1962 to June 1974, developed under the ADO16 codename. ...

Description

The system replaces the separate springs and dampers of a conventional suspension system with integrated, space efficient, fluid filled, displacer units, which are interconnected between the front and rear wheels on each side of the vehicle.

Each displacer unit contains a rubber spring, and damping is achieved by the displaced fluid passing through rubber valves. The displaced fluid passes to the displacer of the paired wheel, thus providing a dynamic interaction between front and rear wheels.

Cars

Cars using the Hydrolastic suspension system:

• BMC 1100
• Mini
• Austin 1800
• Austin Maxi

ADO16 was the codename for the development of what became the Morris 1100, a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation and, later, British Leyland History The ADO16 (Austin Design Office 16) models were produced from August 15, 1962 to June 1974. ... Minis The Mini is the name of a small car produced from 1959 to 2000, and the name of its replacement (known as New MINI) launched in 2001. ... The Austin 1800 was a saloon car built by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) from September 1964 to 1975 and colloquially known as the Landcrab. The 1800 was voted European Car of the Year for 1965. ... Austin Maxi The Maxi was a hatchback automobile from BMC in the 1970s, designed by Alec Issigonis (later Sir) (1906-1988). ...

Evolution

The Hydragas system was a development of this system. Hydragas is a type of automotive suspension system used in many cars produced by British Leyland and its successor companies. ...