Abstract: A bushing for use in a vehicle suspension system includes a pair of elastomeric bearings having cylindrical holes formed therein and flanges formed integrally therewith. The bushing further includes a journal carried by the bearings in the cylindrical holes. In the first embodiment, the bearings are of substantially elliptical cross section and provide a compliance in a major axis direction that is different than the compliance in a minor axis direction. In a second embodiment, the bearings additionally are formed with channels of partial substantially cylindrical section on the outer surfaces, thereby giving the bearings a compliance in the major axis direction of a nonlinear higher order than the corresponding compliance of the first embodiment. A third embodiment is similar to the second embodiment except that the bearings are formed with voids of a partial substantially conic section formed on the outer surface, with the apex of the voids being adjacent the flanges.