Abstract: The invention relates to an independent wheel suspension for power driven rear wheel motor vehicles, having a wheel carrier and a lower and upper linkage for this wheel carrier. The suspension system has five individual links which are hinged at the wheel side to the wheel carrier and at the body side of the vehicle, with an upper linkage being formed by a rear transverse camber strut link, and a longitudinal tension strut link extending diagonally toward the front inside. The camber strut and the tension strut, as viewed in plan, having an imaginary intersecting point located between their ends and wherein, with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the linking point of the camber strut at the wheel carrier is located in front of the linking point of the tension strut and wherein a reversed arrangement exists on the body side.