Abstract: An automotive vehicle. A rigid frame encloses and protects a passenger compartment in between front and rear rigid axle assemblies. At each end of the frame is a pair of widely spaced-apart, substantially parallel struts. These are on opposite sides of and parallel to the vehicle's longitudinal axis, extending between a transverse frame member and the respective axle assembly and connected at each end by a universal joint. There is also at each end of the frame a pair of converging struts that connect a transverse frame member to an axle assembly by a universal joint at each end of each strut; these struts are wide apart at one end and close to each other at the other end. A vertically mounted combination spring and shock absorber is interposed between and bears against the frame and each axle on each side of the longitudinal axis.