How to Use unsprung in a Sentence

unsprung

adjective

• The wheels alone contribute to a savings of 4.4 pounds in unsprung weight.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2022
• And then there’s the the whole thing of no or virtually no unsprung weight in the suspension.
  — Wes Siler, WIRED, 9 June 2011
• Each wheel and tire still weighed 125 pounds, though, giving us well in excess of a quarter-ton of unsprung weight.
  — Car and Driver, 30 Nov. 2016
• On the tech front, putting rather heavy electric motors in the wheel hubs presents a challenge for Zaiser: unsprung weight.
  — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• Audi says these tires provide more grip and that the new wheels reduce unsprung weight by 44 pounds overall.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 28 Nov. 2022
• At the top of the list is Porsche’s carbon ceramic brake, which, for $9,870, adds larger rotors, improves heat resistance, and shaves off a lot of unsprung weight.
  — Louis Mazzante, Popular Mechanics, 21 Sep. 2021
• As unsprung mass decreases, so does the workload on the suspension system.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2021
• As well as reducing unsprung mass, the lighter wheels should also send more feedback to the driver, improving steering feel.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 28 July 2023
• Those wheels’ extra unsprung weight can also overwork your factory springs and shocks.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2020
• Their salient advantages—reduced unsprung weight and resistance to overheating—mean next to nothing on the street.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 12 June 2021
• Optional carbon-ceramic brakes shed a further 75 pounds of unsprung mass over the standard brakes.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 31 May 2023
• None of this was black-diamond rock crawling, but vehicles built for that use case would have punished us with the heavy unsprung mass of solid axle overkill thumping up from below.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 25 Oct. 2021
• The six-piston calipers and optional 15-inch ceramic front discs of our sample car offer plenty of feel and gobs of stopping power on track while lopping off 22 pounds of unsprung weight to boot.
  — James Tate, Car and Driver, 1 June 2022
• Lexus says the body of the 2021 IS is more rigid, which is said to improve steering response, and other tweaks include a reduction in unsprung weight and several suspension tuning changes.
  — Colin Beresford, Car and Driver, 15 June 2020
• Weight has been taken out of the suspension with the use of aluminum, particularly in unsprung components.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2018
• Iron rotors are standard, but opt for the carbon-ceramic stoppers ($8000) if unsprung and rotating mass are top concerns.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023
• The carbon-ceramic brakes also are mounted inboard to reduce unsprung weight.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 20 Sep. 2017
• Designers of electric sports cars, in particular, want motors to be smaller and lighter in order to reduce unsprung wheel weight that bogs down handling and agility.
  — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2018
• Vehicles with the Weissach Package can also add featherweight magnesium wheels (saving about 22 pounds of unsprung weight) as a bonus.
  — Michael Harley, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2022
• Both offer decent ride quality—the certain reward for forgoing monster wheels and keeping unsprung weight low.
  — Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver, 30 Aug. 2021
• Aluminum alloys have replaced steel as the material of choice, making wheels lighter and reducing a vehicle’s unsprung weight — the mass of its suspension components.
  — Stephen Williams, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017
• Carbon-ceramic brakes that are optional on other M4s are standard here, and the wheels, brakes, and certain lightweight suspension components add up to another 46 pounds saved, with much of this being unsprung weight.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 19 May 2022
• Gold-colored brake calipers are a status symbol among BMW drivers, since these indicate the presence of the optional carbon-ceramic rotors (0.2 inch larger in diameter up front), which drop 51 pounds of unsprung mass.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 21 Aug. 2017
• Lower unsprung mass also means lower rotational inertia, which allows for better acceleration and shorter braking distances.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 14 Oct 2024