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Chevrolet Chooses Championship Winning Multimatic DSSVŽ Dampers for the 2014 Camaro Z/28

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MARKHAM, Ontario (April 1, 2013) - When Chevrolet took the cover off its 2014 Camaro Z/28 during a special unveiling at the New York Auto Show last week, it marked the first time Multimatic’s high performance DSSV® (Dynamic Suspensions Spool Valve) damper technology has been made available in a “volume” production road car application.

DSSV damper technology has an enviable track record highlighted by Red Bull Racing’s three consecutive F1™ World Championships (2010 – 2012). Other notable accomplishments include factory installation on the Aston Martin One-77 supercar, six Le Mans class wins in the past five years and four Champ Car titles.

All DSSV dampers, including those on the Z/28, employ a pair of proprietary self-piloted spool valves to provide highly accurate suspension control. Fluid flow through the spool valve’s ports can be mathematically modeled and their shape fine tuned to achieve a desired damper Force/Velocity (F/V) characteristic. Various motorsports tuning techniques were utilized in combination with the analytically driven damper characterization to fully optimize the Z/28 suspension, including multi-post shaker rig testing, driver-in-the-loop simulation as well as road and track evaluation.

Multimatic’s Vice President of Engineering, Larry Holt, stated: “We are tremendously proud and excited that General Motors has chosen DSSV to be a part of the rebirth of the iconic Z/28. We are confident that this unique damper technology will contribute to making the Z/28 the ultimate track-capable Camaro.”

For more information, please contact:
Patrick Kinsie
Executive Director of Global Business Development
pkinsie@multimatic.com
+1 (905) 470-0025