Why is it called a McPherson Strut system?
In 1947, Earle S. McPherson of General Motors developed the McPherson strut. In that time period all General Motor vehicles were indirectly designed and developed by accountants. If the cost or was too high or it wasn’t tried and tested, than it never got going. Major innovations, such as the McPherson strut system, sat on the shelf for years because it couldn’t be proven on a spreadsheet until after the product had been produced or manufactured. Because of this philosophy, in 1950, Earle McPherson left General Motors and went to work for Ford UK where they started using his design on the 1950 models right away!
