The Nissan Skyline GT-R’s R33 generation featured active suspension that could adjust damping rates over 100 times per second, yet this computational sophistication occasionally created a bizarre failure mode where the system would become “confused” by certain rhythmic road surfaces like corrugated highway patches, causing the suspension to enter harmonic oscillation that actually worsened ride quality until the driver manually switched to a lower suspension mode—meaning the most advanced suspension system of its era could be outperformed by mechanical simplicity under specific conditions.
Car Fact #76 — August 31, 2026
