Abstract
The definition of comfort in a motor vehicle is at once complex and subjective, changing not only with time (cars considered comfortable just twenty years ago are nowadays considered unsatisfactory) but also from user to user. The same user may change his appraisal depending on circumstances and his psycho-physical state. But comfort remains an increasingly important parameter in customer choice and a strongly competitive factor among manufacturers.
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Genta, G., Morello, L. (2020). Comfort Performance. In: The Automotive Chassis . Mechanical Engineering Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35709-2_26
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