Modular motor vehicle assembly platform

1 . A front assembly comprising:

a front subframe made from a single piece of cast aluminum and comprising one or more lower control arm attachment points;

a cross-car beam of integral construction with the front subframe;

a steering rack structurally attached to the front subframe, the steering rack being functionally coupled to one or more knuckles by one or more tie rods;

one or more front strut towers each made from a single piece of cast aluminum and structurally connected to the front subframe comprising one or more upper control arm attachment points;

one or more lower control arms configured to structurally engage with the front subframe at the one or more lower control arm attachment points;

one or more upper control arms configured to structurally engage with the one or more front strut towers at the upper control arm attachment points;

one or more drive units, power steering components, suspension components, braking components, electrical components, and drivetrain components each of which are installed in the front assembly prior to the front assembly being installed into a vehicle; and

one or more common mounting points positioned at a rear of the front subframe and at a rear of the one or more front strut towers, and the front assembly being structurally coupled to a bulkhead with the one or more common mounting points.

2 . The front assembly of claim 1 , wherein:

the front assembly further comprises wheels and tires, and

the front subframe is solidly coupled to the front assembly.

3 . The front assembly of claim 1 , wherein:

the front assembly comprises an unequal-length double wishbone suspension configuration.

4 . The front assembly of claim 1 , wherein the one or more knuckles further comprise:

one or more upper control arm mounts functionally coupled to one or more upper control arms, the one or more upper control arms comprising an upper wishbone;

one or more lower control arm mounts functionally coupled to one or more lower control arms, and

wherein the one or more lower control arms further comprise a split lower control arm configuration further comprising a front lower control arm and a rear lower control arm.

5 . The front assembly of claim 4 , wherein:

the one or more knuckles further comprise:

one or more shock mounts functionally coupled to one or more shocks, and

the one or more shocks are functionally coupled to one of the one or more front strut towers.

6 . The front assembly of claim 4 , further comprising a pushrod suspension configuration comprising:

one or more pushrod coil-over shocks functionally coupled to the one or more knuckles, and

wherein:

a first end of the one or more pushrod coil-over shocks is functionally coupled to the one or more front strut towers via an attachment bracket, and

a second end of the one or more pushrod coil-over shocks is functionally coupled to the one or more knuckles via one or more pushrod extensions.

7 . A rear assembly comprising:

a rear subframe comprising (i) one or more lower control arm attachment points, (ii) one or more upper control arm attachment points, (iii) one or more shock attachment points, and (iv) one or more upper airbag mounts;

one or more shocks functionally coupled with the rear subframe at the one or more shock attachment points;

one or more lower control arms functionally coupled with the rear subframe at the one or more lower control arm attachment points;

one or more upper control arms functionally coupled with the upper control arm attachment points;

one or more knuckles, each of the one or more knuckles comprising:

one or more lower airbag mounts;

one or more lower shock mounts functionally coupled to the one or more shocks;

one or more lower control arm mounts functionally coupled to the one or more lower control arms;

one or more upper control arm mounts functionally coupled to the one or more upper control arms; and

one or more common mounting points for structurally attaching the rear assembly to a rear structural floor,

wherein one or more airbags is functionally coupled to the (i) one or more upper airbag mounts of the rear subframe and (ii) the one or more lower airbag mounts of a knuckle of the one or more knuckles.

8 . The rear assembly of claim 7 , wherein:

the one or more common mounting points are configured to structurally connect one or more different rear assemblies for one or more different vehicle types to the rear structural floor,

the rear assembly is solidly coupled to the rear structural floor,

the rear subframe is a single piece of cast aluminum, and

the rear structural floor is a single piece of cast aluminum.

9 . The rear assembly of claim 8 , wherein:

the rear assembly further comprises one or more drive units, additional suspension components, braking components, electrical components, and drivetrain components each of which are installed in the rear assembly prior to the rear assembly being installed into a vehicle.

10 . The rear assembly of claim 7 , wherein:

the one or more upper control arms comprise two upper control arms per side,

the one or more lower control arms comprise two lower control arms per side, and

the rear assembly comprises a multilink suspension.

11 . The rear assembly of claim 7 , wherein:

the one or more shocks are pullrod coil-over shocks, and

each of the one or more upper control arms further comprise a pullrod joint; and wherein:

each of the the pullrod coil-over shocks are functionally coupled to the one or more pullrod attachments, and

each of the one or more pullrod attachments are functionally coupled to an upper control arm of the one or more upper control arms at a respective pullrod joint.

12 . The rear assembly of claim 11 , wherein:

each upper control arm of the one or more upper control arms comprises a front upper control arm and a rear upper control arm per side, the rear upper control arm comprising a respective pullrod joint,

each lower arm attachment point of the one or more lower control arm attachment points comprises two lower control arm attachment points per side,

each lower control arm mount of the one or more lower control arm mounts comprises two lower control arm mounts per side, and

each lower control arm of the one or more lower control arms comprises a lower control plate functionally coupled to the two lower control arm attachment points of the rear subframe and two lower control arm mounts of a respective knuckle of the one or more knuckles.

13 . A suspension system comprising:

a front assembly in a double wishbone configuration with a front split lower control arm section, the front assembly comprising:

a front subframe functionally coupled to at least two front lower control arms;

one or more front strut towers structurally connected to the front subframe and functionally coupled to one or more front upper control arms;

one or more front knuckles functionally coupled to the at least two front lower control arms and one or more front upper control arms, the at least two front lower control arms comprising the front split lower control arm section;

one or more first common mounting points for structurally attaching the front assembly to a bulkhead;

a rear assembly in a multilink configuration with a rear split lower control arm section, the rear assembly comprising:

a rear subframe functionally coupled to at least two rear lower control arms and one or more rear upper control arms;

one or more rear knuckles functionally coupled to the at least two rear lower control arms and the one or more rear upper control arms, the at least two rear lower control arms comprising the rear split lower control arm section;

one or more second common mounting points for structurally attaching the rear assembly to a rear structural floor; and

wherein:

the rear assembly comprises a complementary suspension arrangement to the front assembly.

14 . The suspension system of claim 13 , wherein:

the one or more first common mounting points are configured to structurally connect one or more different front assemblies for one or more different vehicle types to the bulkhead, and

the one or more second common mounting points are configured to structurally connect one or more different rear assemblies for the one or more different vehicle types to the rear structural floor.

15 . The suspension system of claim 14 , wherein:

the front assembly and the rear assembly each comprise one or more drive units, suspension components, braking components, electrical components, drivetrain components, wheels, and tires.

16 . The suspension system of claim 13 , wherein:

the rear assembly further comprises an airbag.