How does Airmatic suspension work?
Discussion
starting point
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_suspension
Merc Application
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Body_Control
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_suspension
Merc Application
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Body_Control
It's for the Phaeton, but this is probably about as good an explanation of how air suspension works: http://www.volkspage.net/technik/ssp/ssp/SSP_275_d...
tl,dr: the steel spring is replaced by a rubber bladder full of air which can have its volume varied to adjust the spring rate.
tl,dr: the steel spring is replaced by a rubber bladder full of air which can have its volume varied to adjust the spring rate.
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