However, conventional wisdom has it that for performance cars a double wishbone set up is a better solution so why have so many manufacturers of sporting machinery kept the faith with the MacPherson ...

The McPherson strut is one of the most commonly used suspension systems ... expensive and takes up more space. 3 Multi-link Multi-link suspensions are typically used in performance cars.

However, like any engineering solution, the MacPherson strut comes with pros ... space compared to more complex suspension setups like double-wishbone or multi-link systems.