REAR AXLE OF A TWO-TRACK VEHICLE

A rear axle of a two-track vehicle, including three control arms articulated to a wheel carrier and extending substantially in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and a trailing arm rigidly connected to the wheel carrier and having adequate flexibility in the transverse direction of the vehicle due to its structure or its mounting on the vehicle body. A support spring proportionately supporting the vehicle body with respect to the wheel and a vibration damper connected effectively in parallel with the supporting spring are supported on the wheel carrier without the intermediate arrangement of a control arm articulated to the wheel carrier. The support spring is supported in front of the wheel center and below the wheel center, as viewed in the direction of travel, on a cantilever protruding from the wheel carrier toward the vehicle center plane and the control arm articulated to the wheel carrier above the center point of the driven wheel in the vertical direction is connected to the wheel carrier behind the wheel center as viewed in the direction of travel. The control arm articulated to the wheel carrier in front of the wheel center as viewed in the direction of travel is connected to the wheel carrier below the wheel center in the vertical direction. The control arm arranged farthest to the rear as viewed in the direction of travel is connected to a steering actuator for the wheel by its end facing away from the wheel carrier.