Responding to auto manufacturers' demands for a shock that could provide both good stability and good ride quality, TOKICO developed the twin-tube low-pressure gas shock absorber. TOKICO began working on this technology in the mid 1970s. Since then much of that technology has been adopted world-wide.

The first U.S. built vehicle using twin-tube low-pressure gas shock absrobers was the 1982 Lincoln Continental. Those shocks and struts were designed and supplied by TOKICO. A long time leader in electronic shock absorbers and suspension products, TOKICO supplied original equipment shocks and struts for cars such as the Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe, the Nissan 300ZX Turbo and the Lexus LS400 with electronic air suspension.