[hermanchauw]

I notice that different types of cars have different types of chassis. In general i find that high performance off-road vehicles use spaceframe chassis. And ashphalt racing cars in recent days use monocoque chassis or monocoque with spacefame reinforcing in the form of rollcage or something else. And high-load bearing vehicles like trucks use ladderframe chassis.

I also noticed that in nature, monocoque (exoskeleton) are usually found in small creatures, the largest is much smaller than creatures with endoskeleton, whereas spaceframe (endoskeleton) are usually found in larger creatures, and the largest weighs tons.

And also in building construction, there are some engineers choosing spaceframe structure over monocoque in large and tall buildings, eg statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower.

Question is: what are the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of chassis?