The invention relates to a ball-and-socket joint. It relates in particular to the special formation of the bearing shell of a ball-and-socket joint of this kind. In order to guarantee high stability of the bearing shell and therefore of the joint on the one hand and in order to reduce the transmitted structure-borne sound from the viewpoint of comfort on the other, it is proposed that the bearing shell be formed with at least two layers and the inner layer be made of metal and the outer layer of a plastics material, for example polyoxymethylene.
