Models; Comparison - BMW F12 2011 Technical Training Manual

F12￿Chassis￿Dynamics
2.￿Models
2.1.￿Comparison
The￿following￿technical￿data￿allows￿a￿comparison￿to￿be￿made￿between￿the￿chassis￿and￿suspension￿of
the￿F12￿and￿its￿predecessor￿the￿E64.
Designation
Wheelbase
Front￿track￿width
Rear￿track￿width
Tires,￿basic￿wheels
Basic￿wheel￿rims
Front￿axle
Springs/dampers
Anti-roll￿bar,￿front
Front￿brake￿disc￿dia.
Steering
Rear￿axle
Rear￿suspension/dampers
Rear￿anti-roll￿bar
Rear￿brakes￿disc￿dia.
Parking￿brake
E64￿BMW￿650i
2780￿mm
1558￿mm
1596￿mm
245/45￿R18￿96W
8J￿x￿18￿IS￿14
Double￿pivot￿spring-
strut￿front￿axle
Steel￿spring/con-
ventional￿or￿EDC
mechanical￿or￿hy-
draulic￿(Dynamic￿Drive)
348 mm
Hydraulic￿or￿active￿steering
Integral￿IV￿rear￿axle
Steel￿spring,￿con-
ventional￿or￿EDC
mechanical￿or￿hy-
draulic￿(Dynamic￿Drive)
345 mm
Drum￿brake￿with￿park-
ing￿brake￿lever￿and￿au-
tomatic￿cable￿setting
F12￿BMW￿650i
2855￿mm
1600￿mm
1657￿mm
245/45￿R18￿96Y
8J￿x￿18￿IS￿30
Double-wishbone￿front￿axle
Steel￿spring/con-
ventional￿or￿EDC
mechanical￿or￿hy-
draulic￿(Dynamic￿Drive)
374 mm
Electronic￿Pow-
er￿Steering￿EPS
Integral￿V￿rear￿axle
Steel￿spring/con-
ventional￿or￿EDC
mechanical￿or￿hy-
draulic￿(Dynamic￿Drive)
370 mm
Disc￿brake￿with￿electrome-
chanical￿parking￿brake
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