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  • Page 1 Technical￿training. Product￿information. F11￿Body. BMW￿Service...
  • Page 2 General￿notes Symbols￿used The￿following￿symbol/pictograph￿is￿used￿in￿this￿document￿for￿better￿understanding￿or￿to￿emphasize particularly￿important￿information: Contains￿important￿safety￿tips￿and￿information￿required￿for￿proper￿system￿function,￿which￿must￿be observed￿under￿all￿circumstances. Topicality￿and￿national￿versions BMW￿Group￿vehicles￿are￿designed￿to￿meet￿the￿highest￿safety￿and￿quality￿requirements.￿Changing requirements￿in￿areas￿such￿as￿environmental￿protection,￿customer￿benefit,￿design￿and￿construction lead￿to￿continuous￿advancement￿of￿systems￿and￿components.￿This￿can￿result￿in￿deviations￿between the￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿and￿the￿vehicles￿available￿for￿training. This￿document￿describes￿European￿version￿vehicles￿with￿left-hand￿drive￿as￿a￿matter￿of￿principle.￿In vehicles￿with￿right-hand￿drive￿some￿controls￿and￿components￿may￿be￿arranged￿differently￿than￿shown in￿the￿illustrations￿in￿this￿document.￿Other￿deviations￿may￿result￿from￿equipment￿versions￿for￿specific markets￿or￿countries. Additional￿information￿sources Further￿information￿on￿the￿individual￿subjects￿is￿given: • in￿the￿operating￿instructions • in￿the￿Integrated￿Service￿Technical￿Application: Contact:￿conceptinfo@bmw.de ©2010￿BMW￿AG,￿Munich Reproduction,￿in￿whole￿or￿in￿part,￿is￿permissible￿only￿with￿written￿approval￿of￿BMW￿AG, Munich. The￿information￿contained￿in￿this￿document￿is￿a￿part￿of￿the￿BMW￿Group￿Technical￿Training￿Program and￿is￿intended￿for￿trainers￿and￿participants￿in￿this￿program.￿Changes/supplements￿to￿the￿technical data￿are￿given￿in￿the￿current￿BMW￿Group￿information￿system. Information￿status:￿June￿2010 VH-23/International￿Technical￿Training...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    F11￿Body. Contents Introduction................................................1.1. The￿new￿BMW￿5￿Series￿Touring..............................1.1.1. Dimensions ..................................... 1.1.2. Silhouette￿comparison ..............................Body...................................................... 2.1. Body￿shell ............................................2.1.1. Introduction ....................................2.1.2. Materials ......................................2.1.3. Corrosion￿protection￿and￿sealing ......................2.1.4. Front￿end ....................................... 2.1.5. Side￿frame ....................................2.1.6. Roof ........................................2.1.7. Rear￿end ......................................2.1.8.
  • Page 4 F11￿Body. Contents 3.2.3. Center￿console: ................................... 3.2.4. Front￿storage￿features .............................. 3.2.5. Rear￿storage￿features ..............................3.2.6. Front￿seats ....................................3.2.7. Rear￿seats ....................................3.2.8. Air￿conditioning ................................... 3.3. Luggage￿compartment ..................................... 3.3.1. Luggage￿compartment￿roll-up￿cover ....................3.3.2. Dimensions ....................................

  • Page 5: Introduction

    F11￿Body. 1.￿Introduction. 1.1.￿The￿new￿BMW￿5￿Series￿Touring. The￿F11￿will￿be￿introduced￿on￿the￿market￿in￿September￿2010.￿The￿models￿523i￿and￿535i￿will￿be offered￿with￿gasoline￿engine.￿Models￿520d￿and￿350d￿will￿be￿equipped￿with￿diesel￿engines. BMW￿5￿Series￿Touring 1.1.1.￿Dimensions BMW￿5￿Series￿Touring,￿outer￿dimensions Index Explanation Value [mm] 1462 Vehicle￿height,￿unladen Track,￿front,￿with￿basic￿wheels [mm] 1600 Front￿overhang [mm] Wheelbase [mm] 2968 Rear￿overhang [mm] 1107...
  • Page 6 F11￿Body. 1.￿Introduction. Index Explanation Value Track,￿rear,￿with￿basic￿wheels [mm] 1626 Vehicle￿length [mm] 4907 Vehicle￿width￿not￿including￿exterior￿rear￿view [mm] 1860 mirrors. ￿With￿roof￿antenna.￿1488￿mm Comparison￿F10/F11/E61 Vehicle￿height,￿unladen [mm] 1464 1491 1462 Track,￿front [mm] 1600 1600 1558 Front￿overhang [mm] Wheelbase [mm] 2968 2968 2886 Rear￿overhang [mm] 1099 1107 1105 Track,￿rear...
  • Page 7 F11￿Body. 1.￿Introduction. Vehicle Curb￿weight￿(DIN) Payload Automatic￿/￿manual￿transmission F11￿523i [kg] 1730￿/￿1715 E61￿525i [kg] 1630￿/￿1605 F11￿535i [kg] 1770￿/￿1765 E61￿530i [kg] 1630￿/￿1620 F11￿520d [kg] 1715￿/￿1710 E61￿520d [kg] 1620￿/￿1600 F11￿530d [kg] 1805￿/￿1800 E61￿530d [kg] 1700￿/￿1660 1.1.2.￿Silhouette￿comparison F11￿Silhouette￿comparison￿with￿BMW￿5￿Series￿Touring￿E61...

  • Page 8: Body

    F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. 2.1.￿Body￿shell F11￿Body￿shell 2.1.1.￿Introduction On￿the￿F11￿great￿value￿was￿also￿placed￿on￿light￿weight￿construction.￿This￿was￿implemented￿by intelligent￿use￿of￿high￿strength￿multi-phase￿steels￿and￿high￿strength￿hot￿formed￿steels.￿On￿the￿F11￿the average￿strength￿of￿the￿body￿materials￿has￿increased￿by￿37￿%￿in￿comparison￿to￿the￿E61. The￿light￿weight￿material￿significantly￿reduces￿the￿vehicle￿weight￿and,￿in￿combination￿with￿a￿stiff￿body skeleton,￿provides￿a￿considerable￿contribution￿to: • Driving￿stability • Fuel￿economy • Reduction￿of￿CO emissions • Passive￿safety.

  • Page 9: Materials

    F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. Highlights • Cast￿aluminum￿suspension￿strut￿dome • High￿percentage￿of￿multi-phase￿steels￿(20%￿of￿weight￿of￿body￿skeleton). • High￿percentage￿of￿hot￿formed￿steels￿(9￿%￿of￿weight￿of￿body￿skeleton). The￿load-optimized￿component￿design￿of￿the￿cast￿aluminum￿suspension￿strut￿domes￿reinforces the￿front￿end.￿In￿comparison￿to￿conventional￿steel￿shell￿design,￿the￿compact￿design￿has￿significantly reduced￿the￿space￿requirements￿and￿decreased￿the￿weight￿in￿the￿front￿end.￿This￿has￿led,￿among￿other things,￿to￿more￿uniform￿axle￿load￿distribution. The￿high￿strength￿multi-phase￿steels￿and￿high￿strength￿hot￿formed￿steels￿ensure￿low￿weight￿while providing￿maximum￿strength￿for￿the￿passenger￿safety￿cell￿thus￿contributing￿to￿the￿passive￿safety￿to￿a high￿degree. An￿innovative￿advancement￿in￿the￿form￿of￿passive￿corrosion￿protection￿is￿used￿on￿the￿hot￿formed steels.￿Until￿now￿suitable￿hot￿formed￿sheet￿metal￿materials￿with￿cathodic￿corrosion￿protection￿were not￿available￿on￿the￿market.￿Development￿of￿press￿hardening￿technology￿has￿provided￿a￿mass production￿process￿for￿production￿of￿galvanized,￿hot￿formed￿components. With￿this￿process￿galvanized￿sheet￿metal￿is￿first￿cold￿formed￿and￿then￿heated￿to￿a￿temperature￿of approx.￿900￿°C.￿Immediately￿thereafter￿the￿components￿are￿cooled￿down￿to￿approx.￿70°C￿within seconds￿directly￿in￿the￿water￿cooled￿pressing￿tools,￿hardening￿the￿components.￿This￿process produces￿components￿with￿a￿minimum￿yield￿strength￿significantly￿greater￿than￿1000￿MPa. Components￿produced￿in￿this￿manner￿can￿be￿used￿in￿wet￿areas￿without￿any￿corrosion￿to￿the￿base material.￿Additional￿corrosion￿protection￿measures￿are￿eliminated￿for￿such￿steel. 2.1.2.￿Materials Modern￿automotive￿bodies￿must￿satisfy￿many￿requirements.￿In￿spite￿of￿minimum￿outer￿dimensions they￿must￿provide￿the￿largest￿possible￿interior￿space.￿Passengers￿must￿be￿protected￿optimally￿against injury￿in￿the￿event￿of￿an￿accident.￿The￿torque￿generated￿by￿all￿assemblies￿such￿as￿the￿engine￿and transmission￿is￿supported￿by￿the￿body.￿Moreover￿the￿body￿must￿provide￿high￿static￿and,￿above￿all, dynamic￿rigidity￿to￿guarantee￿the￿exceptional￿driving￿characteristics￿typical￿for￿BMW. Last,￿but￿not￿least,￿the￿supporting￿structure￿of￿the￿vehicle￿must￿have￿high￿fatigue￿strength￿and￿be capable￿of￿repair￿at￿reasonable￿expense￿in￿the￿event￿of￿an￿accident. To￿satisfy￿all￿of￿these￿requirements￿optimally,￿BMW￿pursues￿a￿strategy￿of￿producing￿every￿component using￿the￿material￿best￿suited￿for￿the￿specific￿function. The￿two￿terms,￿aluminum￿and￿steel,￿are￿only￿the￿generic￿terms￿for￿a￿variety￿of￿alloys￿with￿highly differing￿properties.
  • Page 10 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. F11￿Body￿shell￿materials Index Explanation Multi-phase￿steels￿(>￿300￿MPa) Hot￿formed￿steels￿(>￿900￿MPa) Aluminum Other￿steels￿(>￿300￿MPa) Multi-phase￿steels￿are￿steels,￿whose￿structure￿consists￿of￿a￿number￿of￿phases.￿High￿strength￿multi- phase￿steels￿with￿a￿yield￿strength,￿R ￿between￿300￿and￿600￿MPa￿include,￿for￿example,￿dual-phase p0.2, steels￿or￿TRIP￿steels.￿High￿strength￿multi-phase￿steels￿with￿a￿yield￿strength,￿R ￿greater￿than￿600 p0.2, MPa￿include,￿for￿example,￿complex￿steels￿or￿martensite￿phase￿steels Hot￿formed￿manganese-boron￿steels￿are￿high￿strength￿steels￿with￿a￿yield￿strength,￿R ￿greater￿than p0.2, 900￿MPa. Percentages￿by￿weight The￿percentage￿of￿high￿and￿maximum￿strength￿multi-phase￿steel,￿high￿strength￿hot￿formed￿steel￿and aluminum￿is￿increasing￿to￿reduce￿vehicle￿weight￿while￿simultaneously￿guaranteeing￿maximum￿body strength.
  • Page 11 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. F11￿Body￿shell,￿distribution￿of￿materials Index Explanation Multi-phase￿steels￿(>￿300￿MPa)￿Percentage￿20% Hot￿formed￿steels￿(>￿900￿MPa)￿Percentage￿9% Aluminum,￿Percentage￿2% Other￿steels￿(<￿300￿MPa)￿Percentage￿69￿% 2.1.3.￿Corrosion￿protection￿and￿sealing Galvanized￿sheet￿metal￿and￿aluminum￿or￿aluminum￿sandwich￿panels￿are￿used￿primarily￿on￿the￿F11 body￿to￿optimize￿corrosion￿protection.￿Joining￿technologies￿include￿welding,￿gluing￿and￿riveting. Sheet￿metal￿overlaps￿are￿laid￿out￿to￿minimize￿abutting￿surfaces.￿This￿helps￿prevent￿creep￿corrosion. The￿body￿structure￿is￿designed￿to￿prevent￿water￿penetration￿by￿gluing￿and￿sealing￿the￿joined￿surfaces. In￿particularly￿critical￿areas,￿expanded￿foam￿parts￿are￿used￿to￿seal￿hollow￿cavities￿in￿the￿body￿against moisture.￿Double￿layers￿of￿sheet￿metal￿in￿wet￿areas￿are￿double￿sealed,￿and,￿if￿necessary,￿preserved additionally￿with￿wax.
  • Page 12 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. Overlapping￿layers￿of￿sheet￿metal￿in￿dry￿areas￿are￿sealed￿where￿necessary￿to￿prevent￿dust￿from entering. Contact￿is￿avoided.￿between￿different￿types￿of￿materials,￿which￿are￿critical￿in￿terms￿of￿corrosion.￿The combination￿of￿material￿substrates￿and￿joining￿procedures￿is￿matched￿carefully￿to￿prevent￿corrosion risks. Coating￿process During￿the￿painting￿process￿the￿body￿shell￿is￿immersed • in￿an￿alkaline￿bath￿for￿cleaning • phosphated￿(surface￿roughened￿up￿for￿better￿adhesion) • coated￿using￿a￿catalytic￿immersion￿process￿(coated￿with￿corrosion￿protection￿paint￿on￿inside of￿all￿hollow￿body￿cavities). The￿organic￿finish￿paint￿is￿then￿baked￿on. Moreover￿the￿body￿is￿sealed￿with￿PVC￿and￿the￿outer￿surface￿protected￿with￿filler,￿top￿coat￿and transparent￿paint. Particularly￿critical￿body￿areas￿on￿the￿F11￿are￿protected￿by￿systematic￿hollow￿cavity￿preservation. The￿objectives￿are: • Five￿years￿without￿any￿visible￿corrosion￿to￿the￿body￿surface • Three￿years￿without￿any￿visible￿corrosion￿in￿the￿underbody￿area • Twelve￿years￿without￿any￿panels￿rusting￿through • Seal￿against￿water￿and￿dust...
  • Page 13 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. 2.1.4.￿Front￿end F11￿Front￿end Index Explanation Right￿rear￿strut Left￿rear￿strut Left￿front￿strut Right￿front￿strut Aways￿observe￿the￿repair￿instructions￿when￿removing￿or￿installing￿struts. The￿struts￿increase￿the￿rigidity￿of￿the￿front￿end. Repair￿to￿the￿front￿end￿does￿not￿present￿any￿grave￿differences￿in￿comparison￿to￿the￿F10.
  • Page 14 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. 2.1.5.￿Side￿frame F11￿Separation￿points￿for￿repair The￿separation￿points￿shown￿above￿should￿be￿used￿preferably￿for￿repair. F11￿Replacement￿part￿sections The￿rear￿side￿panel￿is￿welded￿to￿the￿body￿shell￿at￿the￿factory.￿When￿repairing￿the￿rear￿side￿panel￿can￿be glued￿and￿riveted. 2.1.6.￿Roof The￿roof￿is￿welded￿to￿the￿body￿shell￿at￿the￿factory.￿When￿repairing￿the￿roof￿can￿be￿glued￿and￿riveted.
  • Page 15 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. 2.1.7.￿Rear￿end F11￿Rear￿end Repair￿to￿the￿rear￿end￿does￿not￿present￿any￿grave￿differences￿in￿comparison￿to￿the￿F01.
  • Page 16 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. 2.1.8.￿Rear￿panel Rear￿panel The￿rear￿panel￿is￿welded￿to￿the￿body￿shell￿at￿the￿factory.￿When￿repairing￿the￿rear￿panel￿can￿be￿glued and￿riveted. 2.2.￿Pedestrian￿protection A￿number￿of￿pedestrian￿protection￿features￿are￿installed￿on￿the￿front￿end￿of￿the￿F11.￿A￿shock￿absorber is￿installed￿between￿the￿bumper￿support￿and￿bumper￿trim￿to￿protect￿against￿leg￿impact.￿The￿engine hood￿and￿front￿side￿panels￿are￿made￿of￿aluminum￿and￿equipped￿with￿deformation￿elements.￿This design￿is￿intended￿to￿absorb￿the￿energy￿in￿a￿defined￿manner￿in￿the￿event￿of￿an￿accident. 2.2.1.￿Active￿engine￿hood An￿active￿engine￿hood￿is￿installed￿depending￿on￿the￿national￿version.￿In￿the￿event￿of￿a￿collision￿with￿a pedestrian,￿the￿hood￿lifts.￿This￿provides￿a￿deformation￿zone￿to￿protect￿the￿pedestrian. When￿working￿on￿engine￿hood￿hinges￿and￿engine￿hood￿latches￿observe￿the￿repair￿instructions. Otherwise￿unintended￿actuation￿could￿pose￿an￿injury￿hazard.
  • Page 17 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. F11￿Active￿engine￿hood Index Explanation Right￿engine￿hood￿latch￿(with￿actuator) Left￿engine￿hood￿latch￿(with￿actuator) Bowden￿cable Left￿engine￿hood￿hinge￿(with￿actuator) Right￿engine￿hood￿hinge￿(with￿actuator) Fiber￿optic￿cable Actuator￿(on￿engine￿hood￿hinge) Sensor Interference￿structure A￿fiber￿optic￿cable￿is￿integrated￿between￿the￿bumper￿support￿and￿the￿shock￿absorber.￿The￿fiber￿optic cable￿is￿connected￿to￿a￿sensor￿and￿runs￿back￿to￿the￿sensor￿over￿a￿loop￿on￿the￿opposite￿side￿of￿the vehicle.

  • Page 18: Doors

    F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. The￿force￿acting￿on￿the￿fiber￿optic￿cable￿causes￿it￿to￿deform￿between￿the￿interference￿structures. This￿attenuates￿the￿light￿conducted￿by￿the￿fiber￿optic￿cable.￿The￿effective￿force￿is￿proportional￿to￿the attenuation￿of￿the￿light.￿The￿different￿attenuation￿of￿the￿light￿depending￿on￿the￿mass￿and￿rigidity￿of￿the colliding￿object￿generates￿a￿characteristic￿signal. This￿signal￿is￿measured￿by￿the￿sensor￿and￿transferred￿to￿the￿ACMS￿crash￿safety￿module￿over￿a￿data line.￿The￿ACMS￿crash￿safety￿module￿determines￿from￿this￿data,￿whether￿the￿threshold￿for￿recognition of￿a￿collision￿with￿a￿pedestrian￿has￿been￿reached￿or￿exceeded￿thereby￿allowing￿a￿decision￿to￿be￿made to￿activate￿the￿actuators￿on￿the￿engine￿hood. The￿actuators￿are￿activated￿by￿pyrotechnic￿devices￿raising￿the￿engine￿hood￿using￿the￿spring￿force￿of the￿integrated,￿pretensioned￿springs. The￿active￿engine￿hood￿is￿activated￿only￿at￿speeds￿of￿approx.￿20￿-￿50￿km/h.￿For￿safety￿reasons￿the system￿may,￿in￿rare￿cases,￿activate￿even￿when￿a￿collision￿with￿a￿pedestrian￿cannot￿be￿clearly￿excluded, e.g.: • Impact￿with￿a￿barrel￿or￿marking￿post • Collision￿with￿animals • Stone￿impact • Driving￿into￿a￿snow￿drift. After￿actuation￿of￿the￿active￿engine￿hood￿a￿red￿warning￿triangle￿illuminates￿in￿the￿instrument￿cluster and￿a￿check￿control￿message￿appears￿in￿the￿central￿information￿display.￿The￿engine￿hood￿can￿then￿be moved￿back￿to￿its￿initial￿position,￿however￿the￿active￿pedestrian￿protection￿is￿again￿available￿only￿after component￿replacement. Returning￿engine￿hood￿to￿initial￿position • Pull￿engine￿hood￿lever • Press￿release￿lever￿and￿open￿engine￿hood • Open￿engine￿hood￿all￿the￿way￿to￿the￿end￿position. The￿actuators￿on￿the￿engine￿hood￿hinges￿should￿close￿and￿lock￿completely. • Move￿engine￿hood￿back￿and￿drop￿from￿height￿of￿approx.￿40 cm;￿press￿to￿lock￿completely. The￿engine￿hood￿should￿catch￿audibly￿on￿both￿sides. 2.3.￿Doors As￿on￿the￿F01,￿the￿doors￿installed￿on￿the￿F11￿consist￿of￿an￿aluminum￿shell￿construction.
  • Page 19 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. F11￿Front￿and￿rear￿doors F11￿Aluminum￿shell￿door￿structure Large￿aluminum￿shells￿capable￿of￿transferring￿high￿forces￿in￿area￿of￿the￿door￿structure￿guarantee maximum￿rigidity￿and￿component￿quality￿with￿minimum￿tolerances.￿Realization￿of￿a￿high￿drawing depth￿and￿new￿component￿separation￿points￿(hinge￿reinforcement￿and￿inner￿door￿panel)￿allow implementation￿of￿the￿attractive￿design￿on￿the￿exterior. The￿window￿frame￿area￿satisfies￿the￿highest￿demands￿for￿rigidity￿using￿channels￿consisting￿of￿only two￿sheet￿metal￿parts￿with￿minimum￿dimensions￿and￿simultaneous￿production￿efficiency.￿BMW￿has succeeded￿in￿implementing￿its￿typical￿exterior￿appearance￿even￿in￿the￿visually￿sensitive￿area￿of￿the window￿frame. Advantages: • Reduced￿CO emissions￿and￿increased￿stability￿through￿weight￿reduction. (approx.￿23￿kg￿per￿vehicle￿in￿comparison￿to￿previous￿steel￿version). • Interior￿impression￿with￿improved￿feeling￿of￿space. • More￿daylight￿in￿passenger￿compartment • Improved￿visibility￿to￿outside￿and￿upward...
  • Page 20 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. • Filigree￿window￿frame￿appearance￿with￿door￿closed • Solid￿window￿frames￿with￿high￿quality￿effect￿with￿door￿open. • Single-piece￿inner￿door￿panel￿in￿area￿of￿door￿body￿and￿window￿frame￿for￿maximum dimensional￿stability￿of￿individual￿parts. • Minimum￿number￿of￿structural￿door￿parts. • Door￿structure￿joined￿by￿laser￿welding￿and￿structural￿gluing. Aluminum￿door￿structures￿have￿been￿used￿by￿BMW￿frequently￿in￿the￿past,￿for￿example￿on￿the￿E52, E63,￿E74￿and￿E36￿M3.￿However￿aluminum￿doors￿have￿been￿produced￿in￿high￿quantities￿for￿vehicles only￿since￿introduction￿of￿the￿F01.￿The￿development￿target￿of￿the￿door￿structure￿for￿the￿F11￿was therefore￿to￿implement￿the￿aluminum￿door￿concept￿familiar￿from￿the￿F01￿at￿acceptable￿costs￿for￿larger quantities. However￿the￿production￿of￿shell￿parts￿using￿aluminum￿sheet￿is￿considerably￿more￿demanding￿than with￿steel￿materials￿in￿terms￿of￿the￿production￿engineering,￿particularly￿at￿high￿drawing￿depths. Development￿of￿a￿new￿structural￿concept￿with￿large￿shells￿capable￿of￿transferring￿high￿forces￿did, however,￿make￿production￿feasible￿without￿abandoning￿the￿proven￿sheet￿metal￿shell￿design. 2.4.￿Rear￿hatch In￿comparison￿to￿the￿E61,￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿opening￿has￿been￿increased￿even￿more.￿In addition￿to￿the￿width,￿the￿height￿of￿the￿opening￿has￿been￿increased￿considerably￿by￿completely integrating￿the￿hinge￿mechanism￿into￿the￿roof￿surface. The￿individual￿rear￿hatch￿parts￿are￿steel. Comparison￿between￿luggage￿compartment￿opening￿on￿F10/F11/E61 Index Explanation An￿automatic￿rear￿hatch￿actuation￿is￿available￿as￿special￿equipment￿(SA￿316).
  • Page 21 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. F11￿Rear￿hatch Index Explanation Spindle￿drive￿(only￿with￿automatic￿rear￿hatch￿actuation￿SA￿316) Hinge￿(rear￿hatch) Hinge￿(rear￿window) Spring￿strut￿support￿(rear￿window) IHU￿frame ￿On￿vehicles￿without￿automatic￿rear￿hatch￿actuation￿(SA￿316)￿a￿spring￿strut￿support￿is￿installed instead￿of￿the￿spindle￿drive. Highlights • Steel￿IHU￿frame￿(IHU￿=￿inner￿high￿pressure￿metal￿forming) • Hinges,￿drive￿and￿opening￿aids￿in￿roof • Lock￿and￿soft￿close￿automatic￿system￿(SCA)￿below￿luggage￿compartment￿floor. • Self-opening￿rear￿window.
  • Page 22 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. • Rear￿window￿seal￿directly￿against￿body￿(preventing￿soiled￿exterior￿trim). • Upper￿cover￿(spoiler)￿and￿rear￿window￿adjustable￿later￿from￿passenger￿compartment • Rear￿view￿camera￿(SA￿3AG)￿integrated￿into￿housing￿for￿rear￿hatch￿button. F11￿Rear￿view￿camera Index Explanation Reversing￿camera 2.4.1.￿Rear￿hatch￿operating￿concept The￿rear￿hatch￿can￿be￿opened￿with￿the • button￿on￿the￿rear￿hatch • remote￿control (only￿on￿vehicles￿with￿automatic￿rear￿hatch￿actuation￿SA￿316) • button￿in￿the￿vehicle￿on￿the￿A￿pillar. (only￿on￿vehicles￿with￿automatic￿rear￿hatch￿actuation￿SA￿316) 2.4.2.￿Hear￿window￿operating￿concept F11￿Rear￿window The￿rear￿window￿can￿be￿opened￿with￿the • button￿on￿the￿rear￿window • remote￿control • button￿in￿the￿vehicle￿on￿the￿A￿pillar. (only￿on￿vehicles￿with￿automatic￿rear￿hatch￿actuation￿SA￿316) 2.5.￿Panorama￿glass￿roof A￿two-piece￿panorama￿glass￿roof￿with￿contour￿can￿be￿ordered￿as￿special￿equipment￿on￿the￿F11￿(SA 402).￿The￿design,￿the￿materials￿used￿and￿the￿variability￿set￿new￿standards￿in￿this￿vehicle￿sector.
  • Page 23 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. F11￿Panorama￿glass￿roof Index Explanation Glass￿cover Fixed￿glass￿element Frame Sliding￿cover Wind￿deflector The￿panorama￿glass￿roof￿is￿an￿inside-running￿sliding/tilting￿sunroof￿system.￿The￿glass￿cover￿and sliding￿cover￿are￿controlled￿completely￿by￿an￿electrical￿control￿and￿are￿actuated￿by￿a￿switch￿in￿the￿roof function￿center￿(FZD)￿using￿a￿sliding￿roof￿control￿system￿typical￿for￿BMW. • To￿open￿roof:￿Press￿switch￿to￿rear • To￿close￿roof:￿Press￿switch￿toward￿front • To￿move￿roof￿to￿vent￿position:￿Press￿switch￿upward. The￿logical￿control￿for￿opening￿the￿sliding￿cover￿operates￿in￿a￿manner￿similar￿to￿the￿BMW￿panorama roof.￿The￿logical￿control￿corresponds￿to￿the￿direction￿of￿motion￿of￿the￿components￿and￿is￿therefore easy￿for￿customers￿to￿comprehend.

  • Page 24: Dimensions

    F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. To￿exclude￿any￿injury￿hazard,￿a￿jamming￿protection￿switch￿is￿installed￿over￿the￿entire￿path￿of￿the￿glass cover￿as￿well￿as￿the￿sliding￿cover.￿The￿electronic￿control￿satisfies￿all￿international￿legal￿requirements. Comparison￿between￿panorama￿glass￿roof￿on￿F11￿and￿E61 Index Explanation In￿comparison￿to￿the￿E61￿the￿size￿of￿the￿water￿drain￿valve￿has￿been￿increased￿and￿the￿the circumferential￿gasket￿between￿the￿roof￿surface￿and￿glass￿cover/fixed￿glass￿element￿has￿been changed￿to￿foam￿rubber. 2.5.1.￿Dimensions Dimensions Glass￿cover,￿length [mm] approx.￿1060 approx.￿1053 Glass￿cover,￿width [mm] approx.￿904 approx.￿857 Opening￿dimensions Glass￿cover￿fully￿open [mm] approx.￿440 approx.￿406 Glass￿cover￿in￿vent￿position: Glass￿cover￿vent￿gap [mm] approx.￿21 approx.￿18 Sliding￿cover￿vent￿gap [mm] approx.￿50 approx.￿30 2.6.￿Strength The￿minimum￿yield￿strength￿is￿specified￿as￿the￿value￿for￿the￿strength￿of￿the￿body￿shell. The￿minimum￿yield￿strength,￿R ￿designates￿the￿tension￿(force￿per￿unit￿area￿in￿MPa￿or￿N/mm²), p0.2, which￿would￿result￿in￿irreversible￿plastic￿deformation￿of￿0.2%￿if￿exceeded.
  • Page 25 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. Curve￿of￿mean￿minimum￿yield￿strength￿of￿body￿shell Index Explanation 5￿Series￿Sedan￿(E39￿Model￿year￿1995) 5￿Series￿Sedan￿(E60￿Model￿year￿2003) 5￿Series￿Sedan￿(F10￿Model￿year￿2010) 5￿Series￿Touring￿(F11￿Model￿year￿2010) 5￿Series￿Touring￿(E61￿Model￿year￿2004) 5￿Series￿Touring￿(E39/2￿Model￿year￿1995) Start￿of￿production...
  • Page 26 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. 5￿Series￿Touring,￿development￿of￿body￿lightweight￿construction￿and￿static￿torsional￿rigidity Index Explanation Static￿torsional￿rigidity Lightweight￿construction E39/2￿Model￿year￿1997 E61￿Model￿year￿2004 F11￿Model￿year￿2010 The￿static￿torsional￿rigidity￿is￿the￿tendency￿of￿the￿body￿to￿twist￿around￿an￿axis￿when￿a￿force￿(torque)￿is applied.￿Since￿a￿conflict￿of￿objectives￿exists￿between￿lightweight￿construction￿and￿rigidity,￿it￿is￿always necessary￿to￿consider￿the￿lightweight￿construction￿quality￿in￿addition￿to￿the￿static￿torsional￿rigidity. The￿lightweight￿construction￿quality￿describes￿the￿static￿torsional￿rigidity￿value￿in￿relation￿to￿the surface￿area￿on￿which￿the￿car￿stands￿(track￿x￿wheelbase)￿and￿the￿weight￿of￿the￿body￿shell￿(without doors,￿hood￿or￿rear￿hatch).￿This￿value￿describes￿the￿rigidity￿achieved￿with￿how￿little￿mass￿in￿relation￿to the￿surface￿area￿on￿which￿the￿car￿stands. On￿the￿F11.￿intelligent￿geometric￿design￿of￿the￿load￿paths￿in￿combination￿with￿lightweight￿materials resulted￿in￿a￿lightweight￿construction￿factor￿of￿2.7. 2.7.￿Accident￿research 2.7.1.￿Preventative￿measures Due￿to￿the￿extreme￿loads￿encountered￿in￿racing,￿the￿following￿measures￿were￿taken￿for￿maximum driver￿safety￿in￿addition￿to￿the￿design￿of￿the￿passenger￿safety￿cell:...
  • Page 27 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. • Roll￿cage • Bucket￿seats￿with￿special￿six-point￿seat￿belt. • Safety￿clothing￿with￿crash￿helmet. Aside￿from￿racing,￿passive￿safety￿is￿a￿very￿important￿subject￿for￿BMW￿and￿its￿customers￿on￿public roads￿as￿well. The￿forces￿acting￿during￿an￿accident￿are￿shown￿very￿conspicuously￿in￿the￿following￿comparison:￿A collision￿with￿a￿wall￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿50￿km/h￿corresponds￿approximately￿to￿falling￿from￿the￿fifth floor￿of a￿building.￿Although￿the￿seat￿belt￿can￿significantly￿reduce￿the￿risk￿of￿injury￿at￿this￿speed,￿it￿cannot eliminate￿it￿completely.￿Injuries￿in￿severe￿head-on￿collisions￿resulting￿from￿impact￿with￿the￿steering wheel￿can￿be￿prevented￿by￿an￿additional￿protection￿system:￿the￿airbag,￿the￿ideal￿supplement￿to￿seat belts. In￿combination￿with￿a￿three-point￿seat￿belt,￿airbags￿offer￿optimum￿protection￿in￿a￿head-on￿collision. The￿actuation￿characteristics￿must￿be￿designed￿with￿great￿care￿to￿ensure￿actuation￿only￿when necessary.￿Minor￿jolts,￿such￿as￿when￿driving￿over￿a￿railroad￿crossing,￿should￿never￿result￿in￿actuation. Wearing￿seat￿belts￿is￿mandatory￿in￿Europe.￿BMW￿took￿this￿into￿consideration￿in￿developing￿its￿new airbag￿concept.￿In￿Europe￿a￿small￿airbag￿is￿sufficient￿for￿protecting￿a￿passenger￿wearing￿a￿seat￿belt. This￿is￿the￿reason￿why￿BMW￿was￿the￿first￿automobile￿manufacturer￿to￿offer￿an￿airbag￿in￿combination with￿its￿sports￿steering￿wheel￿in￿addition￿to￿the￿standard￿steering￿wheel.￿Up￿to￿introduction￿of￿the airbag￿control￿unit/multiple￿restraint￿system￿the￿electronic￿actuation￿unit￿was￿integrated￿into￿the steering￿wheel￿(Eurobag). Nearly￿14%￿of￿all￿accidents￿in￿the￿BMW￿accident￿database￿are￿classified￿as￿side￿collisions.￿However, considering￿only￿lethal￿accidents,￿side￿collision￿represent￿20%￿of￿all￿accidents. Accident￿statistics￿diagram...
  • Page 28 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. Index Explanation 36 % Head-on￿collisions 14 % Side￿collisions 3 % Rear￿end￿collisions 8 % Rollovers 39 % Multiple￿collisions These￿statistics￿led￿to￿the￿conclusion￿that￿it￿was￿necessary￿to￿significantly￿improve￿the￿protection for￿passengers￿in￿accidents￿against￿the￿side￿of￿the￿vehicle.￿The￿first￿and￿most￿important￿measure￿for passenger￿protection￿in￿a￿side￿collision￿is￿and￿remains￿a￿stable￿vehicle￿structure￿to￿reduce￿intrusion. A￿further￿step￿in￿optimizing￿passenger￿protection￿during￿side￿collisions￿was￿use￿of￿a￿side￿airbag￿and, since￿5/97,￿a￿head￿airbag. 2.7.2.￿Safety￿tests/accident￿analysis Numerous￿safety￿tests￿are￿performed￿before￿a￿BMW￿vehicle￿is￿introduced￿on￿the￿market.￿These￿crash tests￿serve￿to￿ensure￿that￿the￿legal￿regulations￿are￿met￿in￿all￿applicable￿countries￿and￿that￿all￿consumer protection￿requirements￿are￿satisfied. In￿addition￿crash￿tests￿are￿performed￿on￿the￿basis￿of￿information￿obtained￿from￿BMW￿accident research.￿BMW￿accident￿research￿has￿revealed￿a￿high￿percentage￿of￿frontal￿collisions￿with￿trees.￿For this￿reason￿BMW￿performs￿a￿frontal￿post￿crash￿test￿to￿optimize￿the￿vehicle￿structure,￿even￿though there￿are￿no￿laws￿requiring￿this. Passenger￿safety￿in￿BMW￿vehicles￿is￿therefore￿far￿above￿the￿legal￿regulations￿specified￿worldwide. Various￿crash￿tests￿are￿performed￿depending￿on￿the￿national￿version.￿The￿most￿important￿crash￿tests are￿described￿in￿detail￿below: • Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP • Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿US-NCAP • Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿RCAR • Side￿collision￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP • Side￿collision￿according￿to￿US-NCAP •...
  • Page 29 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. 2.7.3.￿Head-on￿collisions There￿are￿various￿tests￿for￿head-on￿collisions,￿with￿the￿objective￿of￿simulating￿real￿accident￿events￿as precisely￿as￿possible.￿The￿configurations￿are￿different￿for￿the￿US￿and￿Europe. The￿most￿stringent￿requirements￿for￿the￿vehicle￿structure￿and￿the￿passenger￿restraint￿systems￿in￿a head-on￿collision￿are￿stipulated￿by￿the￿US-NCAP￿(New￿Car￿Assessment￿Program)￿in￿its￿consumer protection￿test. A￿further￿test￿for￿checking￿the￿ease￿of￿repair￿and￿therefore￿the￿insurance￿classification￿(in￿Germany)￿is performed￿in￿compliance￿with￿RCAR￿specifications￿(Research￿Council￿for￿Automobile￿Repairs). Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP In￿the￿EURO-NCAP￿test￿the￿vehicle￿collides￿with￿a￿deformable￿aluminum￿honeycomb￿barrier￿at￿a speed￿of￿64￿km/h￿(40￿mph)￿with￿40%￿offset. The￿vehicle￿is￿occupied￿by￿four￿dummies:￿Two￿adults￿on￿the￿driver's￿and￿front￿passenger's￿seat,￿one three-year-old￿child￿and￿one￿one-and-one-half-year-old￿child￿in￿the￿back￿seat. Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿US-NCAP By￿comparison￿the￿US-NCAP￿test￿prescribes￿an￿impact￿speed￿of￿35￿mph￿(56￿km/h)￿and￿zero￿offset against￿a￿rigid￿barrier. The￿vehicle￿is￿occupied￿by￿two￿dummies￿on￿the￿driver￿and￿passenger￿seats. However￿a￿40%￿offset￿test￿at￿40￿mph￿(64￿km/h)￿against￿a￿deformable￿barrier￿is￿also￿required￿in￿the USA￿by￿the￿IIHS￿(Insurance￿Institute￿for￿Highway￿Safety)
  • Page 30 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿US-NCAP Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿RCAR The￿"RCAR￿Structural￿Test",￿another￿insurance￿collision￿test,￿requires￿the￿vehicle￿to￿collide￿with￿a￿rigid barrier￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿15￿km/h￿(9￿mph)￿at￿an￿angle￿of￿10￿degrees￿and￿40%￿offset. Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿RCAR 2.7.4.￿Side￿collision There￿are￿four￿tests￿for￿side￿collisions,￿with￿the￿objective￿of￿simulating￿real￿accident￿events￿as precisely￿as￿possible.￿The￿configurations￿are￿different￿for￿the￿US￿and￿Europe. The￿US-IIHS￿test￿specifies￿the￿strictest￿requirements￿for￿the￿vehicle￿structure￿and￿passenger￿restraint systems￿during￿a￿side￿collision￿due￿to￿the￿modified￿test￿conditions￿with￿increased￿ground￿clearance. The￿primary￿criterion￿for￿evaluation￿is￿the￿individual￿and￿overall￿evaluation￿of￿the￿risk￿of￿injury￿for￿the various￿body￿regions.￿Moreover￿these￿tests￿provide￿important￿information￿on￿the￿structural￿behavior￿of the￿passenger￿compartment￿for￿many￿local￿load￿situations. Side￿collision￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP In￿the￿EURO-NCAP￿side￿collision￿test￿a￿deformable￿aluminum￿honeycomb￿barrier￿with￿a￿ground clearance￿of￿300￿mm￿collides￿against￿the￿driver's￿side￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿50￿km/h￿(31￿mph).
  • Page 31 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. The￿vehicle￿is￿occupied￿by￿one￿dummy￿on￿the￿driver's￿seat. Side￿collision￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP Side￿collision￿against￿pole￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP In￿the￿EURO-NCAP￿pole￿side￿collision￿test￿the￿vehicle￿is￿driven￿against￿a￿stationary￿pole￿with￿diameter of￿254￿mm￿in￿the￿area￿of￿the￿dummy's￿head￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿30￿km/h￿(19￿mph). The￿vehicle￿is￿occupied￿by￿one￿dummy￿on￿the￿driver's￿seat. Side￿collision￿against￿pole￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP Side￿collision￿according￿to￿US-NCAP The￿US-NCAP￿test￿prescribes￿an￿impact￿speed￿for￿the￿moving￿barrier￿of￿38.5￿mph￿(62￿km/h)￿at￿an angle￿of￿27￿degrees. The￿vehicle￿is￿occupied￿by￿one￿dummy￿on￿the￿driver's￿seat￿and￿one￿additional￿dummy￿behind￿the driver's￿seat...
  • Page 32 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. Side￿collision￿according￿to￿US-NCAP Side￿collision￿against￿pole￿according￿to￿US-NCAP The￿US-NCAP￿specifications￿for￿the￿side￿collision￿against￿a￿pole￿require￿the￿vehicle￿to￿drive￿against￿a stationary￿pole￿with￿a￿diameter￿of￿254￿mm￿in￿the￿area￿of￿the￿dummy's￿head￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿20￿mph￿(32 km/h)￿and￿an￿angle￿of￿75￿degrees. The￿vehicle￿is￿occupied￿by￿one￿dummy￿on￿the￿driver's￿seat. Side￿collision￿against￿pole￿according￿to￿US-NCAP Side￿collision￿according￿to￿US-IIHS In￿the￿US-IIHS￿side￿collision￿test￿a￿deformable￿aluminum￿honeycomb￿barrier￿simulating￿a￿bumper￿with a￿ground￿clearance￿of￿379 mm￿collides￿against￿the￿driver's￿side￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿50￿km/h￿(31￿mph).￿The impact￿reference￿distance￿(IRD)￿between￿the￿barrier￿and￿front￿axle￿differs￿depending￿on￿the￿wheelbase of￿the￿vehicle. The￿vehicle￿is￿occupied￿by￿one￿dummy￿on￿the￿driver's￿seat￿and￿one￿additional￿dummy￿behind￿the driver's￿seat...
  • Page 33 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. Side￿collision￿according￿to￿US-IIHS 2.7.5.￿Rear￿end￿collision The￿US￿law￿FMVSS￿301￿(Federal￿Motor￿Vehicle￿Safety￿Standard)￿is￿used￿as￿the￿basis￿for￿the￿rear￿end collision￿test.￿This￿corresponds￿to￿a￿vehicle￿hitting￿a￿standing￿vehicle￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿80￿km/h. The￿RCAR￿Structural￿Test￿serves￿to￿test￿the￿ease￿of￿repair￿following￿a￿rear￿end￿collision￿with￿a￿vehicle without￿brakes￿applied￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿15￿km/h Rear￿end￿collision￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP Based￿on￿the￿fact￿that￿in￿Europe￿over￿one￿million￿cervical￿spine￿injuries￿are￿recorded￿in￿passenger car￿accidents￿each￿year,￿a￿special￿rear￿end￿crash￿test￿was￿developed￿and￿included￿in￿the￿evaluation program￿starting￿in￿2009. This￿rear￿end￿crash￿simulates￿an￿accident￿situation￿corresponding￿to￿colliding￿with￿a￿standing￿vehicle at￿a￿speed￿between￿30￿and￿50￿km/h.￿For￿this￿purpose￿the￿front￿seats￿from￿the￿vehicle￿in￿question￿are tested￿on￿a￿slide￿at￿impact￿speeds￿of￿16￿and￿24￿km/h.￿Particular￿attention￿is￿placed￿on￿the￿stress￿to￿the cervical￿spine￿by￿measuring￿these￿forces￿using￿a￿special￿rear￿end￿crash￿dummy.￿In￿addition￿this￿test allows￿evaluation￿of￿the￿adjustment￿range￿of￿the￿head￿restraints￿as￿well￿as￿the￿stability￿of￿the￿seats. Rear￿end￿collision￿according￿to￿FMVSS￿301 The￿US￿specification￿FMVSS￿301￿prescribes￿a￿rear￿end￿offset￿collision￿with￿an￿offset￿of￿30%￿at￿a speed￿of￿50￿mph￿(80￿km/h)￿against￿a￿mobile￿barrier￿(mass￿1368￿kg). The￿barrier￿carriage￿is￿equipped￿with￿a￿deformable￿aluminum￿honeycomb￿barrier. The￿test￿is￿performed￿on￿the￿fueling￿side￿of￿the￿vehicle￿and￿serves￿as￿a￿leakage￿test￿for￿the￿fuel system.￿Moreover￿the￿structure￿of￿the￿vehicle,￿the￿seats,￿the￿rear￿axle￿and￿components￿in￿the￿luggage compartment￿are￿tested￿at￿this￿load.
  • Page 34 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. Rear￿end￿collision￿according￿to￿FMVSS￿301 Rear￿end￿collision￿according￿to￿RCAR The￿"RCAR￿Structural￿Test",￿another￿insurance￿collision￿test,￿requires￿a￿1400￿kg￿heavy￿barrier￿to collide￿with￿the￿rear￿end￿of￿a￿standing￿vehicle￿without￿brakes￿applied￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿15￿km/h￿(9￿mph)￿at an￿angle￿of￿10￿degrees￿and￿40%￿offset. This￿test￿serves￿for￿testing￿the￿ease￿of￿repair￿and￿therefore￿the￿insurance￿classification. Rear￿end￿collision￿according￿to￿RCAR 2.7.6.￿Pedestrian￿protection Pedestrian￿protection￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP In￿addition￿to￿the￿passenger￿protection￿test￿the￿EURO-NCAP￿crash￿test￿also￿includes￿an￿additional pedestrian￿protection￿test.￿This￿evaluates￿the￿risk￿of￿injury￿for￿a￿head-on￿collision￿at￿a￿speed￿of￿40￿km/ h￿(25￿mph)￿for￿children￿as￿well￿as￿for￿adults.￿Jacketed￿metal￿cylinders,￿simulating￿the￿legs￿and￿head, and￿spheres￿of￿different￿weights￿are￿catapulted￿against￿the￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle￿at￿different￿points￿to measure￿the￿load￿to￿the￿"body￿parts".
  • Page 35 F11￿Body. 2.￿Body. Pedestrian￿protection￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP Index Explanation Thigh Child's￿head Adult's￿head...
  • Page 36 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment 3.1.￿Exterior￿equipment 3.1.1.￿Front￿end The￿front￿end￿of￿the￿F11￿can￿be￿removed￿completely.￿It￿consists￿of￿the￿bumper,￿headlights,￿and￿a number￿of￿sensors￿and￿covers. Aways￿observe￿the￿repair￿instructions￿when￿removing￿or￿installing￿the￿front￿end. F11￿Front￿end Index Explanation Night￿vision￿camera￿(with￿SA￿6UK,￿Night￿vision￿with￿person￿recognition) Xenon￿headlight￿(with￿SA￿522,￿Xenon￿light) Bumper￿camera￿(with￿SA￿5DL,￿Surround￿view) Fog￿lights Lower￿bumper￿support Sensor￿(with￿SA￿508,￿Park￿Distance￿Control￿PDC) Upper￿bumper￿support...
  • Page 37 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment 3.1.2.￿Rear￿bumper The￿rear￿bumper￿support￿(with￿shock￿absorber)￿is￿bolted￿to￿the￿body.￿It￿can￿absorb￿low￿speed￿loads￿(at least￿4￿km/h)￿without￿damage￿to￿the￿body. The￿bumper￿system￿is￿laid￿out￿to￿meet￿consumer￿protection￿requirements￿(low￿speed￿load)￿to￿prevent damage￿to￿the￿body.￿In￿Europe￿the￿consumer￿protection￿requirements￿are￿defined￿by￿the￿'Allianz' Center￿for￿Technology￿AZT.￿The￿special￿design￿of￿deformation￿elements￿ensures￿economical￿repair costs. 3.1.3.￿Roof￿railing The￿roof￿railing￿consists￿of￿a￿flat￿longitudinal￿channel￿capable￿of￿supporting￿a￿100￿kg￿load.￿It￿is￿offered in￿powder￿coated￿matte￿black￿(SA￿386)￿or￿satinized￿aluminum￿Eloxal￿(SA￿3AT).￿The￿roof￿lines￿are accentuated￿by￿harmonious￿and￿highly￿contrasting￿details￿such￿as￿the￿implied￿middle￿base. F11￿Roof￿railing The￿special￿production￿process￿using￿inner￿high￿pressure￿metal￿forming￿and￿aluminum￿material￿has reduced￿the￿weight￿by￿over￿30%￿in￿comparison￿to￿the￿roof￿railing￿on￿the￿E61. The￿roof￿railing￿is￿located￿in￿the￿roof￿channel￿with￿a￿weather￿strip￿on￿each￿side.￿A￿the￿rear￿end￿it terminates￿directly￿at￿the￿rear￿hatch￿joint. The￿roof￿railing￿is￿bolted￿to￿the￿body￿at￿three￿points￿(torque￿19￿Nm).￿To￿remove￿it￿is￿necessary￿to remove￿the￿roof￿trim￿strip￿and￿headliner. 3.1.4.￿Underbody￿concept The￿smooth￿undercarriage￿of￿the￿vehicle￿prevents￿air￿turbulence￿thus￿reducing￿the￿aerodynamic￿drag and￿improving￿the￿traction.
  • Page 38 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment F11￿Underbody￿with￿underbody￿paneling￿(streaming￿measures) Modifications￿to￿the￿underbody￿or￿elimination￿of￿paneling￿parts￿leads￿to￿changes￿in￿the￿air￿stream along￿the￿underbody.￿This￿can￿have￿an￿effect￿on￿the￿traction. 3.2.￿Interior￿equipment 3.2.1.￿Dimensions Front￿shoulder￿room [mm] 1480 1456 Rear￿shoulder￿room [mm] 1427 1454 Front￿elbow￿room [mm] 1518 1484 Front￿elbow￿room [mm] 1486 1496 Maximum￿front￿head￿room [mm] 1028 1027 Maximum￿rear￿head￿room [mm] Luggage￿compartment￿volume [liters] 560-1670 500-1650 3.2.2.￿Instrument￿panel As￿on￿the￿F07￿and￿F10,￿the￿F11￿is￿also￿equipped￿with￿a￿single-piece,￿foamed￿instrument￿panel￿with hard￿foam￿support￿element.
  • Page 39 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment F11￿Interior,￿instrument￿panel On￿the￿F11￿a￿TPO2￿foil￿is￿foamed￿onto￿the￿rear￿of￿the￿instrument￿panel.￿This￿upper￿part￿is￿available￿in black￿as￿well￿as￿"dark￿dolomiti"￿to￿match￿light￿color￿interior￿trim The￿interior￿trim￿color￿is￿continued￿below￿the￿instrument￿panel.￿This￿area￿below￿the￿trim￿strip￿is available￿in￿the￿following￿colors: • Black • Everest￿gray • Veneto￿beige • Oyster • Cinnamon￿brown Highlights • Controls￿in￿center￿of￿instrument￿panel￿inclined￿toward￿driver￿for￿increased￿driver￿orientation. • Upgraded￿trim￿strips￿and￿air￿inlet￿grill￿with￿accent￿strips. • Folding￿DVD￿changer￿for￿6￿DVD's￿(SA￿696)￿in￿glove￿compartment. • Fold-away￿compartment￿on￿driver's￿side. • Robust￿cup-holder￿in￿center￿console. The￿attractive￿trim￿strip￿geometry￿is￿enhanced￿by￿the￿galvanized￿accent￿strip￿extending￿upward￿at￿the end￿at￿the￿transition￿to￿the￿doors.￿The￿trim￿strips￿themselves￿are￿available￿in￿high￿gloss￿black￿or￿as special￿equipment￿in￿finely￿polished￿aluminum￿or￿various￿types￿of￿wood. Moreover￿the￿appearance￿of￿the￿air￿inlet￿grill￿is￿enhanced￿by￿a￿chrome￿clip￿on￿the￿adjustment￿lever￿for changing￿the￿air￿flow￿direction.￿The￿knurled￿wheels￿on￿the￿air￿inlet￿grill￿in￿the￿center￿are￿illuminated on￿the￿F11￿for￿better￿control￿at￿night.￿With￿the￿IHKA￿4/3￿zone￿automatic￿heating/air￿conditioning included￿in￿special￿equipment￿package￿SA￿4NB,￿the￿knurled￿wheels￿on￿the￿outer￿air￿inlet￿grill￿are￿also illuminated. With￿the￿IHKA￿2/2￿zone￿automatic￿heating/air￿conditioning￿included￿in￿special￿equipment￿package￿SA 354￿or￿IHKA￿4/3￿zone￿automatic￿heating/air￿conditioning￿in￿special￿equipment￿package￿SA￿4NB￿the outer￿louvers￿and￿center￿dividing￿bars￿on￿the￿middle￿air￿inlet￿grill￿are￿galvanized.
  • Page 40 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment With￿the￿IHKA￿4/3￿zone￿automatic￿heating/air￿conditioning￿included￿in￿special￿equipment￿package￿SA 4NB￿various￿ventilation￿stages￿can￿be￿set￿with￿the￿knurled￿wheels￿on￿the￿middle￿air￿inlet￿grill. • Draft-free￿ventilation: Air￿stream￿is￿fanned￿out • Maximum￿air￿quantity: Air￿is￿partially￿fanned￿out,￿partially￿bundled.￿This￿maximizes￿incoming￿airflow. • Direct￿ventilation: The￿air￿is￿bundled￿and￿can￿be￿focused￿on￿a￿specific￿point. In￿contrast￿to￿the￿F01,￿the￿glove￿compartment￿is￿equipped￿with￿an￿integral￿hinge￿instead￿of￿a￿hinge with￿steel￿rod. F11￿Glove￿compartment￿hinge Index Explanation Integral￿hinge￿(F11) Steel￿rod￿(F01)
  • Page 41 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment 3.2.3.￿Center￿console: F11￿Center￿console: Index Explanation Center￿console￿on￿models￿with￿automatic￿transmission Center￿console￿on￿models￿with￿manual￿transmission In￿contrast￿to￿the￿F01￿a￿two-piece￿center￿console￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿F11.￿This￿consists￿of￿a￿center console￿support￿member￿and￿corresponding￿mounting￿bracket,￿depending￿on￿the￿transmission installed￿(manual￿or￿automatic). The￿center￿armrest￿and￿side￿section￿on￿the￿driver's￿side￿are￿designed￿to￿match￿the￿interior￿fittings￿with artificial￿leather￿(polyvinyl￿chloride),￿Dakota￿leather￿or￿Nappa￿leather￿with￿double￿stitched￿seams￿on￿the sides. The￿decorative￿surfaces￿on￿the￿instrument￿panel￿are￿repeated￿in￿the￿decorative￿cover￿on￿the￿center console. In￿the￿rear￿as￿well￿the￿value￿is￿enhanced￿by￿galvanized￿trim￿surfaces￿in￿the￿adjustment￿levers￿for changing￿the￿airflow￿direction￿of￿the￿air￿inlet￿grill.￿In￿addition,￿illuminated￿symbols￿are￿used￿on￿the knurled￿wheels￿for￿the￿IHKA￿3/4￿zone￿automatic￿heating/air￿conditioning￿included￿in￿special￿equipment package￿SA￿4NB, In￿the￿basic￿version￿two￿storage￿compartments￿offer￿additional￿storage￿space￿for￿rear￿passengers. Moreover￿an￿additional￿socket￿allows￿electronic￿equipment￿to￿be￿connected.￿On￿models￿with the￿special￿equipment￿package￿SA 6FG￿-￿Rear￿seat￿entertainment￿system,￿SA￿6FH￿Rear￿seat entertainment￿system￿Professional￿or￿SA￿4NB￿integrated￿IHKA￿4/3￿zone￿automatic￿heating/air conditioning,￿one￿storage￿compartment￿is￿eliminated￿for￿each￿and￿replaced￿by￿the￿corresponding controls.
  • Page 42 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment 3.2.4.￿Front￿storage￿features F11￿Front￿storage￿features Index Explanation Folding￿compartment Door￿pocket The￿folding￿compartment￿on￿the￿driver's￿side￿offers￿an￿additional￿storage￿compartment￿within￿easy reach￿of￿the￿driver.
  • Page 43 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment F11￿Front￿storage￿features Index Explanation Cup￿holder/storage/ashtray￿(depending￿on￿vehicle￿equipment) Cup￿holder/storage/ashtray￿(depending￿on￿vehicle￿equipment) Center￿armrest DVD￿changer Glove￿compartment Storage￿net The￿front￿center￿armrest￿can￿be￿locked￿and￿is￿available￿with￿a￿snap-in￿adapter￿on￿the￿side,￿if￿desired. An￿AUX-IN￿connector￿and,￿if￿desired,￿a￿USB￿audio￿interface￿(SA￿6FL)￿are￿located￿below￿the￿front center￿armrest￿for￿connection￿of￿an￿external￿audio￿device￿such￿as￿a￿CD￿or￿MP3￿player. The￿DVD￿changer￿for￿6￿DVD's￿(SA￿696)￿is￿located￿in￿the￿glove￿compartment￿in￿a￿fold-out￿unit.￿This allows￿use￿of￿the￿space￿in￿the￿glove￿compartment￿even￿on￿cars￿with￿DVD￿changer.￿A￿handle￿marked with￿an￿indicator￿strip￿serves￿for￿operation.￿A￿USB￿connection￿for￿importing￿and￿exporting￿data￿to/from a￿USB￿medium￿(e.g.￿personal￿profiles￿or￿music￿collections)￿is￿located￿on￿the￿right￿side￿of￿the￿glove compartment.
  • Page 44 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment Vehicles￿with￿automatic￿transmission The￿cup￿holders￿are￿located￿at￿the￿front￿of￿the￿center￿console.￿They￿were￿positioned￿for￿optimum ease￿of￿use￿and￿equipped￿with￿a￿sturdy￿mechanism￿to￿hold￿cups￿optimally.￿A￿socket￿or,￿or￿optionally,￿a cigarette￿lighter￿on￿cars￿with￿smoker's￿package￿(SA￿441)￿is￿located￿between￿the￿cup￿holders. A￿further￿storage￿compartment￿or,￿optionally,￿an￿ashtray￿on￿cars￿with￿smoker's￿package￿(SA￿441)￿is located￿behind￿the￿controller. Vehicles￿with￿manual￿transmission A￿storage￿compartment￿and￿a￿socket￿or,￿optionally,￿a￿cigarette￿lighter￿and￿ashtray￿on￿cars￿with smoker's￿package￿(SA￿441)￿are￿at￿the￿front￿of￿the￿center￿console. The￿cup￿holder￿is￿located￿behind￿the￿controller.￿A￿second￿cup￿holder￿is￿positioned￿below￿the￿front center￿armrest. 3.2.5.￿Rear￿storage￿features F11￿Rear￿storage￿features Index Explanation Storage￿compartment Remote￿control￿(with￿SA￿6FG,￿Rear￿seat￿entertainment￿system￿or￿SA￿6FH, Rear￿seat￿entertainment￿professional Cup￿holder Door￿pocket Storage￿compartment The￿center￿armrest￿has￿two￿cup￿holders￿and￿a￿storage￿compartment.￿The￿remote￿control￿can￿be stored￿in￿the￿storage￿compartment￿on￿cars￿with￿special￿equipment￿package￿SA￿6FG￿-￿Rear￿seat entertainment￿system￿or￿SA￿6FH￿-￿Rear￿seat￿entertainment￿professional.
  • Page 45 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment 3.2.6.￿Front￿seats The￿F11￿offers￿the￿following￿front￿seat￿versions: • Basic￿seat,￿semi-electrical • Sports￿seat,￿semi-electrical • Basic￿seat,￿electrical￿with￿memory • Sports￿seat,￿electrical￿with￿memory • Comfort￿seat,￿electrically￿adjustable. The￿front￿seats￿are￿virtually￿identical￿to￿the￿front￿seats￿in￿the￿F07. Seat￿equipment Seat Sports￿seat, Comfort￿seat, semi-electrical electrical electrically with￿memory adjustable. (SA￿459) (SA￿456) Seat￿memory Standard Standard Sports￿seats￿for￿driver￿and￿front SA￿481 SA￿481 passenger. Seat￿heater￿for￿driver￿and￿front SA￿494 SA￿494 SA￿494 passenger. Lumbar￿support,￿driver/passenger SA￿488 SA￿488...
  • Page 46 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment F11￿Maximum￿seat￿adjustment￿using￿comfort￿seat￿as￿example Index Explanation Head￿restraint￿height￿adjustment Backrest￿upper￿section￿adjustment Backrest￿angle￿adjustment Seat￿longitudinal￿adjustment Seat￿height￿adjustment Seat￿angle￿adjustment Seat￿depth￿adjustment Backrest￿width￿adjustment...
  • Page 47 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment Seat￿adjustment￿possibilities Seat Sports￿seat, Comfort￿seat, semi-electrical electrical electrically with￿memory adjustable. (SA￿459) (SA￿456) Seat￿height￿adjustment electrical electrical electrical Seat￿longitudinal￿adjustment manual electrical electrical Seat￿angle￿adjustment electrical electrical manual Backrest￿angle￿adjustment electrical electrical electrical Head￿restraint￿height￿adjustment manual electrical electrical Seat￿depth￿adjustment electrical manual manual Backrest￿width￿adjustment electrical Backrest￿upper￿section￿adjustment electrical ￿*￿Only￿driver's￿seat￿(also￿for￿front￿passenger's￿seat￿in￿combination￿with￿special￿equipment￿package...
  • Page 48 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment F11￿Memory￿switch￿block￿(on￿door￿panel) Index Explanation M￿key￿(save￿current￿position) Key￿1￿(call￿saved￿position) Key￿2￿(call￿saved￿position) Heated￿seats F11￿IHDA￿control￿panel Index Explanation Switch￿for￿heater￿in￿driver's￿seat Switch￿for￿heater￿in￿front￿passenger's￿seat Active￿front￿seat￿ventilation F11￿IHDA￿control￿panel...
  • Page 49 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment Index Explanation Button￿for￿active￿seat￿ventilation￿in￿driver's￿seat Button￿for￿active￿seat￿ventilation￿in￿passenger's￿seat Side￿airbag F11￿Side￿airbag Index Explanation Airbag￿module￿in￿backrest The￿front￿side￿airbag￿is￿integrated￿into￿the￿backrest￿on￿the￿driver's￿seat￿and￿front￿passenger's￿seat. The￿panel￿at￿the￿back￿of￿the￿seat￿reaches￿around￿to￿the￿side￿of￿the￿seat.￿This￿is￿known￿as￿a￿"reach- around"￿seat￿panel.￿The￿side￿is￿pressed￿out￿slightly￿when￿the￿airbag￿is￿triggered.￿This￿allows￿the airbag￿to￿open￿and￿develop￿its￿protective￿function.￿The￿front￿seats￿are￿equipped￿with￿a￿seat￿occupancy detector￿and￿belt￿tensioner. Crash-active￿headrest The￿front￿seats￿are￿equipped￿with￿crash-active￿headrests.￿On￿fully￿electrical￿seats￿the￿headrests￿have a￿button￿for￿adjustment￿of￿the￿distance￿to￿the￿occupant's￿head. On￿the￿comfort￿seat￿the￿distance￿can￿be￿adjusted￿with￿the￿headrest￿adjustment￿feature.
  • Page 50 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment F11￿Crash-active￿headrests Index Explanation Comfort￿adjustment Crash-active￿headrest￿position￿after￿actuation Basic￿seat/sports￿seat Comfort￿seat Rear￿compartment￿control￿panel F11￿Rear￿compartment￿control￿panel A￿tilting￿display￿is￿installed￿in￿the￿backrest￿upper￿section￿of￿the￿front￿seats￿on￿cars￿with￿special equipment￿package￿SA 6FG￿-￿Rear￿seat￿entertainment￿system￿or￿SA￿6FH￿-￿Rear￿seat￿entertainment professional.￿The￿size￿of￿the￿display￿is￿8.2"￿or￿9.2"...
  • Page 51 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment 3.2.7.￿Rear￿seats The￿standard￿equipment￿on￿the￿F11￿also￿includes￿a￿new￿control￿concept￿for￿partially￿or￿completely folding￿down￿the￿rear￿seat.￿The￿rear￿seat￿backrest￿is￿divided￿up￿into￿40/20/40￿sections￿-￿a￿unique feature￿in￿this￿vehicle￿sector.￿The￿three￿sections￿can￿be￿folded￿down￿separately￿or￿together￿to￿increase the￿luggage￿space￿to1670￿liters￿in￿increments. F11￿Rear￿seats Variability One￿feature￿of￿the￿optional￿luggage￿compartment￿package￿(SA￿418)￿is￿the￿possibility￿of￿moving￿the rear￿seat￿backrest￿on￿the￿F11￿to￿an￿upright￿position￿as￿an￿alternative￿to￿the￿standard￿position.￿This allows￿optimization￿of￿either￿the￿seating￿comfort￿in￿the￿rear￿or￿the￿size￿of￿the￿luggage￿compartment, depending￿on￿requirements.￿The￿arresting￿mechanism￿is￿provided￿with￿a￿catch￿allowing￿the￿backrest inclination￿to￿be￿adjusted￿in￿seven￿stages.￿The￿inclination￿angle￿can￿be￿reduced￿up￿to￿11￿degrees. When￿the￿rear￿seat￿backrest￿is￿in￿the￿maximum￿upright￿position,￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿volume￿is increased￿by￿30￿liters,￿and￿the￿loading￿length￿at￿the￿top￿of￿the￿backrest￿by￿up￿to￿106￿mm. This￿allows￿larger,￿bulky￿items￿to￿be￿carried￿while￿simultaneously￿retaining￿the￿full,￿comfortable￿seating capacity￿for￿five.
  • Page 52 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment F11￿Rear￿seat￿backrest￿inclination￿adjustment The￿rear￿seat￿backrest￿sections￿can￿be￿released￿and￿folded￿down￿either￿from￿the￿rear￿or￿by￿pulling￿one of￿the￿control￿levers￿on￿the￿inside￿of￿the￿luggage￿compartment. F11￿Rear￿seat￿backrest￿adjustment...
  • Page 53 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment Index Explanation Rear￿seat￿backrest￿inclination￿adjustment￿control￿lever Bowden￿cable Arresting￿mechanism Rear￿seat￿backrest￿release Rear￿seat￿backrest￿lock Bowden￿cable Rear￿seat￿backrest￿release Heated￿seats Heated￿seats￿can￿be￿ordered￿as￿special￿equipment￿(SA￿496). F11￿Automatic￿rear￿compartment￿air￿conditioning￿control￿panel Index Explanation Left￿seat￿heater￿switch Right￿seat￿heater￿switch 3.2.8.￿Air￿conditioning Three￿versions￿of￿the￿IHDA￿integrated￿automatic￿heating/air￿conditioning￿are￿available￿for￿the￿F11: • IHKA￿2/1￿zone￿(standard) • IHKA￿2/2￿zone￿(SA￿534) • IHKA￿4/3￿zone￿(SA￿4NB) Here￿the￿first￿number￿indicates￿the￿number￿of￿regulated￿temperature￿zones￿(temperature￿dials)￿and￿the second￿number￿the￿number￿of￿regulated￿air￿quantity￿and￿air￿distribution￿zones￿(separate￿fan￿settings).
  • Page 54 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment Equipment IHKA IHKA IHKA 2/1￿zone 2/2￿zone 4/3￿zone Separate￿temperature￿regulation,￿front right/left Separate￿air￿quantity￿and￿air￿distribution regulation,￿front￿right/left Separate￿temperature￿regulation,￿rear￿right/ left Independent￿ventilation Residual￿heat Anti-fog Fresh￿air￿and￿recirculating￿air￿filter (microfilter) Separate￿automatic￿regulation￿with￿five intensity￿stages Solar￿compensation Automatic￿recirculated￿air￿control (including￿combination￿filter) ALL￿function￿(driver's￿settings￿are transferred￿to￿passenger￿side). ALL￿function￿(driver's￿settings￿are transferred￿to￿passenger￿side￿and￿rear passenger￿compartment￿left/right). Separate￿IHKA￿controls￿in￿rear￿(center console). Comfort￿nozzle￿(air￿inlet￿grill￿in￿middle￿of instrument￿panel)￿with￿separate￿setting possibilities￿from￿spot￿(focused)￿to￿diffuse (draft-free). ￿A￿solar￿sensor￿senses￿external￿light￿or￿heat￿sources,￿affecting￿the￿air￿conditioning￿in￿the￿passenger compartment. ￿Combination￿of￿microfilter￿(keeps￿out￿dust￿and￿pollen)￿and￿activated￿charcoal￿filter￿(to￿prevent unpleasant￿odors).
  • Page 55 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment 3.3.￿Luggage￿compartment Variable￿possibilities￿for￿expanding￿the￿volume￿of￿the￿luggage￿compartment,￿intelligent￿details￿for optimization￿of￿the￿functionality￿and￿convenient￿operation￿form￿the￿basis￿for￿making￿use￿of￿the￿F11's transport￿capacities￿a￿premium￿experience. Highlights • Level￿luggage￿compartment • Wide￿loading￿opening • Roller￿blind￿opens￿and￿closes￿automatically. • Loading￿edge￿cover￿with￿large￿area￿stainless￿steel￿inserts. • Two￿large￿storage￿compartments￿below￿luggage￿compartment￿floor￿(approx.￿20￿liters). • Storage￿possibilities￿behind￿luggage￿compartment￿side￿flaps. • Four￿lashing￿eyes • Removable￿luggage￿compartment￿floor￿with￿gas￿pressure￿spring • Rear￿seat￿backrests￿can￿also￿be￿released￿with￿a￿lever￿from￿the￿luggage￿compartment • Luggage-compartment￿package￿special￿equipment￿(SA￿418)￿consisting￿of: Aluminum￿lashing￿rails. In￿addition￿two￿sliding￿lashing￿eyes Lashing￿strap,￿storage￿net￿and￿multifunction￿hooks Use￿of￿special￿accessories￿such￿as￿adaptive￿fixing￿system￿or￿bicycle￿carrier rear￿seat￿backrest￿inclination-adjustment. The￿luggage￿compartment￿offers￿sufficient￿space￿for￿four￿golf￿bags￿(46")￿for￿example.￿The￿rear￿seat backrests￿can￿be￿folded￿down￿for￿1650￿liters￿of￿luggage￿space.￿This￿allows￿transport￿of￿large,￿bulky items￿such￿as￿washing￿machines￿or￿refrigerators,￿or￿two￿mountain￿bikes.
  • Page 56 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment F11￿Luggage￿compartment An￿optional￿ski￿and￿snowboard￿bag￿(SA￿4UY)￿for￿holding￿up￿to￿four￿pairs￿of￿skis,￿fits￿precisely￿into the￿middle￿rear￿seat￿backrest￿section￿where￿it￿can￿be￿fastened￿securely.￿The￿area￿offered￿by￿the middle￿backrest￿section￿is￿also￿sufficient￿to￿carry￿a￿surfboard￿or￿other￿piece￿of￿sports￿equipment￿of comparable￿size￿between￿the￿two￿outer￿rear￿seats. A￿wide￿cover￿in￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿floor￿supported￿by￿a￿gas￿spring￿offers￿the￿possibility￿of securely￿storing￿smaller￿pieces￿of￿luggage￿in￿the￿compartment￿below.￿Moreover￿the￿floor￿panel￿cover in￿the￿luggage￿compartment￿can￿also￿be￿removed￿completely.￿This￿results￿in￿a￿cavity￿in￿the￿luggage compartment￿which￿allows￿two￿bicycles￿with￿front￿wheels￿removed￿to￿be￿transported￿standing￿on their￿forks￿in￿the￿F11￿luggage￿compartment￿with￿the￿aid￿of￿the￿fixation￿kit￿available￿among￿the￿BMW accessories...
  • Page 57 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment 3.3.1.￿Luggage￿compartment￿roll-up￿cover F11￿Luggage￿compartment￿roll-up￿cover Index Explanation Warning￿field Luggage￿compartment￿roll-up￿cover Roller-blind￿casing￿release To￿remove￿the￿roller-blind￿casing￿on￿the￿F11￿it￿is￿sufficient￿to￿press￿the￿release￿button,￿to￿open￿the catches￿on￿both￿sides.
  • Page 58 F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment F11￿Luggage￿compartment￿roll-up￿cover￿lifter Index Explanation Luggage￿compartment￿roll-up￿cover Control￿cable￿(right￿side) Control￿cable￿(left￿side) Drive￿unit￿(for￿both￿sides) Reversing￿roller Driver A￿drive￿integrated￿into￿the￿D-pillar￿as￿a￿standard￿feature￿on￿the￿F11￿moves￿the￿luggage￿compartment roll-up￿cover.￿As￿soon￿as￿the￿rear￿hatch￿or￿separately￿opening￿rear￿window￿is￿released,￿the￿roll-up￿cover moves￿up￿automatically.￿When￿the￿rear￿hatch￿or￿rear￿window￿is￿closed￿the￿roll-up￿cover￿moves￿back down￿automatically. In￿vehicles￿with￿automatic￿rear￿hatch￿actuation￿(SA￿316)￿the￿roll-up￿cover￿moves￿up￿or￿down￿when￿the rear￿hatch￿is￿actuated￿with￿the￿remote￿control. Further￿information￿on￿the￿electrical￿system￿for￿the￿lifter￿is￿given￿in￿the￿information￿bulletin￿"F11 General￿vehicle￿electrical￿system".

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    F11￿Body. 3.￿Exterior￿and￿interior￿equipment 3.3.2.￿Dimensions F11￿Luggage￿compartment￿dimensions Index Explanation Unit Minimum￿luggage￿compartment￿width [mm] 1100 1100 (between￿wheel￿wells) Maximum￿luggage￿compartment [mm] 1100 1100 width￿at￿floor Width￿of￿rear￿opening￿-￿at￿top [mm] 1027 Width￿of￿rear￿opening￿-￿at￿bottom [mm] 1064 1128 Height￿of￿loading￿edge￿above￿roadway [mm] Height￿of￿luggage￿compartment￿floor [mm] above￿roadway Length￿of￿luggage￿compartment￿floor [mm] 1072 1053 Minimum￿luggage￿compartment [mm] height￿-￿below￿roll-up￿cover Minimum￿luggage￿compartment [mm] height￿-￿below￿roll-up￿cover￿casing Luggage￿compartment￿volume [liters] 560￿–￿1650...
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