Interior - BMW F97 Technical Training Manual

F97/F98￿Complete￿Vehicle
3.￿Body
3.3.￿Interior
3.3.1.￿Driving￿area￿and￿steering￿wheel
M￿driving￿area
F97/F98,￿M￿dashboard
The￿instrument￿panel￿on￿the￿F97￿and￿F98￿is￿finished￿in￿Sensatec.￿The￿common￿center￿console
including￿the￿knee￿pads￿in￿the￿F97/F98￿has￿been￿carried￿over￿from￿the￿G02.
M￿leather￿steering￿wheel
The￿M￿leather￿multifunction￿steering￿wheel￿on￿an￿magnesium￿armature￿is￿based￿on￿the￿M￿modular
steering￿wheel.￿Above￿the￿thumb￿rests￿are￿the￿M￿shift￿paddles￿with￿M￿gearshift￿logic:￿downshift￿on￿the
left,￿upshift￿on￿the￿right.
The￿steering￿wheel￿has￿an￿external￿diameter￿of￿380 mm.￿The￿steering￿wheel￿rim￿is￿reinforced￿and
ergonomically￿optimized￿from￿a￿round￿to￿an￿oval￿cross-section,￿improving￿the￿driver's￿grip.
Left￿shift￿paddle￿"-"￿shifts￿down,￿right￿shift￿paddle￿￿"+"￿shifts￿up￿as￿with￿the￿M￿automatic￿transmission
in￿the￿F85/F86￿and￿F90￿with￿M￿automatic￿transmission.
The￿colored￿M￿stitching￿constitutes￿another￿difference￿from￿the￿production￿G01/G02￿steering￿wheels.
The￿M￿leather￿steering￿wheel￿in￿the￿double-spoke￿design￿with￿a￿stainless￿steel￿center￿trim￿and￿with￿M
inscription￿is￿black￿leather.
The￿vibrator￿element￿for￿lane￿departure￿warning￿and￿lane￿change￿warning￿is￿integrated￿in￿the￿steering
wheel.
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