Introduction - BMW F97 Technical Training Manual

F97/F98￿Complete￿Vehicle
1.￿Introduction
The￿BMW￿M￿family￿is￿being￿extended￿by￿the￿addition￿of￿another￿series￿in￿the￿BMW￿X￿family.￿The￿F97
and￿F98￿will￿début￿as￿BMW￿X3￿M￿and￿BMW￿X4￿M￿in￿the￿sports￿activity￿vehicle￿and￿sports￿activity
coupé￿sectors.￿As￿is￿already￿the￿case￿with￿their￿bigger￿brothers,￿the￿F85￿and￿F86,￿the￿F97￿and￿F98￿will
be￿equipped￿with￿M￿TwinPower￿turbocharged￿engine,￿M￿Sport￿automatic￿transmission,￿xDrive,￿Vertical
Dynamics￿Management￿(VDM)￿and￿M￿Servotronic.
The￿new￿BMW￿X3￿M￿and￿BMW￿X4￿M￿will￿be￿launched￿onto￿the￿market￿in￿the￿second￿quarter￿of￿2019.
1.1.￿M￿history
In￿1972￿the￿then￿BMW￿Motorsport￿started￿out￿with￿the￿legendary￿M1.￿For￿over￿45￿years￿today's￿BMW
M￿GmbH￿has￿been￿developing￿BMW￿M￿vehicles￿with￿a￿motor-sport￿pedigree￿based￿on￿the￿standard
production￿models.
The￿typical￿M￿driving￿experience￿was￿also￿made￿to￿come￿alive￿for￿the￿first￿time￿in￿the￿Sports￿Activity
Vehicle/Sports￿Activity￿Coupé￿segment￿in￿July￿2009.￿The￿E70￿M￿and￿E71￿M￿were￿the￿first￿BMW
M￿models￿with￿M￿TwinPower￿turbo￿engine,￿M￿Sport￿automatic￿transmission,￿xDrive,￿Dynamic
Performance￿Control,￿Dynamic￿Drive￿and￿run-flat￿tires.
E70￿M￿and￿E71￿M
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