BMW F97 Technical Training Manual page 9

F97/F98￿Complete￿Vehicle
1.￿Introduction
1.4.￿Vehicle￿profile￿for￿Competition￿model
Design￿and￿aerodynamics:￿The￿surround￿of￿the￿BMW￿M￿grill,￿the￿typical￿M￿gills,￿the￿mirror
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hoods￿and￿the￿rear￿spoiler￿are￿finished￿in￿high-gloss￿black￿as￿standard.￿The￿additional￿model
nameplate￿on￿the￿rear￿with￿the￿"Competition"￿insignia￿ultimately￿distinguishes￿the￿external
appearance￿of￿the￿Competition￿model￿from￿the￿BMW￿X3￿and￿BMW￿X4.
Engine:￿The￿3-liter￿six-cylinder￿TVDI￿engine￿with￿its￿power￿increased￿to￿375 KW/503 hp￿and
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extended￿rev￿band￿offering￿a￿maximum￿available￿torque￿of￿600 Nm￿makes￿the￿Competition
model￿0.1￿seconds￿faster￿from￿0-60￿mph￿and￿raises￿the￿maximum￿vehicle￿speed￿to￿285 km/h.
Engine￿sound:￿M￿Sport￿exhaust￿system￿with￿even￿more￿sports-style￿sound￿both￿in￿the￿lower
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and￿upper￿rev￿and￿power￿bands,￿more￿emotive￿starting￿sound￿and￿an￿active￿sound￿design
system.￿The￿engine￿sound￿can￿be￿influenced￿via￿the￿setting￿of￿the￿exhaust￿flaps￿with￿a￿sound
button.
Chassis￿and￿suspension/driving￿dynamics￿setup:￿Adaptive￿M￿suspension￿with￿even￿stiffer
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characteristics,￿selectable￿handling￿dynamics￿programs￿ranging￿from￿comfortable￿to￿sports￿in
3￿stages.￿The￿21"￿wheels￿with￿265/40￿R21￿tires￿on￿the￿rear￿and￿255/40￿R21￿tires￿on￿the￿front
underline￿the￿external￿styling￿of￿the￿Competition￿model.
Seating￿comfort:￿Electric￿M￿sports￿seats￿as￿standard￿with￿extended￿Merino￿leather￿trim￿and
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M￿seat￿belts￿with￿embroidered￿M￿colors.
Interior:￿Sill￿trims￿and￿a￿badge￿on￿the￿center￿console￿with￿the￿"Competition"￿insignia￿add￿the
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finishing￿touches￿to￿the￿interior￿of￿the￿Competition￿model.
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