Introduction - BMW F12 2011 Technical Training Manual

F12￿Chassis￿Dynamics
1.￿Introduction
1.1.￿Driving￿dynamics￿and￿comfort
F12￿Chassis￿and￿suspension
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The￿chassis￿and￿suspension￿of￿the￿F12￿is￿based￿on￿the￿F10.￿It￿has￿been￿adapted￿to￿the￿specific￿re-
quirements￿of￿the￿F12￿in￿order￿to￿achieve￿outstanding￿driving￿dynamics￿while￿maintaining￿extremely
high￿standards￿of￿comfort.
A￿double-wishbone￿front￿axle￿is￿used￿instead￿of￿the￿double￿pivot￿spring-strut￿axle￿of￿the￿E64.￿The￿inte-
gral￿V￿rear￿axle￿replaces￿the￿integral￿IV￿rear￿axle￿that￿featured￿in￿the￿E64.
Explanation
Suspension/dampers
Electromechanical￿Power￿Steering￿(EPS)
Integral￿V￿rear￿axle
Electromechanical￿Parking￿Brake￿(EMF)
Wheels
Dynamic￿Stability￿Control￿(DSC)
Brakes
Double-wishbone￿front￿axle
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