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- Fingerprint instead of keys
- Electronically controlled cornering and junction light
- Cameras replace mirrors, three individual pictures are combined to form a panorama image on a display instead of the interior mirror.
- Head Up Display – A standard instrument for every pilot, which will in future project all the important information onto the windscreen in the car, too.
- MMI – Man-machine Interface. Presented in the Z9 at the IAA last year, this has been continued and improved in the Z22.
- Electronically controlled cornering and junction light
- Cameras replace mirrors, three individual pictures are combined to form a panorama image on a display instead of the interior mirror.
- Head Up Display – A standard instrument for every pilot, which will in future project all the important information onto the windscreen in the car, too.
- MMI – Man-machine Interface. Presented in the Z9 at the IAA last year, this has been continued and improved in the Z22.
Introduced at the 1987 Frankfurt Auto Show, BMW Z22 contains innovations that will revolutionize automobile technology in the following years.
Considered to be the lightest and most advanced mechatronic car ever been presented to the public, the BMW Z22 featured a mechanical system which is electronically controlled, and it's the future of car design. Today, the ‘drive-by-wire' throttle technology is quite familiar, but the Z22 featured ‘steer-by-wire' and ‘brake-by-wire' as well, deleting the necessity for mechanical steering and hydraulic brakes.
The BMW Z22 doesn't brake and steer itself, you still have to turn the wheel and put your foot down, but the mechanical connection made by the movement of these physical components is simply replaced by an electronic system.
Pared down for maximum fuel economy and performance, the Z22 is light a bodied vehicle as it incorporated plenty of aluminum and composite materials including the entire side panel, the tailgate, roof and various parts of the doors which are made from carbon-fiber reinforced plastics. The 5-Series sized car weighs basically the same as a current city car due thanks to it titanium springs, magnesium rims and fiber-reinforced suspension arms. Fewer components have to be made to produce this vehicle, resulting in quickly built cars.
The BMW Z22's electronic control system features fingerprint-recognition locks and ignition, intelligent fiber optic light technology and rear-view cameras rather than mirrors. The cameras project images onto a head-up display which can also show information on speed, location, warning lights, etc.
The steering wheel on the BMW Z22 is also rectangular shaped and incorporates multi-function controls and a gearshift. Much like contemporary Steptronic systems, the transmission is a semi-automatic clutchless model that allows gear to be selected F1-style by buttons on the steering w heel. A fingerprint sensor is located in the center of the steering wheel which initiates the ignition, and behind this sensor, which is located in a rotary switch, are the controls for the parking brake, turn signal, horn, central locking, electric windows, stereo, AC, satellite navigation, communications systems and horn. All of these functions are controlled by a roller-style ‘navigator' tool.
The Z22 also features the wheelbase of a 7-Series, the overall length of a 3-Series, and the interior room and turning circle of a 5-Series. BMW planned on putting the Z22 into production by 2005, and also using it as a testing ground for new production techniques.
The BWM Z22 reached a top speed of 112 MPH with it's 2.0-liter, 136 bhp, four-cylinder all-aluminum engine.Elizabeth Johnson
Considered to be the lightest and most advanced mechatronic car ever been presented to the public, the BMW Z22 featured a mechanical system which is electronically controlled, and it's the future of car design. Today, the ‘drive-by-wire' throttle technology is quite familiar, but the Z22 featured ‘steer-by-wire' and ‘brake-by-wire' as well, deleting the necessity for mechanical steering and hydraulic brakes.
The BMW Z22 doesn't brake and steer itself, you still have to turn the wheel and put your foot down, but the mechanical connection made by the movement of these physical components is simply replaced by an electronic system.
Pared down for maximum fuel economy and performance, the Z22 is light a bodied vehicle as it incorporated plenty of aluminum and composite materials including the entire side panel, the tailgate, roof and various parts of the doors which are made from carbon-fiber reinforced plastics. The 5-Series sized car weighs basically the same as a current city car due thanks to it titanium springs, magnesium rims and fiber-reinforced suspension arms. Fewer components have to be made to produce this vehicle, resulting in quickly built cars.
The BMW Z22's electronic control system features fingerprint-recognition locks and ignition, intelligent fiber optic light technology and rear-view cameras rather than mirrors. The cameras project images onto a head-up display which can also show information on speed, location, warning lights, etc.
The steering wheel on the BMW Z22 is also rectangular shaped and incorporates multi-function controls and a gearshift. Much like contemporary Steptronic systems, the transmission is a semi-automatic clutchless model that allows gear to be selected F1-style by buttons on the steering w heel. A fingerprint sensor is located in the center of the steering wheel which initiates the ignition, and behind this sensor, which is located in a rotary switch, are the controls for the parking brake, turn signal, horn, central locking, electric windows, stereo, AC, satellite navigation, communications systems and horn. All of these functions are controlled by a roller-style ‘navigator' tool.
The Z22 also features the wheelbase of a 7-Series, the overall length of a 3-Series, and the interior room and turning circle of a 5-Series. BMW planned on putting the Z22 into production by 2005, and also using it as a testing ground for new production techniques.
The BWM Z22 reached a top speed of 112 MPH with it's 2.0-liter, 136 bhp, four-cylinder all-aluminum engine.Elizabeth Johnson
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