The seventh-generation BMW 5 Series has been available in Saloon and Touring form since 2017. Electronic Damper Control features in the price list as a special suspension option. For the first time ever, it is based on BILSTEIN’s DampTronic sky® technology. Using the Driving Experience Control switch, you can adapt the damping characteristics to your personal preferences or adjust them in line with your driving style and the road conditions.
The DampTronic® sky shock absorber eliminates the conflict between ride comfort, driving safety and agility: two continuously variable valves per unit regulate the damping force. One controls the rebound, i.e. the force generated when the wheel rebounds, and the other controls the force in the bump phase.
The control module of the suspension system can individually adapt the damping forces for each wheel within milliseconds. Data from acceleration sensors, wheel-path sensors and other sources is used for this. As a result, occupants are cushioned against the effects of rough roads, and optimum stability is ensured at high speeds.
Through the use of two variable valves, the shock absorber can provide damping-force adjustment even when wheel vibrations are in the high-frequency range. Electronic independent adjustment of rebound and bump position the BILSTEIN DampTronic® sky shock absorber as the current benchmark for semi-active damping adjustment.
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