The brakes are by carbon ceramic discs all round, and the wheels are 20x 8.5 in forged alloys at the front with 20 x 11.5 in forged alloys at the rear (or
full carbon fibre wheels of the same size can be specified for quite a few pounds extra, though Ford won't disclose how many other than to potential customers).
On the exterior, the car features Jet Black painted rear lamp infills, roof panel and rear decklid dropdown contrasted with Gulf Orange brake calipers and a carbon fibre front grille from the V12 Vantage S. Satin Black painted forged 10 spoke lightweight wheels with
satin carbon fibre wheel centre caps complete the look.
In fact, it isn't just that BMW has developed
new carbon fibre wheels, but has also developed a carbon fibre / alloy hybrid wheel, with alloy spokes and a carbon fibre rim.
You can have the metal finish to it with the alloy hybrid, but it's technically a better solution to go all the way and have a
full carbon fibre wheel.»
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The carbon fibre wheels are very damage resistant.
«The problem at the moment is that in order to get the weight down to a regular bike wheel weight, with the fact it's got hinges and so on, it needs to be
a carbon fibre wheel, which means that it's quite expensive, so it's a project that sets more challenges.»