Air suspension, including a three
chamber air spring, with Continuous Damping Control and 4 height settings.
The Active Air Suspension has a three -
chamber air spring replacing coils that soften in Comfort mode or firm up in Sport Plus mode.
Naturally, it's a fully adjustable setup that now uses three -
chamber air springs, which hold 60 % more air volume in the softest setting than before.
Modulating the GLC63's ride and handling, AMG's three -
chamber air springs and adaptive dampers adjust depending on driving behavior and road conditions.
You can order the Panamera with three -
chamber air springs, an active anti-roll system that reduces roll in corners (like a plane banking into a turn), and rear - wheel steering that can steer a few degrees in the direction of a turn (for, say, lane changes) or in the opposite direction (for twisty country roads).
Unlike the three - chamber system unveiled on the latest E-Class, though, the S - Class retains the simpler single
chamber air springs used on the outgoing model.
For instance, both ride on three -
chamber air springs, have electro - mechancial rack and pinion steering and are braked by massive composite front discs (410 mm for the Porsche, 390 mm for the AMG) clamped by six - piston brakes.
All the test cars brought on the island of Crete were stacked with chassis options: four - wheel steering, active anti-roll bars, three -
chamber air springs, Pirelli P Zero performance tires, electronically controlled limited - slip differential and brake - based torque vectoring.
Not exact matches
By the use of a
spring the tension is increased as the
air is exhausted and the
spring is compressed and decreased as the
spring resumes its normal shape, which by the use of weights the tension is increased slightly by the momentum acquired by the descending weight as the
air chamber is distended... This variation relieves the constant pull on the breast that would take place if the action was direct.
It comes with dual
air chambers and a stable inner
spring.
Just in case you do
spring a leak, though, the multiple
air chamber system keeps you afloat.
The suspension struts have three internal
air chambers — this improves the speed of response, allows a greater range of
spring and damping rates than before, and off - road gives greater ground clearance than previously.
Where the old
air suspension had two
air chambers and offered just two fixed - rate settings, the new system has double the
air chambers and offers infinite
spring settings.
The adaptive
air suspension features three
air chambers per
spring, which adjust individually depending on drive mode and road surface.
The
air suspension system uses
springs with two
chambers per front strut and two
chambers per rear strut; the
chambers inflate and deflate at lightning speed based on sensor readings from the road.
It sits on a new
air suspension system, featuring three
chamber springs that can hold 60 - percent more
air volume in their softest settings.
The series - production vehicle, like the preproduction models, will be equipped with coil
springs on the front axle and with single -
chamber air suspension with integral automatic level control on the rear axle.
The
Air Body Control set - up uses Mercedes» latest multi-chamber air springs, with two chambers for each of the front wheels and three chambers on each of the rear wheels, providing variable stiffness, damping, ride height and self - levelling properties in four modes: Comfort, Eco, Sport and Sport Pl
Air Body Control set - up uses Mercedes» latest multi-chamber
air springs, with two chambers for each of the front wheels and three chambers on each of the rear wheels, providing variable stiffness, damping, ride height and self - levelling properties in four modes: Comfort, Eco, Sport and Sport Pl
air springs, with two
chambers for each of the front wheels and three
chambers on each of the rear wheels, providing variable stiffness, damping, ride height and self - levelling properties in four modes: Comfort, Eco, Sport and Sport Plus.
A set of 2 - inch intake and 1.55 - inch exhaust valves, with beehive - style valve
springs, deliver the
air / fuel mixture to the combustion
chambers and allow spent exhaust gases to escape expeditiously thereafter.
Unfortunately, we've only tried cars fitted with the three -
chamber air suspension (the entry - level 4 Sport Turismo comes with mechanical
springs and adaptive dampers).
The
air suspension system, with three
chambers, a sporty
spring damper set - up and continuously adjustable damping also takes the ability to individually tailor the driving experience to a new level.
It also gets a suspension with steel
springs and adjustable damping as standard, while the 8 - cylinder V8 received the fully load - bearing multi
chamber air suspension AMG RIDE CONTROL +.
Springing is via an innovative new three -
chamber air - shock set - up which provides
spring rate changes and adaptive damping.
The third option is the
Air Body Control suspension with three
chambers in the
spring struts of the rear axle and two in the front.