The awesome Mercedes-Benz F 700 Research Car

Active PRE-SCAN suspension

The most important requirement made on a luxury-class sedan is relaxed and comfortable travel. A high riding quality and high suspension comfort substantially contribute to conserving the individual resources of the driver and his or her companions. Mercedes-Benz is world leader in the area of road roar and tire vibration suppression and suspension comfort: in the Active Body Control (ABC) suspension system, the current models of the S-Class and CL-Class already offer a high-end solution embodying advanced suspension technology.

The F 700 suspension provides an indication of the next major steps towards the future: the newly developed active PRE-SCAN suspension improves the sensitive response to surface unevenness as well as the active stabilization of body movements, raising them another notch.

The best combination of comfort and safety

The development of a conventional passive suspension setup always is like striving for the best compromise: Sporty-taut tuning reduces wheel vibrations caused by the road, but after a time becomes relatively uncomfortable. Making the springing and damping too soft, on the other hand, will introduce an uneasiness into the suspension and body and result in drawbacks for directional stability and road adhesion as well as handling dynamics.

Active Body Control

For the F 700 research car the Mercedes-Benz engineers have appreciably improved on this system: from various acceleration sensors the system’s control unit gets information about the driving situation at any time and compares it with the data of the pressure sensors in the ABC hydraulics and the data of the level sensors on the control arms.

Stabilization within a fraction of a second

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