The Wheels
For both acceleration and deceleration, it is the wheels which are permanently under full load in all manoeuvres. To take account firstly of the safety aspect and secondly to fulfil the high technical requirements imposed on the new Concept Car by our engineers, a completely new wheel had to be developed.
The result is the AC Schnitzer Type V "Forged Wheel": a lightweight forged wheel with bi-colour finish, i.e. it has a part polished, part painted surface. The forged wheel embodies an apparent contradiction: reduction in weight with at the same time the largest possible diameters and widths.
The TENSION is fitted with wheels size 10.0J x 20" all round. The offsets of -12 on the front and -2 on the rear allow tyres of size 285/30 ZR 20 respectively. The weight of the front wheel is approx. 10.8 kg. But the AC Schnitzer Type V Forged Wheels are not reserved exclusively for the TENSION. These wheels will also enrich the AC Schnitzer range for the whole BMW 5-series and 6-series.
AC Schnitzer recommends high performance tyres from Continental and Michelin.