{"id":112197,"date":"2014-12-09T04:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T03:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=112197"},"modified":"2014-12-08T07:26:02","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T06:26:02","slug":"special-report-bilsteins-capital-solution-for-stirlings-twizy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2014\/12\/09\/special-report-bilsteins-capital-solution-for-stirlings-twizy\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Report: Bilstein&#8217;s Capital Solution for Stirling&#8217;s Twizy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy1-696x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-112201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When one of the greatest racing legends asks you to enhance his car\u2019s handling, and the combination is Sir Stirling Moss and his new Renault Twizy electric city car, it was a fun engineering challenge grabbed with alacrity by the experts at Bilstein.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Stirling called the suspension experts, better known for after-market street car upgrades as well as competition machines, to ask if they could personalise and improve the handling of his beloved Renault Twizy with its distinctive number plate SM 7. <\/p>\r\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" 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special shade of green. <\/p>\n<p>For once he didn&#8217;t want hard sporty suspension but a more pliant ride. Sir Stirling said, \u201cThe Twizy handles well with these new changes. Really well! It&#8217;s now ideal in town and softened up enough not to shake me to pieces. Around town the new suspension offers enormous advantages. In my view, Bilstein dampers are as good as they get. <\/p>\n<p>The legend also said, &#8220;I remember having them on my race cars way back, but I also remember my sister using Bilstein extensively in her driving career because the company was so highly regarded in rallying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy8-696x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"stirling_twizy8\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-112307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy8-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy8-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy8-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/stirling_twizy8.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The upgrade is all bread-and-butter to the Bilstein UK R&amp;D team who design, develop and engineer bespoke solutions for government, defence and motor sport applications on a daily basis. Working with technical partner Eibach, a set of custom ERS springs was also fitted to give the compact EV the kind of handling prowess that befits a multiple GP winner. <\/p>\n<p>Richard Anderson, Bilstein UK\u2019s general manager, said, \u201cIt\u2019s certainly one of the smallest and lightest cars our team has worked on, but with our friends at Eibach, it was a relatively straightforward exercise to enhance the dampers&#8217; operation and rate to create a car that offered both enhanced ride and comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When one of the greatest racing legends asks you to enhance his car\u2019s handling, and the combination is Sir Stirling Moss and his new Renault Twizy electric city car, it was a fun engineering challenge grabbed with alacrity by the experts at Bilstein. 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