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As previously mentioned, all BMW-cars have power steering.
The X1 has a total of 4 types of steering.
There are:
- Hydraulic powered steering
- Hydraulic powered steering with the servotronic option
- Electric powered steering (EPS)
- Electric powered steering with the servotronic option
All X1s are built at the Leipzig plant. Models for the German market have the Hydraulic steering. I don't exactly know which markets get the newer (and better) EPS but I spoke to a guy from switzerland who has an EPS X1.
The servotronic option is there, to make steering more easy when you stand still or when driving slowly. The whole steering unit of a hydraulic powered steering car is different when you choose the servotronic option. So retrofitting a hydraulic servotronic is expensive (>1000 €).
If you have an EPS car the servotronic is just a small "program" that tells the electric actors how easy the steering should feel. You can go to your dealer, order a 250 € license code and have them enable servotronic on your EPS car.
bye
Darky
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