Hi,
I'm sorry, but I know what I saw and felt. An EPS feels totally different from a hydraulic one. Easiest way to check is, to turn your steering wheel all the way to one side, If you hear the squeaking sound of the hydraulic pump you know what you got.
In Addition: there is a BMW press release (at the bottom of 1st page it says)
http://www.treffseiten.de/bmw/info/d...d_ed_11_09.pdf
"Lenkung
Zahnstangen-Servolenkung mit
elektromechanischer Lenkkraftunterstützung (EPS), optional: Servotronic"
What means, that it got EPS and Servotronic is Optional.
In addtion I found this forum thread (also in German - sorry):
http://www.motor-talk.de/forum/servo...17.html?page=5
The thread is initially about retroffitting a servotronic. The BMW ETK lists the license code for the servotronic for a long time now. The thread clearly states, that cars that ar built for at least the UK and Swiss market got the EPS - cars for other markets don't necessarily got EPS. Alse the Efficient Daynamic version of the X1 s20d got EPS world wide.