Range Rover: All Terrain Progress Control

[Vin Rouge]

Call me old fashioned but doesn't this remove the pleasure of driving well in challenging conditions or will it mean a bunch of ambitious air heads driving off the side of a cliff?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npGglaDtTDY&feature=em-subs_digest

[Bytemrk]

I don't know.... a large amount of success in challenging situations is still about putting your wheels in the right place and picking the right line.

I'm sure it will make it easier and allow some to tackle things they would never have previously tried - but that is not necessarily bad.

I drive a car now that has a lot of electronic gee wizzery, traction aids, terrain response etc.

However, without doubt, it is no less enjoyable to drive off road than my previous D2's or any other 4wd I have driven. In fact quite the opposite!

But as with all things...... different vehicles will always attract different types of drivers. I think it's a good thing there are so many options out there.....

[murray]

I actually watched a club video of a Pyrenees trip (tiger track) with a toymotor featuring the rock crawl mode. I must say the guys in other vehicles picking their line and duditious throttle control made it look much easier than the 200 series doing it. Still its just another example of technical advances. Really how many of you love your traction control?

[Dougal]

It's like a 4BD1T with a hand throttle.:angel:

Or actually a 4BD1T at idle.

[nat_89]

It reminded me of Toyotas crawl control but hopefully I'm guessing much more refined because that bloody system is noisy as hell and jerky and just painful to use, but going off this video looks very refined and far greater range of speeds as opposed to 5 in the Toyotas.

Also loving the new engine changes they have with the TDV6 and the SDV6 hopefully they trickle down to the D4 range!!

[mikehzz]

I'm disappointed that you still have to steer. I would prefer my off road driving experience not have any actual driving involved. How the hell am I supposed to be able to comfortably hold a latte during a technically difficult hill climb if there is steering involved??

[benji]

I think this is a spin off of another project they have in the bag, that being an anti bogging program.

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