Thread: Understanding Topix Vehicle Spec

You can check the active driveline by looking at it operating on the 4WD screen. Its pretty cool I reckon. The 4WD switches in and out as required and the amount of drive to each rear wheel is shown by the two clutch symbols. If you have that you have active driveline!

The magnetic dampers are the adaptive dynamics.

Originally Posted by Romeo

3. According to Topix, I have a "French Literature Pack" . Can't find it anywhere!
5. What about "Halewood Jaguar"? "T/Tow HTH-Prep/Row"? "TL4 Package"?
6. And does anyone know what a "H7" battery is?

I searched Google for the French Literature Pack and ended up with only your query here

The H7 would appear to be the standard battery for my late 2016 DS MY17, however some forums suggest there's an H8 on the latest models that just squeezes into the same mount as the H7 and offers slightly better performance. I'm not sure what the specs are since most discussions degrade into replacing them with alternative brands and get sidetracked on price and mounts.

I think the 'Halewood Jaguar' is the where our L550s were made.

I have the 'TL3 package' according to my list, but I've no idea what it means. The Australian glossy DS brochure doesn't seem to mention it. This site []New 2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport TL4 - HSE LUX

| New 2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport TL4 - HSE LUX

, Caparthian Grey Premium Metall, DS2637 | Langley, BC has a model with '...TL4...' in it, but I think that's a Canadian model number, like our TD4 model, and nothing to do with our Topix listing.

TL = Trim Level
4 is HSE Lux
3 is HSE
Etc.

Along the same lines...

What is:

Forward Facing Camera

This appears on the TOPix report for the car I'm about to purchase but I have no idea what it is...

My report also says Power 8-way driver seat adjust on a HSE Lux

To answer my own question. Forward facing camera is related to the autonomous braking system...

Hmm. I've been referring to a feature of my MY16 DS as "Active Driveline", but my car's Topix spec says "Efficient Driveline" and the description from BobD doesn't match what I see on my 4x4i info screen.

There's a single circle-with-a-padlock on my screen in the middle of the car. During highway driving the padlock is open and the circle is green – which indicates only the front wheels being driven. When the rears get some torque the padlock closes and some fraction of the circle gets drawn in orange instead of green, clockwise from the top. The more orange, the more torque heading to the back wheels.

So is that Active Driveline or something else?

LR has so many features on different cars it's hard to keep track of what's what.

That's not active driveline. That's the normal driveline with the tail shaft permanently connected to the rear wheels. On the active driveline there are clutches on each rear axle inside the diff (which is not actually a differential, just pinion and crown wheel and clutches to drive the axles at different speeds) and the rear wheels are completely disconnected from the tailshaft when it goes to front wheel drive. There is a synchro at the front to either fully engage the tailshaft or disengage it fully. No partial engagement at the front. It is either on or off. When off, the whole drive line to the rear is disconnected and doesn't turn.