The fifth generation of the off-road icon Land Rover Discovery will premiere on September 28, 2016. The giant will be presented to the public for the first time at the Paris Motor Show. Land Rover is already teasing us before the release. He showed the first photo, and also sent his ambassador, the adventurer Bear Grylls, into the fight, who filmed an attractive promotional spot. During the free fall, he moved the seats using an app on his smartphone. The incredible power of the new SUV was demonstrated by putting Discovery on the tracks and having three wagons attached. See if he was up to the challenge.
How strong he will be the new Land Rover Discovery (2017), is a British maker Jaguar Land Rover shown on the example of pulling wagons. The locomotive was replaced by the new Discovery z 2-liter Ingenium engine with 430 Nm of torque, and the driver is the in-house test driver Karl Richardson.
Three wagons were hitched to the SUV with a total weight of 108 tons, which is equal to the weight of 60 Discoverys, and on this occasion only the train wheels were added to prevent it from derailing, but everything else was standard on the vehicle.
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Adventurer Bear Grylls, former member of the SAS, survival instructor, host of the reality show The Incredibles and brand ambassador Land Rover, meanwhile, demonstrated in an attractive way moving the seats remotely. Of course, he did it in his own style.
He jumped out of the plane and while in free fall played with the configuration of the seats via the mobile app. The new Land Rover Discovery, which is based on the Range Rover aluminum platforms (which is why it will be much lighter than its predecessor), it will be the first car with this kind of function. Moving via smartphone will be possible for second and third row of seats, and it will not be necessary to be in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle, but it will be possible to operate it from anywhere in the world. Even from the air, as demonstrated by Bear Grylls, who played with the seats, together with five other skydivers at a speed of 200 km/h. The transformation process will not take longer than 14 seconds. The seats will also be able to be moved via switches and a screen on the console.
