hill descent control system

Skid plates and tow hooks are options in the EU, but the hill descent control system is not available.

All models will have electronic stability and traction control, hill start assist and hill descent control systems as standard.

FDII also adds hill descent control system, off-road tuned traction control, and electronic stability program.

AWD models have an optional Hill Descent Control system, using the anti-lock braking system to control the car's motion downhill.

Land Rover - Gaydon Product Development Centre of Gaydon, Warwickshire for Hill descent control system for 4 x 4 vehicles.

The Hill Descent Control system has also been enhanced with the addition of Gradient Release Control, which inhibits the initial rate of acceleration when descending steep inclines.

The Land Rover Freelander introduced a button for that company's Hill Descent Control system feature, which uses the brakes to simulate the function of a low-ratio gearbox in steep descents.

Four-wheel-drive (4WD) and All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles, such as Ford Territory, may have a Hill Descent Control system installed, using the ABS braking to control the car's motion downhill, initially developed by Bosch for Land Rover.

On boggy turf on the Lowther Estate in the Lake District, the Forester's symmetrical all-wheel-drive system was several times at a loss to propel the car up muddy hillsides though its new hill descent control system was unfazed with the task of going down the other side.