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| The slick visual shows a white-coloured Land Rover pulling three coaches of the train over a 85-feet bridge in Switzerland (video below) |
June 19, 2016, NewsCrunch
An ad for Land Rover Discovery Sport showing it towing a train over a long bridge has gone viral.
The slick visual shows a white-coloured Land Rover pulling three coaches of the train over a 85-feet bridge in Switzerland.
We are informed that the Land Rover, which comes with 178-bhp diesel engine, is built to tow about 2.5 tonnes of the weight. So, it is indeed impressive when it pulls along a train weighing 100 tonnes, 58 times over its designed capability.
The feat has made the video go viral, but many mostly Indian viewers are not impressed.
They say there is not much friction between the track and the iron wheels of the train and so pulling it on a flat surface is no big deal. If the Land Rover performs the same feat on a train with rubber wheels on a motor road in two degree ascension that would be remarkable, they say.
Land Rover, owned by Jaguar Land Rover, was acquired by India's Tata Motors in 2008.
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You don't need much power compared to size of the train as there is less frictional force between iron rail and iron wheels of train.... If the train had rubber tyres and laid down to the motorable roads... Then it'd be impossible for a land rover to pull it.... Its science... But no doubt its the best car in this segment (Rupam Sarkar)
its a smooth surface without much friction.this can be done most of these same segment powerd car or may be less..not abig deal (Jasim AT)
Flat track does not need big muscle.. Try towing on 2degree ascending track (Shibu Nayak)