Sentences with phrase «descent system»

The Available Hill Descent system keeps the terrain from taking control during extreme downhill driving conditions on four - wheel drive trucks.

If your needs run towards a four - wheel drive pickup, the Z71 package offers some of the most opulent trappings to ever equip a «Cowboy Cadillac», as well as off - road items like high capacity shock absorbers, hill - hold hill descent system, a high - performance air filter and housing, anti-skid panels, heavy - duty recovery hooks, and high - profile exterior graphics.

Safety features include traction control, a hill descent system, dual air bags, side - impact protection and more.

The hill descent system isn't quiet about its work (it sort of clunks repeatedly as the brakes are applied and released repeatedly) but it's effective.

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This was mainly when going downhill, and could have been attributed to the hill descent system, or as the engineers explained, driver error and actually in «manual» thinking we were in «drive.»

A selectable off - road mode — also standard — activates a hill descent system as well as altering ABS and ESP settings, and shift patterns should your car have a DSG automatic gearbox.

Exclusive technologies like the patented Terrain Response ™ and Hill Descent systems provide the Range Rover Evoque with a unique competitive advantage when the going gets tough.»

Exclusive technologies like the patented Terrain ResponseTM and Hill Descent systems provide the Range Rover Evoque with a unique competitive advantage when the going gets tough.»

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So the more they could act, the more it would help the world to preserve the international system and avoid a descent into a trade war,» he added.

The movement of descent, from the universal principle down to concrete reality, is of special importance in avoiding the pitfall of speculative «inadequacy,» in which «failure to include some obvious elements of experience in the scope of the system is met by boldly denying the facts» (PR 6/9).

These minions had landed and chose to remain Like the descent from the sky of some great aeroplane, With a master of systems who lovingly led, By the lure in his eye and the White of his Head.

And class had to struggle hard against the stratification system of the ancien regime, which was based, not on money, but on descent and honor.

Then with a fine sense of historical irony he describes how the development of a party system, which embodied the very «factionalism» that Washington above all felt would bring down the republic, gave the nation «a mechanism of... self - criticism and self - correction» that, for all its descent into inanity, has somehow served the cause of republicanism well.

Thus the problems of lineal descent is dissolved and a horizontal system is set in its place; in this system, descent from Terah can be traced through any of the twelve tribes.

(p. 5) Against the anthropological system typified by Levi - Strauss, she holds that marriage establishes descent and not the formation of alliances.

The US medical system does indeed have the highest infant and maternal mortality rate in the developed world, and is not sequestered to those of African descent.

By hiring non-owner employees whenever an opportunity for growth presents itself a two - tier system is produced — owners and non-owners — and this has been widely seen as leading to the degeneration of the worker - owned company, marking its gradual descent into capitalist ownership.

The NYC subway system's descent into chronic unreliability has become so embedded in the psyches of riders that many are overcompensating, adding extra time to their trips and thereby being early in a city of chronically late people.

2 On the ground, a computer system uses the flight data to calculate the ideal spacing for each aircraft to maintain a fuel - efficient and continuous descent to the runway.

Light, who is of Cherokee, Creek, and Scots - Irish descent, insists that although Native American medicine is not a «homogenous system of healing, common, underlying principles can be discerned.»

A descent module equipped with an inflatable heat shield, parachutes, and a propulsion system takes the astronauts and their hardware to the surface.

Devin Kipp is an entry, descent, and landing systems engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and has spent the past 7 years working on the design, development, testing, and operation of the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft.

Michael Malin worked at NASA before setting up Malin Space Science Systems, which supplied the Mastcam, Mars Descent Imager and Mars Hand Lens Imager for the Curiosity rover

Such decisions would only further entrench a health - care system that treats cutting - edge medicine as something essential for certain people in our society, but merely optional for others — particularly those of African - American descent.

It starts with a computer simulation from NASA's Eyes on the Solar System program and uses actual images from Curiosity's Mars Descent Imager.

As the Mars Surveyor 1998 cameras were being built, MSSS was selected in 1997 by Arizona State University to provide the Visible Imaging Subsystem (VIS) of the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) instrument aboard the Mars Odyssey orbiter, and by the Caltech / Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to provide a descent camera for the Mars Surveyor 2001 lander.

MSSS will also provide two instruments based on the MARDI / MARCI architecture for the Mars Surveyor 2001 mission: a descent imager for the»01 lander and a visible imaging subsystem as part of Arizona State University's Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) for the»01 orbiter.

Baker's combination of acute emotional intelligence and raucous, often bawdy humor sometimes brings to mind Fatih Akin, a German filmmaker of Turkish descent who also likes to set his films (Head - On, The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen) in tough urban areas where conflicting cultural value systems meet and clash.

Witness a man's descent down the rabbit hole of the American prison system when the intense crime thriller, Shot Caller, arrives on Blu - ray ™ (plus Digital HD), DVD and Digital HD October 17 from Lionsgate.

Either way, this ultra-violent descent into hell where a brooding self - righteous man fights his way through the prison system to protect his wife and unborn child, is a breath - taking visceral spectacle of shattered bones that I couldn't take my eyes off.

Co-created by the celebrated scribes Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List) and Richard Price (The Wire), and with all but one episode directed by Zaillian, whose playful usage of shadows and tight shots conveys the claustrophobic nightmare that is Naz's Dante - like descent into hellish Riker's Island, the bloody rectum of the U.S. criminal justice system.

Not to mention space - age technologies like a night - vision camera, a head - up display, lane - departure warning, high - beam assist, active cruise control, active brake intervention (for hill descent), and a curve - speed limiter working in concert with the Ghost's stability control system.

Even though ABS systems have actually seen a great improvement in the last decades, the probability of locking the wheels in a slippery (snowy - icy) descent is very high.

Aided by various systems, including, but not limited to, automatically locking differentials, electronic traction - management programs, electronically adjustable ride height, and hill descent control, we rumbled and crawled over the mountains around Telluride with ease.

The new open - air Evoque comes with a host of off - road systems, including hill - descent control and Land Rover's «Terrain Response» system.

These models all come standard with new - for - 2015 features like pushbutton start, blind - spot monitoring, and a MyLincoln Touch infotainment system; four - wheel - drive models also add hill start assist and hill descent control.

MSRP (with destination): $ 31,970 PRICE AS TESTED: $ 37,805 ENGINE: 3.6 - liter DOHC V - 6 Horsepower: 285 hp @ 6400 rpm Torque: 260 lb - ft @ 4800 rpm TRANSMISSION: 5 - speed automatic DRIVE: Four - wheel WHEELS AND TIRES: 18 - inch aluminum wheels 255 / 70SR -18 Bridgestone Dueler A / T tires FUEL ECONOMY (city / highway / combined): 16/20/18 mpg CURB WEIGHT: 4294 lb CAPACITIES: Doors / Passengers: 4/5 Cargo (rear seats up / down): 46.4 / 86.8 cu ft Legroom (front / rear): 41.0 / 37.2 in Headroom (front / rear): 41.3 / 40.4 in Towing: 2000 lb EXTERIOR / INTERIOR COLOR: Black / Black STANDARD FEATURES: 6 - speed manual transmission Stability and traction control Hill start assist Roll mitigation Part - time four - wheel drive 3.21 rear axle ratio Transfer case and fuel tank skid plates Cruise control 115V auxiliary power outlet Air conditioning 7 - speaker Infinity audio system w / subwoofer Auxiliary audio jack SiriusXM satellite radio w / one - year subscription Tilt steering wheel Temperature gauge and compass Leather - wrapped steering wheel w / audio controls Height - adjustable driver's seat 60 / 40 - split folding rear seats Rear compartment covered storage OPTIONS ON THIS VEHICLE: Altitude Edition - $ 2995 18 - inch painted aluminum wheels Black Jeep grille badge Front and rear bumper body - color appliques Gloss black interior accents Red interior stitching accents Altitude floor mats and hood decal Heated front seats Body - color 3 - piece hardtop Mopar fuel filler door Freedom panel storage bag Rear window washer, wiper, and defroster Connectivity group - $ 385 USB port Electronic vehicle information center UConnect voice control w / Bluetooth 5 - speed automatic transmission - $ 1125 Hill descent control Track - Lok rear limited slip differential - $ 295 UConnect 430N - $ 1035 40 GB hard drive w / 28 available GB SiriusXM travel link w / one - year subscription 6.5 - inch touchscreen display Navigation KEY OPTIONS NOT ON THIS VEHICLE: Dual top group - $ 890 Trailer tow group - $ 295 3.73 rear axle ratio - $ 95 ADDITIONAL SPECS: This is the one of the top - tier Wrangler Unlimited trim levels, only trumped in price by the «Call of Duty: MW3 Edition» Wrangler Unlimited model.

Beneath the Velar's pretty skin is a modified version of the Jaguar F - Pace's mostly aluminum chassis that's been reinforced for off - road competence and is further bolstered by Land Rover's Terrain Response 2 system, which orchestrates goodies like an active rear locking differential, low traction launch system, hill descent control, and an available air suspension with adaptive shocks (standard on V - 6 models)-- all of which work in conjunction with stability control.

OPTIONS ON THIS VEHICLE: Altitude Edition - $ 6600 Black w / bright mesh grille Black license plate brow 20 - inch painted aluminum wheels Leather - trimmed heated front seats 8 - way power front seats Remote start 6.5 - inch touchscreen display Bluetooth Rear parking assist Rearview camera Automatic dual - zone climate control 9 - speaker audio system w / subwoofer USB port 115V power outlet Cargo compartment cover Laredo E group - $ 2000 Keyless entry and ignition SiriusXM satellite radio w / one - year subscription 5.7 - liter V - 8 engine - $ 1695 Hill descent control Quadra - Trac II 4WD system Selec - Terrain system Power single - pane sunroof - $ 895 Power liftgate - $ 495 Garmin navigation system w / Uconnect 430N - $ 395

The Evoque doesn't offer a low range, locking differentials, or an air - sprung suspension, but Land Rover's signature Terrain Response system adapts the traction control, stability control, hill - start assist, hill - descent assist, and throttle response for specific conditions.

A control panel behind the shift lever gives the driver full control over off - road settings, including hill ascent and descent control, raising and lowering the air suspension, Low range and a knob for the Selec - Terrain traction control system, which has five settings for types of terrain (Snow, Sand, Auto, Mud and Rock).

Hill descent control uses engine braking and the anti-lock brake system to help slow the truck when going down steep grades.

Tweaks for this three - row crossover include a revised CVT, five new exterior colors, a standard hill - descent control system for four - wheel - drive models, and some equipment reshuffling.

STANDARD FEATURES: 5.0 L supercharged V - 8 8 - speed automatic transmission Full - time 4 - wheel drive Terrain response system Hill descent control Stability and traction control Electronic air suspension Adaptive dynamics and dynamic response Xenon headlamps w / power washers Rearview camera Front and rear park assist Heated front windshield Keyless entry and ignition 3 - zone automatic climate control Power tilt and telescoping steering column Heated steering wheel Cruise control Heated front seats Power front seats w / lumbar and memory Power folding side mirrors Oxford perforated leather seats Power tailgate 60/40 split rear seat Sliding panoramic roof w / power sun shade Navigation with 8 - inch touch screen Bluetooth 380 - watt, 13 - seaker Meridian audio system Voice controls

For extra maneuverability off road, the 4Runner features Crawl Control (which maintains a set speed going up hills) and hill descent control (which maintains a set speed going down them), as well as a brake - based hill - start assist system.

And, of course, we planned to have a little fun, so we also opted for Jeep's more capable Active Drive II 4 × 4 system ($ 995), with its low - range option, off - road suspension, and hill descent control.

The Golf Alltrack's drive mode selector includes an Off - road mode, which adds hill - descent control and optimizes the car's traction control system for unpaved roads.

It also comes with a hill descent control system, and it's a very reasonable # 400 option on Feel and Flair trim levels.

A Porsche Hill Control system keeps downhill descents in check by limiting speed automatically between 2 and 18 mph.