If you’re lucky enough to be an owner of a Land Rover SUV manufactured in the past few years, long gone are the days where you’re struggling to parallel park your vehicle into a tight spot in the busy streets of Chicago, IL while a line of honking cars forms behind you. Here at Land Rover Northfield, we know that both parallel and perpendicular parking can cause headaches, which is why we’re thrilled that the automaker has focused on creative automated parking systems for its luxury SUVs in our new Land Rover inventory.
The name of the Land Rover self-parking feature is Park Assist, and it gives your Land Rover SUV the ability to park itself in a space at the side of the road or in a parking lot. The innovative system also has the ability to get your vehicle out of the parking space. So how does Park Assist work? The system uses sensors around the vehicle to measure up potential parking spaces as you slowly drive along. Once a space is found, the system asks you to stop, release the steering, and put the vehicle in reverse. It then takes control of the steering, but you will still have control over the brakes and acceleration so that you can park as quickly or as slowly as you like. In 2017 Land Rover vehicles such as the 2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport, there are three Park Assist modes: Parallel Park, Perpendicular Park, and Park Exit.
In order to activate the Park Assist feature, all you need to do is slow down to under 18 miles per hour, and it will activate automatically. Alternatively, you can simply press the Park Assist button on the dashboard to activate the system.
To see the Park Assist system in action, test drive a Land Rover car here at Land Rover Northfield.