IT’S early Saturday morning, before first light in fact, and you’re in your new 4x4 heading off for a weekend in the bush. Once you meet up with your mates, the plan is to tackle some gnarly tracks on you way to a beaut camping site.
The tracks involved are interesting and demanding enough, but generally nothing too difficult. But this time it could be different as there’s been rain on and off for months so the ground conditions will be damp, if not wet, even if it’s not raining on this glorious dawning day.
If the track does get slippery and tricky it will come down to your tyres, the inherent off-road ability of your rig, most notably its ground clearance and wheel travel, and your driving skills. But you also won’t be alone as a whole team of chassis electronics engineers are along for the ride, even if they are not there in person. They are the people who have programmed your vehicle’s electronic traction and stability control and associated systems, and
