danrhiggins
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You can fit 24" rims under the current model Sport or Range Rover if you try hard enough (and find rubber band tires to match), so I don't know how telling it is that the concepts sports 23" alloys. Concepts always wear humongous rims for effect.
The tech does sound pretty amazing, and if 50% of it makes it on the final model (and it works...), that would catapult Land Rover from also-ran to the forefront of automotive technology. I mean, a remote controlled car? Unreal. Could I just send the car to pick up my kids from school and stay home?
I like the idea of the rear suicide doors as I imagine it would make access to the rear seats easier. But, just like the big rims, those doors usually appear on concept cars and disappear from production vehicles. Don't know why. We'll see!
These things do come from the country that brought us James Bond and Harrier jump jets. Maybe we can use the lasers to simply eliminate obstacles. And maybe those 23" wheels will retract so we can go under water. Or maybe turn into turbofans so we can float over water or obstacles. (Brings a whole new meaning to air suspension.)