{"id":9380,"date":"2021-01-20T10:18:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T09:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/?p=9380"},"modified":"2021-01-20T10:18:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T09:18:56","slug":"land-rovers-clearsight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2021\/01\/20\/land-rovers-clearsight\/","title":{"rendered":"Does it work? Land Rover\u2019s ClearSight handy X-ray vision tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

For serious off-road drivers, it\u2019s all part of the \u2018fun\u2019. When the going gets tough and\/or tight, you stay in the car and send forth your plucky mate\/spouse\/underling to see you through, whether it\u2019s threading the car between tree trunks, guiding you at a snail\u2019s pace through a boulder field or seeing you into the multi-storey car park without kerbing a wheel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But such shenanigans aren\u2019t so appealing for the rest of us, hence Land Rover\u2019s ClearSight Ground View system, which debuted a couple of years ago in the Mk2 Evoque. Similar systems are also available elsewhere \u2013 we\u2019ve been off-road in the revised Bentayga, which helps in much the same way when you\u2019re nosing your \u00a3150k SUV into blind oblivion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Land Rover system simply takes camera feeds from the two door mirrors and another in the front grille and, with a bit of clever editing, stitches them together to show a virtual image of the terrain in front of the car on the main infotainment screen. Index lines then denote the corners of the car, for your reference, and the front wheels are ghosted in to help you place them (as per the screenshot, right). You can also add individual views of the outer faces of each front wheel, which is extremely handy in tight off-road going \u2013 and the aforementioned multi-storey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That was the Evoque system. ClearSight Ground View is also available on the new Defender, and brings more functionality. Activate the system by hitting the parking camera on the infotainment screen. \u2018On Road\u2019 gives a bird\u2019s-eye view and a view ahead from a low vantage point; \u2018Off-Road\u2019 gives a viewpoint with two ghosted-in front wheels and a graphic displaying nerdy stuff like the position of each wheel within its suspension stroke and whether your two differentials are running open or locked up; \u2018Towing\u2019 lets you keep an eye on that errant trailer of yours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ClearSight Rear View Mirror (a \u00a3525 option on the most basic of Defenders) uses the same idea \u2013 cameras to remove physical obstructions to handy lines of sight \u2013 to ensure your rear-view mirror is never full of something useless, like a boot loaded to the roof with stuff or the bored facial features of a passenger in the middle of the second row.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buttons on the underside of the mirror let you switch between the actual mirror and the ClearSight camera feed which, being digital, takes a moment to adjust to when you glance at it, but works well in delivering a clear view of the world behind you and your Land Rover.<\/span><\/p>\n

Does it work?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Yes. Both systems work well, with Ground View proving particularly useful off-road, not least when climbing steep slopes that leave the windscreen full of nothing but sky. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Land Rover ClearSight: how it works<\/span><\/h2>\n

1) Choose a Land Rover<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"We<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve gone for a Defender 90. ClearSight Ground View is standard; Rear View Mirror is bundled with SE and HSE cars<\/span><\/p>\n

2) The world is revealed<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Land<\/span><\/p>\n

Click the button on the underside of the mirror to activate the ClearSight system \u2013 and the Ikea box vanishes\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3) Your invisible bonnet<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Ground<\/span><\/p>\n

Hit your parking camera button and choose Ground View mode to steer between those boulders<\/span><\/p>\n

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by Ben Miller<\/a><\/p>\n

The editor of CAR magazine, story-teller, average wheel count of three<\/p>\n

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Source: https:\/\/www.carmagazine.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For serious off-road drivers, it\u2019s all part of the \u2018fun\u2019. When the going gets tough and\/or tight, you stay in the car and send forth your plucky mate\/spouse\/underling to see you through, whether it\u2019s threading the car between tree trunks, guiding you at a snail\u2019s pace through a boulder field or seeing you into the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9382,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9380\/revisions\/9382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}