Video.. Land Rover Discovery pull a 121-ton 'road train'

 

Land Rover has introduced a new challenge to show the strength of its four-wheel drive systems. And this time the challenge champion was a Discovery car in Australia.

 

In order to show off the capability of its diesel-equipped Discovery SUV, and to announce the introduction of the Discovery's 2018 model year, Land Rover hooked it up to the aforementioned 328-foot-long road train and towed it 9.9 miles on a closed section of highway in Australia's Northern Territory. The weight of what discovery was able to tow was over 110 tons.

 

Discovery was able to meet the challenge with its 3.0-liter V6 diesel engine with a power of 254 hp and a torque of 600 Nm. The engine is connected to an 8-speed automatic transmission and a 4WD system.

 

Land Rover isn't the only automaker towing ridiculous things. Earlier this year, Porsche's 2018 Cayenne towed an Airbus A380 -- weighing some 628,000 pounds -- earning a Guinness World Record in the process.

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