{"id":6422,"date":"2014-07-15T14:14:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T14:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=6422"},"modified":"2014-07-15T14:19:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T14:19:56","slug":"crosswind-assist-now-standard-on-more-sprinter-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/6422","title":{"rendered":"Crosswind Assist now standard on more Sprinter models"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Crosswind

The Crosswind Assist system uses ESP-controlled braking on individual wheels to counteract the affect of sudden guests of wind and keep the vehicle stable<\/p><\/div>\n

Mercedes-Benz has increased the number of\u00a0Sprinter variants to which the firm’s Crosswind\u00a0Assist system is fitted as standard.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Sprinter 3.5t Panel van, the innovative Crosswind Assist is now available as standard for 3.5t Chassis Cab variants.<\/p>\n

In addition, the system is also part of the standard specification for the 3.0t Sprinter Panel van, short wheelbase models and super-high roof variants, as well as the firm’s 4×4 Sprinter models.<\/p>\n

The system made its debut in the large van segment when the award-winning<\/a>\u00a0new Sprinter was launched<\/a>, last year. The focus was initially on the most common variants, but now the innovative safety system is also part of the standard equipment for many additional variants.<\/p>\n

Mercedes says that the system has been retested specifically for each chassis cab variant, because dropside chassis cab variants usually offer a much smaller \u2018attack\u2019 surface for side wind gusts than panel vans and luton box bodies.<\/p>\n

Crosswind Assist also takes into account parameters such as vehicle speed, vehicle load and steering characteristics, and is one of five new safety systems with which the Sprinter advanced into a completely new dimension of safety technology in the van segment.<\/p>\n

Its sensors detect forces acting on the vehicle through side wind gusts \u2013 be it on a bridge or when overtaking a truck, and are activated from a speed of 50 mph. Through a brake actuation via ESP\u00a0at the wheels of the vehicle side facing the wind, a yaw motion develops and counteracts the side wind interference, helping to keep the vehicle travelling in a straight line,\u00a0rather than weaving around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mercedes-Benz has widened the range of Sprinter variants to which Crosswind Assist is fitted as standard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1738,157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6422"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6430,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6422\/revisions\/6430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}