{"id":7177,"date":"2015-02-25T16:38:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T16:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7177"},"modified":"2015-02-25T16:38:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T16:38:41","slug":"small-van-big-grip-citroen-nemo-now-available-with-grip-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7177","title":{"rendered":"Small van, big grip: Citro\u00ebn Nemo now available with Grip Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7178\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7178\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/citroen-nemo-2-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Citro\u00ebn Nemo\" width=\"350\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/citroen-nemo-2-sm.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/citroen-nemo-2-sm-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/citroen-nemo-2-sm-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Citro\u00ebn Nemo is now available with a Grip Control pack<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Modern\u00a0traction control systems mean that old-school\u00a0mechanical diff locks and four-wheel drive systems are only really necessary on\u00a0serious off road vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers looking for a little more grip on\u00a0slippery\u00a0surfaces and soft-road conditions, such as unsurfaced tracks,\u00a0can choose to have a little extra electronic wizardry injected into their vehicles, instead.<\/p>\n<p>The principle is simple: regular traction control systems work by cutting power and\/or braking individual wheels when they sense that\u00a0one or more wheels has lost traction &#8212; is skidding or spinning.<\/p>\n<p>By extending this principle, traction control can be used to simulate the effect of a mechanical differential lock (a device that forces both wheels on an axle to rotate at the same speed). That&#8217;s the principle behind Grip Control,\u00a0a system that&#8217;s available as an option on a number of Peugeot and\u00a0Citro\u00ebn vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Citro\u00ebn announced today that a Grip Control option pack will now be available on its Nemo van.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Citro\u00ebn Nemo Grip Control pack will cost \u00a3630 +VAT and will include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intelligent Traction Control<\/li>\n<li>Raised suspension<\/li>\n<li>185\/65 R15 tyres<\/li>\n<li>Under engine protection tray<\/li>\n<li>Front &amp; rear mud flaps<\/li>\n<li>Door sill protection &amp; deeper side rubbing strips<\/li>\n<li>Washable cab floor covering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The resulting van should\u00a0be suitable for light off-road use &#8212; and if fitted with winter or all-season tyres, should\u00a0be awesome in snow and ice\u00a0conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Citro\u00ebn Nemo is now available with an optional Grip Control+ pack, making it suitable for light off-road use and for slippery on-road conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[120,279],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7177"}],"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=7177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7179,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7177\/revisions\/7179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}