O. M. G. Lordy Lordy!
I'm renaming this as the "Launch Control" device! (Electronic Handbrake)



Who would have imagined a 2 ton vehicle could accelerate from a standstill so quickly😱
No lag just "launch", amazing!
OMG I better try "Sport" mode - Holly Batman!!!!
I'm guessing the turbo has just enough time to spool before the handbrake releases and 420 Nm is available instantly
Thanks to Taztastic bringing this to my attention in one of his replies  MY15
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If its a '2 tone' vehicle that must be 'the selecter'  FL2 Metropolis, Loire Blue, ebony/ivory

Opps! I'm still in shock!  MY15
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I'll blame auto correct for that!  MY15
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Have I missed something roads that bad that you never drive with special programmes off  MY14 Kahn Converted Dynamic - Fuji White Ebony/Pimento Interior
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MY17 RRS SVR - Estoril Blue Cirrus/Ebony 🪣💺’s

I spelt "Ton" "tone" well the phone did!
I'm referring to the Electronic Handbrake

 MY15
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are you leaving little black marks all over Perth now

no! But an SS Commodore Drivers jaw dropped as I left him for dead at the lights. Wasn't sure who was more shocked, him or me, may have to take a Valium me thinks!
It's even more fun in the wet watching "Bogans" in their RWD hoon mobiles struggling for grip, if we only got a bit more wet stuff! Have to try "Launch Control" in the wet, amazing! MY15
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OK,

So how do you do it, hold the handbrake switch up whilst pressing the throttle and pushing down to release?

You need to try the petrol version. To date I have only ever tried the car in standard auto and it takes off like a rocket if needed.

'While Land Rover’s official figure for the 0-100kmh sprint is a respectable 8.8 seconds, it feels quicker than that. We timed it for several runs using our stopwatch and it cracked the 100kmh mark in just 7.96 seconds. Consistently. Maximum torque comes in at just 1750rpm, making it almost diesel-like in its delivery.' (from The Motor Report review) Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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If you want to experience real Launch Control try it on a Porsche 911 with a pdk gearbox. I did it with an instructor, left foot on the brake. rev the engine to 7000 rpm and take your foot off the brake. You can get up to about 100mph and stop again in about 10 seconds. I did it once and felt physically sick and had to get out of the car in case I threw up. How the F1 guys cope with faster than this it I can't imagine. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Dont do it on a manual you will launch the clutch

Spatch wrote:

OK,

So how do you do it, hold the handbrake switch up whilst pressing the throttle and pushing down to release?

Cheers, will be giving that a try.

Drive along gently at 20kmh and with your left foot gently touch the brake pedal, not enough to apply the brakes, you will feel the car slow and the engine die, applying the brakes, or more rightly the electronic signal received from the switch cuts the engine torque to allow 'better' braking.
When sat at the lights, as Stuart says, the gearbox is de coupled and the engine torque cut, lift off the pedal and floor it and there is a delay as all the other things have to happen first, with the EPB deployed the engine is 'torqued up' and held against the brakes, floor it and fly