Aton Impulse Viking 2992: the definitive off-road

Extreme off-road expeditions have to face many different obstacles: rocks, sand, mud, snow, ice, water. Tires, reducers, differentials, long-travel suspension … technical elements that help a greater or lesser extent, to overcome any such obstacles that arise along the way … until it comes time to cross an area of water.

If the depth is not very large, a sufficiently prepared TT exceed the stage with more or less difficulty. But if the wading is very deep, solutions must be found in elements that are not part of the equipment of the vehicle. Improvised bridges, log rafts, inflatable boats Camel Trophy style … unless driving a Viking IMPlus Aton 2992, an all-terrain at its best, as it has among its characteristics with the virtue of being amphibious.

They look great as a vehicle for expedition to reach the most remote places on the planet, although most customers are oil companies, mining, geological survey equipment and glaciology, and all those who need cars capable of penetrating to guarantees inhospitable and unexplored land away from civilization, regardless of whether they are covered by ice, snow, mud or filled with streams or lakes. Not to mention its potential as emergency and rescue vehicle, especially in flooded areas.

Its capabilities jackets have little to envy of tracked vehicles, thanks largely to his tremendous tire measures 1300 mm x 600 mm x 533 mm to give an angle of attack of 45 degrees and an output of 51 degrees and which transmit very low pressure area. This allows you to move easily through the snow and not damage sensitive soils in their wake.