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Dunlop Sport Maxx Race Summer Tire for Sports Cars
Together with the Dunlop Sport Maxx RT, the company has unveiled the Sport Maxx Race on a racing track of Ascari Race Resort. Both tires belong to the company’s Ultra-High Performance segment and has already proven to deliver truly sporty handling.
Both tires were tested on Spanish roads first and were shown later on in Ascari. The public really enjoyed he show thanks to the choice of cars that match these superb tires. They were mounted on such vehicles as Mercedes C63 AMG Black Series, Audi TT and R8, as well as BMW Z4.
Dunlop Sport Maxx Race summer tire offers excellent dry traction. Its rubber compound includes the polymers typically used for sporty tires as well as special softeners to enhance grip. The compound can also adapt to various weather conditions and different types of road surfaces.
The tire’s tread picture includes four wide circumferential grooves to cut water film while lateral grooves further reduce the risk of hydroplaning by evacuating water from under the tire’s footprint.
On the inside, the tire features hybrid belts with aramid layers. Aramid is an exceptionally durable and heat-resistant material used as well for making planes and space ships.
Dunlop Sport Maxx Race is an excellent sporty tire. It is one of the racing tires that can be also used on standard public roads.
Dunlop Sport Maxx RT High Performance Summer Tire
Dunlop Sport Maxx RT is a new summer tire with ultra-high performance. The tire is designed for daily use with sporty passenger cars and equips them with racing-like handling and an excellent balance between sporty operation and practical purpose.
During the tire development Dunlop aimed at high-quality traction so it used racing compound for it. There’re special polymers in the structure of its compound to help the tire adapt to various road irregularities and deliver a firm grip regardless of road conditions.
Dunlop Sport Maxx RT compound is molded into an asymmetrical tread picture with large shoulder blocks and peculiarly shaped ribs to ensure enhanced stiffness during lateral loads, which improves cornering grip.
The tire features plain sidewalls with aerodynamic design and “engraved” lettering to reduce aerodynamic resistance. At the same time, the tire has a lightweight construction, which lowers rolling resistance and optimizes your vehicle’s fuel consumption as well as minimizes heat buildup.
Dunlop Sport Maxx RT has undergone a series of TÜV SÜD independent tests that showed a 7 per cent shorter braking distance than that of its closest rivals. Its rolling resistance, in its turn, is 11 per cent lower.
The tire will be available with 16-, 17- and 18-inch rim diameters. Its target group is luxurious sport cars from Audi, Maserati, BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes AMG, etc.
Dunlop Ice Touch Studded Winter Tire
Dunlop Ice Touch is a new winter tire designed specially for severe Nordic climate. It is the best choice for Northern Europe and matches wintertime weather conditions in Sweden, Finland and Baltic countries.
The tire belongs to the latest generation of studded tires and delivers stable handling on various road surfaces including black ice, deep slush as well as dry asphalt. The tire endures sub-freezing temperatures well thanks to special elements in the structure of its rubber compound that help it remain soft and resilient.
Dunlop Ice Touch was worked under the same technologies as the new Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice Arctic and features numerous biting edges to ensure a firm grip on ice and snow. The sipes are arranged in such a way so as to improve traction in all directions. There’re also special snow catchers that enhance traction in deep snow.
The tire’s tread picture also features a wide central rib that increases footprint for dynamic speeding up as well as efficient braking. You can also see deep circumferential grooves there designed to evacuate water and slush from under the contact patch area.
Dunlop Ice Touch is housed into a lightweight casing, which lowers its rolling resistance to reduce your vehicle’s fuel consumption and minimize CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
Dunlop SP Sport 270 Summer Tire for Passenger Cars
Dunlop SP Sport 270 is a passenger summer tire for premium-class vehicles. It’s created specially for those who value safe high-speed driving most and often comes as Original Equipment with a number of Japanese vehicles.
The tire is designed with the help of the latest computer simulation technologies that help engineers model every possible road situation and optimize the tire’s performance to it. Its prototypes were as well tested on devices resembling treadmills that can imitate practically any road surface. It results is the tire that guarantees ultimate safety regardless of speed and weather.
Dunlop SP Sport 270 is made from innovative rubber compound to optimize dry and wet traction while providing for long wear and even abrasion. Provided that the tire isn’t loaded by frequent sharp speeding up and braking operations, it can live rather a long life on your vehicle.
Dunlop developers have also done their best to ensure smooth and comfortable running with this tire. It delivers low-noise operation and great acoustic comfort.
Dunlop SP Sport 270 offers an excellent price / quality ratio and helps you stay on a safe side even in foul weather on a thick water film.
Sumitomo Unveiles a Series of New Tires at Tokyo Auto Show
The visitors of Tokyo Auto Show were lucky to see new tires from different tire makers. One of them, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. unveiled there a concept tire made from natural non-oil materials as well as several new tires.
In 2001 Sumitomo became excluding “black gold” from itsindusrty. By 2005 the amount of oil products in its rubber compound was reduced by 30 per cent and the world saw the Dunlop Enasave 70 tire. Three years later there came the Dunlop Enasave 97 tire that was compounded from non-oil materials and included 97 per cent of them.
After that Sumitomo was doing a pofound research to find out alternative sources of three materials, namely antioxidants, vulcanization fasteners and technical carbon. The fist two ones are made now from biomass that is as durable as standard materials, so the tires resist abrasion well.
Technical carbon is traditionally derived from oil and coal while now it’s made from the same biomass, which in the end allowed making the tire totally from natural materials and exclude oil from production cycles.
Now Sumitomo tests the new tire durability and thinks of putting new concept tire to mass production. The eco-friendly tire called the Enasave 100 is expected to hit the markets in 2013.
At the same time, the company unveiled the new Dunlop Enasave Premium tire that got an AAA mark for its low rolling resistance. It is compounded under the 4D Nano design technology while its rolling resistance was reduced by 6 per cent in comparison to its predecessor. It shows good wet traction as well.
Sumitomo also showed off new commercial tires, the Dunlop Enasave VAN01 and Enasave SP LT38, both featuring enhanced fuel efficiency. The tires will be available this year (2012).
Dunlop SP Sport 4000 Summer Tire for Sporty Cars
Dunlop SP Sport 4000 is a summer tire for sports-like passenger vehicles. It is one of the best tires in its class and complies with strictest European legislation in terms of safety and comfort.
The tire delivers excellent performance thanks to its separated tread pattern. The non-standard arrangement of drainage grooves provides for reliable traction on wet road surfaces thanks to their ability to quickly and efficiently evacuate water from under the footprint area.
Dunlop SP Sport 4000 is equipped with stiff central and lateral ribs as well as dedicated functional blocks, which helps it deliver superb course-keeping ability when either driving in a straight line or cornering. During cornering the tire precisely responses to wheel manipulations and is protected from lateral skidding well.
The tire benefits from Dunlop Twin Shift Noise Reduction system to ensure smooth and comfortable running with quiet operation. The system also protects your vehicle from hydroplaning on wet roads.
The tire is made from well-balanced rubber compound to resist outer damage as well as enhance driver and passenger comfort during high-speed driving. Its high-quality casing and durable construction, in turn, prolongs the tire’s life span.
Dunlop Sport SP601 Summer Tire for Sport Utility Vehicles
Dunlop Sport SP 601 is a summer tire for a wide range of four-wheel drive vehicles such as powerful passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, light trucks and minivans. It delivers an excellent blend of reliable handling and traction on both wet and dry road surfaces, a short braking distance and superb wear resistance.
The tire is also remarkable by its smooth and comfortable running coupled with low-noise operation. At the same time, it offers eco-friendly performance thanks to its low rolling resistance, which provides for your vehicle’s efficient fuel consumption. This not only contributes to environmental protection but also saves your money by reducing your expenses on fuel.
Dunlop Sport SP 601 tread was created with the help of computer modeling technologies to equip the tire with a number of innovations appeared in tire industry over the latest years. Its compound is molded into an asymmetrical tread picture with stiff ribs to enhance steering precision and three circumferential as well as numerous lateral grooves to provide for ultimate water drainage from under the footprint area. The latter is vital for your vehicle’s hydroplaning protection and its predictable performance in foul weather.
The tire’s made from high-tech rubber compound to ensure safe high-speed driving including sharp maneuvering, dynamic speeding up and efficient braking. The rubber is also resistant to uneven abrasion and wears slower than it would be otherwise possible.
Dunlop SP Winter Response Passenger Tire
Dunlop SP Winter Response is a frictional winter tire for compact and medium-duty passenger cars. The tire suits using in most severe wintertime conditions and easily handles snow- and ice-covered road surfaces as well as shows reliable operation under sub-freezing temperatures.
The tire compound molds into an asymmetrical tread picture to ensure maximum grip possible, which provides for excellent road-wheel contact even during high-speed driving.
The SP Winter Response benefits from Dunlop Touch Technology to deliver ultimate traction on slippery surfaces. It also ensures precise steering response and safe high-speed maneuvering in winter time.
The tire tread picture includes numerous sipes designed under the Multi Blade technology. There’re two different types of sipes that work together to provide for stable handling and a firm grip on snow. Sidewall siping enhance traction and reduce braking distance while the sipes in a central tread area prevent from lateral skidding, which is especially important on compact snow and black ice.
Dunlop SP Winter Response is a standard winter tire that comes to equip a wide range of passenger vehicles. It is available in 19 different sizes to satisfy customer demands.
Dunlop Grandtrek PT2A Summer Tire for Sport Utility Vehicles
Dunlop Grandtrek PT2A is a modern light truck for powerful sport utility vehicles. It features enhanced durability, excellent damage resistance and high load capacity. The tire is intended for summertime operation.
The tire is designed for use not only on asphalted highways and soil roads, but its main purpose is cross-country terrain, namely sand-, gravel- and mud-covered surfaces. That’s why the company uses durable racing rubber compound for it. It includes innovative elements that make the tire easily resist abrasion as well as guard it against lateral damage.
Another Dunlop innovation for the Grandtrek PT2A lies in the use of aramid fibers for it. Aramid improves sidewall durability while at the same time it enhances driving stability and steering precision.
The tire’s features a deep tread picture with wide longitudinal grooves and numerous diagonal drainage ones that altogether provide for efficient water evacuation out of the footprint area, which results into predictable wet traction and safe driving over water film.
Dunlop Grandtrek PT2A can successfully withstand temperature fluctuations. It was compounded in such a way so as to protect it from heat build-up in warm weather while on a cold day it retains all its operational features to the full extent, which is as well true for sub-freezing temperatures.
Dunlop SP Sport 01 All-Season Tire for Sporty Passenger Cars
Dunlop SP Sport 01 is an all-season passenger tire designed for sports car owners and high-speed lovers. It combines sporty performance and smooth running being at the same time safe and quiet.
Dunlop used its innovative technologies and precise calculations during the tire development to deliver a reliable product that outperforms its rivals in a number of respects. The SP Sport 01 suits using with powerful sporty vehicles, business-class cars as well as with lux vehicles.
The tire compound is molded into asymmetrical tread pattern optimized towards excellent road-holding ability and superb hydroplaning resistance. There’re deep drainage grooves and a system of special tread blocks to provide for instant water removal from under the footprint area, so that you needn’t slow down too much before entering paddles.
Outer tread is comprised of rectangular noise-cancelling blocks that help reduce road noise thus making the tire one of the quietest in its segment as well as absorb vibration to add comfort to your rides.
Dunlop SP Sport 01 is made from silica-based rubber compound to enhance traction in the wet as well as prolong the tire’s life span and reduce its rolling resistance. The latter results in your vehicles lower fuel consumption.