Archive for the ‘All-Season Tires’ Category
Pirelli P2500 Euro All-Season Passenger Tire
Pirelli P2500 Euro is an excellent passenger tire with all-season operation. It offers reliable operation all the year round coupled with eco-friendly performance. The tire complies with strict European legislation to deliver a low level of noise, efficient fuel consumption and a long mileage, which altogether means reduced environmental pollution.
Technically, the tire ensures your independence from weather conditions. Its tread is suitable for driving over dry and wet pavements as well as over paddles, on muddy terrain and on snow.
The tire compound is molded into a directional tread picture to provide for outstanding hydroplaning resistance with the help of numerous lateral grooves that enable constant water and slush drainage from under the footprint area.
There you can also see a thick network of sipes in the central tread area, which in conjunction with special “winter” rubber compound ensures efficient traction on slippery surfaces like ice and snow as well as helps the tire easily resist sub-freezing temperatures. The sipes are equipped with sharp biting edges to provide for standing road-wheel contact. As a result, the Pirelli P2500 Euro was given an M+S marking to show its ability to successfully operate in mud and snow conditions.
The tread pattern helps the tire look modern and stylish, which makes it ideal footwear for compact and medium-duty passenger vehicles.
Hankook DH05 Radial Truck Tire
Hankook DH05 is a radial truck tire for mounting on a rear axle on your vehicle. It can be used all the year round thanks to its all-season tread picture. The tire is designed for regional and local cargo trafficking.
Hankook DH05 delivers reliable traction on asphalted highways where it can easily endure long-haul operations while at the same time it provides for a firm grip on local soil roads, in case you have to go for them instead of smooth asphalt.
The tire can adapt to various road surfaces and weather conditions. The tread is extra deep, which in conjunction with peculiarly-shaped blocks guarantees best performance level possible regardless of outboard conditions.
Hankook DH05 is equipped with powerful shoulder lugs to enhance traction and help tread elements clean themselves from mud and stones. Tread blocks are interconnected with the help of rubber bridges, which ensures even tread wear as well as reduce rolling resistance. The latter means your vehicle’s fuel-efficient operation and a lower level of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
The tire handles mid-distance driving well and won’t let you down in foul weather, showing excellent performance in the wet, on ice and snow.
Hankook Vantra LT RA18 Light Truck Commercial Tire
The new Nankook Vantra LT Ra 18 all-season light truck tire has been lately launched to equip vehicles for local cargo and passenger trafficking. It delivers exceptional durability, long life span and fuel efficiency as well as enhances safety, shortens braking distance and traction in the wet.
The innovative tire design includes sidewall protection from curb damage, optimized groove arrangement and a Durable Contact Patch, which ensures safe high-speed driving as well as minimizes tread wear and improve fuel efficiency by 13 per cent as compared to the previous model. Stiff blocks and a central rib help reduce noise level.
Hankook Vantra LT RA18 comes with a square contact patch. It features three wide circumferential grooves and a number of three-dimensional sipes to evacuate water from under the tire footprint thus preventing from hydroplaning and ensure predictable wet handling even in cold weather. The sipes also create sharp edges that allow for excellent grip on ice and snow.
On the inside, the tire is housed into twin steel belts, which increases durability by 12 per cent and lowers rolling resistance to guarantee superb fuel-efficiency, which is especially vital for commercial vehicles. Furthermore, the sidewalls are protected from damage in case of accidental curb hitting that happens rather frequently during in-city driving.
Continental ContiRT20 Performance Industrial Truck Tire
Continental ContiRT20 Performance is a durable industrial tire for heavy duty trucks. It is designed for use in tough working conditions and features increased load capacity alongside with excellent damage resistance.
The tire has already been tested and recommended by Italian CSP Prefabbricati SpA company that deals with the construction of concrete blocks, pillars, beams and panes and other building elements. Such things are exceptionally heavy, as a rule, and are transported on irregular roads with the company’s loaders.
The CSP representatives claim that the Continental ContiRT20 Performance is durable and reliable enough to cope with the company’s tasks. They offer long mileage, excellent price-quality ratio and superior traction.
The tire is designed for forklift loaders first and foremost. It features a deep tread picture to ensure firm grip on irregular roads and off the road and durable rubber compound that excellently resists abrasion and punctures. The tire is also equipped with TSR sealing ring to prevent from sudden air pressure loss.
On the inside, the Continental ContiRT20 Performance is based on a wide belt that in conjunction with a reinforced wire casing and reinforced shoulders to provide for maximum loading capacity. At the same time, the tire remains comfortable and delivers smooth running even on unstable road surfaces, which means excellent driver comfort and protects fragile cargo from damage.
Yokohama AVID ENVigor ZPS High-Performance Passenger Tire
Yokohama has lately launched the new premium-class tire for passenger cars. It’s the first tire from High-Performance segment to combine excellent all-season grip, superb acoustic comfort, reliable handling, eco-friendliness and a long life span.
The letter ZPS in the tire’s title translate as “Zero Pressure System.” This is the popular Run-Flat technology that helps you stay on the safe side I case of a picture and allow you go on driving for 50 miles at a speed of 50 mph.
The tire features unique sidewall shape to keep them stiff in case of pressure loss while special rubber compound minimizes heat let out, which also prevents from sidewall deformation. The AVID ENVigor ZPS is also equipped with the ZPS Bead wire to prevent the tire from demounting.
The tire’s rubber compound is enhanced by silica elements to reduce rolling resistance and lower your vehicle’s fuel consumption as well as improve wet performance and prolong mileage. Furthermore, tread blocks are arranged in such a way so as to minimize noise level.
There you can also see monoblock tread areas, slant grooves and weather-adaptive sipes, which results in truly all-season operation.
Yokohama AVID ENVigor ZPS appeared on the markets on the February 1st in five sizes. It matches such passenger vehicles as BMW 3- and 5-series, Lexus GS and SC, MINI Cooper, etc.
Kumho Solus KR21 Passenger All-Seasonr Tire
Kumho Solus KR21 is a premim-class all-season tire for various cars from sporty passenger cars and crossovers to powerful family sedans, minivans and vans. It succeeds Kumho 732 and Kumho 795 models and features exclusive tread pattern and revised internal construction to deliver excellent dry and wet handling coupled with durable handling and comfortable running.
The tire’s tread picture includes cross shoulder grooves to enhance snow traction and four wide circumferential grooves to effectively remove water and slush from under the contact patch area, which in the end prevent from hydroplaning while two wavy grooves in the central tread area further enhance traction on water film and on slush. There’re also three stiff ribs that improve your vehicle’s course-keeping ability.
Kumho Solus KR21 is optimized with the help of the company’s ESCOT technology that translates as “Excellent & Smart Contour Optimization Theory” and guarantees an excellent blend of handling and comfort thanks to the use of computer modeling during the tire development.
The tire is made from durable rubber compound that includes carbon elements to enhance wet and snow traction while ensuring a long life span and superb damage resistance. As a result, the company grants the tire a 85,000-mile warranty on tread wear.
Kumho Solus KR21 is available in 50 sizes to equip a number of modern vehicles and comes with T speed rating and higher.
Kumho Road Venture AT KL78 Light Truck Tire
Kumho Road Venture AT KL78 is an all-season tire for light trucks, sport utility vehicles, pickups and crossovers. It belongs to the company’s Road Venture AT lineup and has all the advanced features typical of latest generation tires.
The tire is designed for highway as well as off-road use and can easily adapt to various weather conditions while absorbing road irregularities. It delivers predictable handling and reliable grip anytime, which in conjunction with excellent durability, long mileage and low-noise operation makes it an ideal tire for your vehicle.
The tire’s tread picture includes longitudinal Z-shaped grooves that work in collaboration with numerous lateral grooves and sipes to ensure a firm grip in both on-road and off-the-road conditions. Deep and wide circumferential grooves, in their turn, quickly and efficiently evacuate water from under the contact patch area thus enhancing handling and reducing braking distance on wet surfaces. The grooves feature great self-cleaning ability, which helps the tread stay clean from snow and mud.
On the inside the Kumho Road Venture AT KL78 has durable steel belts and seamless nylon layers to safeguard the tire’s constant shape as well as improve its high-speed performance. The tire is made from damage-resistant rubber compound, which protects it from cuts and punctures even in toughest driving environment.
Yokohama Geolander SUV New Tire
Together with an eco-friendly BluEarth-A tire Yokohama has unveiled a new model for sport utility vehicles. The Geolander SUV tire will appear on the market in February 2012.
The company states in its press release that the type of cars the tire is designed for becomes more and more popular nowadays. So called “off-roaders” and sport utility vehicles can manage cross-country terrain but in the essence they are intended for use on city roads and highways.
The new Yokohama Geolandar SUV tire offers car owners unsurpassed comfort in combination with fuel efficient operation and a high level of driver and passenger safety.
The tire has low rolling resistance. It was reduced by 16 per cent as compared to Geolandar H/T-S G051. At the same time, the tire braking distance was shortened by 16 per cent while noise level appeared to be 21 per cent lower than that of the tire’s predecessor.
Yokohama Geolander SUV is branded with a “BluEarth” marking on its sidewall to indicate its eco-friendliness.
Bridgestone Duravis M700 HD Commercial Truck Tire
Bridgestone Duravis M700 HD is a commercial tire for trucks used in construction industry, for ambulance cars and similar vehicles. It delivers reliable traction on both asphalted roads and non-asphalted surfaces and offers excellent durability, wear-resistance and reliable operation in toughest working environment.
The tire features aggressive tread pattern with Z-shaped grooves and stepping block edges to ensure a firm grip in mud and snow conditions. In addition, the tire has reinforced sidewalls protected against lateral cuts and chips while an innovative casing construction prevents from stone penetration into the tire thus keeping tire body and steel belts away from damage.
Bridgestone Duravis M700 HD is made with the addition of special components into the structure of its rubber compound to enhance casing durability, which in conjunction with closed on tire shoulders helps it easily endure long-term loads. It eliminates uneven tread wear thus prolonging the tire life span. Such rubber compound is typical of extra-durable truck tires.
The tire excellently suits light trucks with increased loading capacity. It comes with E load rating in a wide range of sizes to equip a variety of dedicated vehicles.
Firestone FS400 Front Axle Truck Tire with All-Season Operation
Firestone FS400 is an all-season radial tire designed for long-haul trucks. It is intended for mounting on a front axle of your vehicle and suits inter-city as well as international cargo trafficking. The tire delivers excellent traction on both wet and dry asphalted highways while being extra durable and damage-resistant.
The tire is made from high-quality rubber that can manage long hauls well. It endures heat buildup well and excellently resists damage like chipping, cracking and tearing.
The tire’s peculiar tread picture is equipped with stone ejectors in a central tread area, which guards the tire against stone penetration inside it, which prolongs its life span as well as opens the way to several retreading operations when the tire is considerably worn. Retreadability is ensured by a durable casing as well and means that you get the same quality tire for less money, which not only saves your expenses but also helps protect the environment as less raw material is needed to make a new product.
The groove shape as well as their arrangement enhances even wear to increase the tire’s mileage.
Firestone FS400 benefits from the company’s Sound Barrier technology that reduces noise the tire generates on the road to make your rides quieter and more comfortable.