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BFGoodrich g-Force Sport COMP-2 UHP Sporty Tire
BFGoodrich g-Force Sport COMP-2 is an ultra-high performance tire for sporty vehicles. It was announced this January and hit the markets at the beginning of April to replace its predecessor, the BFGoodrich g-Force Sport. With the new model, the company enhances the older one and gets rid of its drawbacks.
The new technologies made it possible to increase dry traction by 8 per cent while wet traction was improved by as much as 30 per cent.
The tread picture includes a solid central rib for better course-keeping ability and its open-slotted shoulders ensure excellent grip during cornering in wet weather. Curved tread grooves remove water from under the tire’s footprint while creating numerous biting edges to provide for ultimate traction regardless road state and driving situation.
BFGoodrich g-Force Sport COMP-2 has a racing –inspired design, which is seen as well in its internal construction with nylon layers and in its sidewalls, the later featuring dedicated inserts to increase lateral stiffness by 40 per cent thus ensuring safe and predictable cornering.
The tire is available in 46 sizes to equip wheel with 15 to 20 in rim diameter. New 12 sizes are scheduled to be launched in September. It is a great choice for those who own such vehicles as Dodge Challengers, Chevy Camaros, Volkswagen Golf GTIs and Subaru Impreza STIs.
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.
Bridgestone Launches New Potenza RE-11S Type RH Semi-Slick Tires in Japan
On the 15th of December Bridgestone unveiled their new tire for the Japanese market. The tires called Potenza RE-11S Type RH are intended for use on a racing track and feature semi-slick tread design.
The new tire comes to replace Bridgestone RE-11S Type RS model from 2008 lineup and differs from its predecessor in the 3D Seamless Stealth innovative technology the company equips it with.
The 3D Seamless Stealth technology is used for Formula 1 tires. It presupposes a special tread picture with three-dimensional grooves arranged in such a way so as to optimize tire stiffness during cornering as well as provide for excellent lateral traction. At the same time the technology enhances grip in the wet.
Bridgestone started its Potenza tire lineup in 1979 with the Potenza RE47 model and since then the lineup has been offering renowned high-quality tires for powerful sporty passenger cars and sport utility vehicles. The Potenza tires are constantly enhanced with innovative technologies that include the ones worked out as a result of the company’s experience in auto sport.
Kumho Ecsta SPT KU31 Colored Smoke Racing Tire
Kumho Ecsta SPT KU31 Colored Smoke is a specially designed racing tire for drifting and dragging competitions. The original model was unveiled in 2005 while now the tire is updated with a “colored smoke” version that adds a flow of beauty to racing track experience.
The tire produces smoke of a definite color to your choice, which is achieved thanks to a special dye element in the structure of its rubber compound. As you drive over a hot racing track at a high speed the colored smoke is emitted into the atmosphere to make races more spectacular.
The tire’s directional tread picture ensures efficient water drainage from under the contact patch area and, hence, excellent hydroplaning resistance, which results in reliable high-speed handling even on wet road surfaces. Stiff ribs on shoulders as well as three circumferential ribs in the central tread area provide for superb driver-wheel feedback. In the end you get safe high-speed maneuvering as well as dynamic speeding up and braking performance.
The color of the smoke is indicated on the tire’s sidewalls with the help of a dedicated marking. The smoke is red for all the tires sizes from 15 to 18 while 255/40R17 tires can as well be yellow or blue.
Unfortunately, this bright Kumho tire is not intended for use on standard roads as the smoke leaves sticky marks on your vehicle’s body, on the wheels and so on.
The dyer fades away as the tire wears; the process goes faster in the wet. At the same time, it tends to gradually disappear in case you keep the tire stored for a long time.
Hankook Unveils the New Ventus S1 evo2 Tire in Frankfurt
Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 is an innovative steet racing tire created especially for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters tournament. The tire offers excellent blend of stable wet and dry traction and complies with European tire legislation for 2012.
The tire is made under the company’s Multi Tread Radius (MRT) technology that helps create the unique contact patch shape to reduce the risk of hydroplaning as well as to help evenly distribute load over the footprint. All these provides for a firm grip in both dry and wet conditions coupled with reliable high-speed handling.
The innovative three-layer construction in conjunction with staggered block arrangement on a central rib ensures the tire’s stable performance and a firm grip during the entire life span.
Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 was compounded with the inclusion of silica elements as well as high-tech polymers into its structure to enhance wet traction while at the same time it reduces rolling resistance thus providing for your vehicle’s lower fuel consumption.
There’re dedicated “fins” in the grooves and two-step deepenings along outer shoulder blocks to prevent from heat buildup. It prolongs the tire’s life span as well as adds to driver comfort.
Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 belongs to ultra-high performance premium-class tire segment. It will be available this spring (2012) to fit 17-19-inch wheel rims. The tire’s designed for high-performance compact passenger cars as well as lux and sporty vehicles.
Pirelli PZero Silver Highway Tire for Sporty Vehicles
Pirelli launches the new Pzero tire created under the innovative technologies used by the company for Formula 1 tires. It suits mounting on sporty sedans and coups and delivers excellent handling even after being used for a long time. The tire will be available in spring 2012 in a limited quantity.
The tire is a result of elaborate mathematical calculations and computer simulation techniques that allow for predicting the future tire’s behavior already on initial stages of its development. The same technologies were used by Pirelli for F1 tires that managed to cope with all the 20 racing tracks in different weather conditions.
Pirelli PZero borrows rubber compound and casing construction from Pirelli F1 tires. The tire is made in Italy, at Settimo Torinese where F1 rubber compound is being produced. The tire is subject to the strictest control of end product quality maintained by the Mirs automated system.
The PZero Silver is made from stiff and durable rubber compound while the tire’s innovative design makes it combine the features of stiff and soft ones, which ensures reliable handling, excellent steering precision during cornering as well as safe and effective braking.
At the same time, the tire shows low rolling resistance, which reduces the vehicle’s fuel consumption and hence lowers the amount of harmful emissions into the atmosphere.
Yokohama Parada Spec 2 High-Speed Summer Tire
Yokohama Parada Spec 2 is a summer tire designed specially for crazy street races and for anyone who loves high-speed driving. It delivers excellent traction and handling on both wet and dry roads as well as shows a short braking distance and a long life span.
The tire is made from silica-based rubber compound that enhances traction during speeding up and braking operations thanks to the increased contact patch shape.
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The tire’s tread picture includes a circumferential groove in a central tread area and numerous spiral S-shaped drainage grooves that effectively pump water out of the contact patch area. The angle of their direction enhances road-wheel contact on wet road surfaces. At the same time, variable tread depth helps achieve reliable handling anytime.
Reinforced sidewalls increase the tire’s load capacity and make it possible to develop high speeds with the tire and stay away from tire deformation. There’s also a special rim protector that helps avoid lateral tire damage.
Yokohama Parada Spec 2 is a perfect match for tuned cars thanks to its low profile design. It is available in various sizes (up to 19 inches) and features Z, ZW and ZY (up to 186 mph) speed ratings.
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A Summer Tire Equips Citroen DS3 Racing Vehicles
Bridgestone Potenza RE050A summer tire is chosen as Original Equipment for Citroen DS3 Racing premium-class vehicle line-up. Citroen selects this tire thanks to its excellent performance in all respects and believes that it is the right tire that can cope with 200-horsepower engine of the DS3 Racing.
The tire features an asymmetric tread picture to provide for balanced dynamic performance, predictable handling, precise steering response and a high level of safety on wet road surfaces.
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Wide and deep circumferential grooves enhance wet handling while special hydro-evacuating tread blocks ensure quick and efficient water removal from under the footprint area, which significantly reduces the risk of hydroplaning even on a thick water film.
The tread picture also includes stiff tread blocks that grant you an excellent control over your vehicle during braking and a continuous rib in a central tread area stabilizes straight-line driving.
All these features have been already praised by European journalists that conducted test-drives of the new Citroen. For instance, the French “Sport Auto” magazine that tested the tire on dry roads in the south of country pointed out that the tire’s compound is so good that it practically eliminates the necessity of the ESR system.
The British “Car” has tested the Potenza RE050A in wet weather and came to a conclusion that the tire as if ignores rain and easily cut paddles thus ensuring exceptional lateral traction.
Hankook Ventus R-S3 Z222 Summer Tire for Sports Cars
Hankook Ventus R-S3 Z222 is a summer Extreme Performance tire designed specially for sports cars participating in various kinds of tracking events like races, rallies and drifting.
Hankook developers targeted at bridging the gap between special racing and street tires with this model by maximizing traction on dry asphalt surfaces. Being a summer tire, the Ventus R-S3 should not be used in winter time including snowy and icy roads as well as low-temperature conditions.
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The tire was compounded under the company’s Racing Carbonblack Silica Compound (RCSC) technology to enhance traction. The tire profile was improved as well, namely its contact patch was significantly increased.
Hankook Ventus R-S3 Z222 features directional tread pattern with notched ribs, a wide central rib and large blocks in the central tread area, which altogether provides for stable and predictable handling. There’re also wide circumferential grooves in central tread and narrow grooves in shoulder areas that in conjunction with numerous lateral grooves remove water from under footprint thus ensuring great traction in the wet.
On the inside the Ventus R-S3 Z222 is comprised of two steel belts reinforced by nylon to provide for the tire’s durability and excellent high-speed stability. A two-layer polyester cord body prevents sidewalls from deformation as well as enhances handling and adds to cornering stability.
Michelin Pilot Super Sport High-Speed Tire
Michelin Pilot Super Sport is an ultra high-speed tire that helps you derive maximum pleasure from driving while ensuring a highest level of safety even in extreme driving conditions. It is made in accordance with the company’s experience in racing business.
The tire succeeds the Pilot Sport PS2 previous model and offers enhanced handling and braking performance. Michelin specialists combined the two new technologies in it, namely Twaron materials in its inner construction, Bi-Compound tread and Variable Contact Patch 2.0 technology.
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All these technologies were worked out specially for “24-hour Le-Man” races and has proven to provide for exceptional durability. The result was approved of by most demanding manufacturers of high-speed cars, like Porsche, BMW and Ferrari and speaks in favor of the fact that the new tire has surpassed its predecessor.
The Pilot Super Sport is a reflection of Michelin strategy in the sphere of sports tire production. It has a balanced performance and successfully combined different parameters. In delivers maximum safety in toughest driving situations and provides for predictable high-speed maneuvering. Its exceptional durability has become possible to achieve thanks to unparallel investments into research work.