Auto Bild Tests 225/40 R 18 Summer Tires
On the threshold of the new season the Auto Bild magazine conducted their regular summer tire performance tests. This time they compared 225/40 R 18 tires, the size being standard for numerous sports cars and tuned vehicles. The tires were mounted on Mazda MPS.
The Auto Bild tested as many as 10 tires during these tests, namely Hankook Ventus S1 evo K107, Pirelli PZero, Continental ContiSportContact 3, Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric, Uniroyal Rainsport 2, Bridgestone Potenza S001, Dunlop SP Sport Maxx T, Michelin Pilot Sport 3, Falken Ziex ZE 912 and LingLong L688.
The best wet performance is shown by Hankook Ventus S1 evo and Goodyear F1 Asymmetric as their steering response is perfectly precise while their braking distance is exceptionally short. At the same time, the cheap Chinese LingLong tire disappointed the testers by its poor handling and rather a long braking distance. The affordable Falken tires also proved the fact that it’s better to decide in favor of a higher price tag than to compromise on safety.
The best dry handling is to be found with Pirelli PZero and Continental ContiSportContact 3. Uniroyal Rainsport 2 is not very good in this respect, but it is made designed specially for wet roads. Pirelli and Bridgestone deliver the shortest braking distance in the dry.
Uniroyal and Bridgestone provide for the best hydroplaning resistance in this group while LingLong shows the poorest wet performance despite its V-shaped tread pattern. Pirelli and Hankook deliver the shortest braking distance in the wet. Hankook and Goodyear show the safest maneuvering in the wet while Michelin and Falken would be slower in this respect.
You shouldn’t wait extra smooth ride from you sport utility vehicle, yet Bridgestone and Uniroyal tires absorb road irregularities comparatively well. The stiffest tires are LingLong and Falken. As to noise build-up, all the tires don’t differ much unless you have a sensitive ear.
To colclude with, it should be said that it is Hankook S1 evo and Pirelli PZero that were called the best tires as a result of the Auto Bild summer tire tests.
RainSport 2 Uniroyal Tires
RainSport 2 Uniroyal Tires is the last innovation of the perfect Uniroyal sport rain tires. The combination of safety, manageability and effective braking on the wet surface of the new tire demonstrates that there is no limit to the development of the rain tires. The new structure of slots and their V-shaped profile allows exporting the water effectively from the contact spot while the special composition with silica improves braking. The unique protector ribs design reduces the braking distance on the dry surfaces. The wear indicator on the arm signalizes about the wrong wheel placing that can appreciably reduce the tire life time. New RainSport 2 tire is available in 51 sizes with the approved maximal speed up to 300 kilometers an hour.
The high aquaplaning resistance
The new structure of slots hastens the water withdrawal from the contact spot. The innovated curved V-shaped protector rib provides additional protection from the aquaplaning as the pressure on the protector is strengthening from its centre to its sides. The even pressure distribution under the every protector block is another advantage of the curved protector picture elements.
Silica in the composition of protector shortens the braking distance on the wet surface
The special Uniroyal tires composition provides big security on the wet surface. Last generation Red-Hot Silica use improves cohesion that allows the protector to adapt to various types of the road surfaces.
The indicator for the life time increase
The wheel placing indicators allow increasing the life time of RainSport 2. They are located on the tire arms and consist of 3 cuts. If they are unevenly obliterated the wheel camber is wrong.
The Uniroyal RainSport 2 broad band
With the band of 51 sizes for the 14-19-inch diameter Uniroyal tires include the 93% segment of the High Performance class tires. They will be available with the width of 195-275 millimeters in the series from 55 to 30 with the speed index V, W and Y.
RainSport 2 Uniroyal tires are the freshest innovation of Uniroyal in the band of rain sport tires. The previous RTT 1, RTT 2 and Rainsport 1 models have just demonstrated the perfect combination of safety on the wet surfaces and god sport characteristics.
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