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Tame the Road - Hankook Tire

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Brochure<br />

Aquaplaning<br />

aquaplaning speed in km/h<br />

Pirelli 87,6<br />

dunlop 83,9<br />

bridgestone 82,8<br />

Continental 82,3<br />

hankook 82,3<br />

Nokian 81,7<br />

Kumho 81,2<br />

firestone 80,7<br />

Michelin 80,3<br />

Michelin environment-friendly tire 77,0<br />

goodyear four-season tire 76,3<br />

apollo 73,6<br />

Pirelli P7 has shown a high standard in<br />

aquaplaning and front wheel rode <strong>the</strong> water<br />

at <strong>the</strong> speed of 88km/h. indian-made apollo<br />

acelere sportz fell behind as much as<br />

14km/h.<br />

Braking<br />

bremsweg (trocken) aus 100 km/h in Meters<br />

Continental 36,8<br />

hankook 37,1<br />

bridgestone 37,2<br />

Nokian 37,5<br />

dunlop 37,8<br />

Michelin 38,3<br />

Pirelli 38,5<br />

We measured distances at <strong>the</strong> time of<br />

sudden brake at <strong>the</strong> stop line. Our golf<br />

equipped with Continental, hankook and<br />

bridgestone stopped asafely. for<br />

moderately-priced apollo it had to take a<br />

risk of a little longer slipping distance. fourseason<br />

tire of goodyear also slipped<br />

unignorable distance.<br />

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<strong>Tire</strong> TesT 12 suMMer <strong>Tire</strong>s iN 205/55 r 16 size: LisTed iN The Order Of QuaLiTy<br />

74 78 82 86<br />

Michelin environment-friendly tire 39,0<br />

firestone 39,3<br />

Kumho 39,4<br />

apollo 42,0<br />

goodyear four-season tire 44,1<br />

37 39 41<br />

corner-aquaplaning<br />

Corner aquaplaning, average side acceleration in m/sz<br />

Continental 3,61<br />

Pirelli 3,57<br />

bridgestone 3,53<br />

hankook 3,52<br />

dunlop 3,35<br />

Michelin 3,34<br />

Kumho 3,33<br />

Michelin environment-friendly tire 3,33<br />

firestone 3,31<br />

Nokian 3,20<br />

goodyear four-season tire 3,01<br />

apollo 2,90<br />

3,0 3,2 3,4 3,6<br />

Pirelli also provided <strong>the</strong> best safety toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />

with Continental Premium Contact in corner<br />

aquaplaning. four-season tire of goodyear<br />

and <strong>the</strong> indian-made product showed <strong>the</strong><br />

result of ‚satisfactory‘ level.<br />

handling<br />

handling, average speed in km/h<br />

bridgestone 98,2<br />

dunlop 98,1<br />

Michelin environment-friendly tire 98,0<br />

Michelin 97,9<br />

Continental 97,9<br />

hankook 97,6<br />

Pirelli 97,2<br />

Nokian 97,1<br />

Kumho 97,0<br />

firestone 96,9<br />

goodyear four-season tire 96,8<br />

apollo 96,3<br />

96,5 97,0 97,5 98,0<br />

handling<br />

handling, average speed in km/h<br />

Pirelli 81,1<br />

Nokian 81,0<br />

dunlop 80,9<br />

bridgestone 80,6<br />

Continental 80,1<br />

hankook 80,1<br />

firestone 79,9<br />

Kumho 79,5<br />

Michelin 79,5<br />

Michelin environment-friendly tire 79,4<br />

goodyear four-season tire 77,6<br />

apollo 77,0<br />

When equipped with bridgestone<br />

Turanza er 300, test golf traveled <strong>the</strong><br />

circuit at <strong>the</strong> fastest speed and also<br />

won <strong>the</strong> greatest sympathy in <strong>the</strong><br />

subjective assessment. On <strong>the</strong><br />

indian-made apollo tire, curve<br />

dynamics of golf fell behind and<br />

corner steering was not good.<br />

78 79 80 81<br />

16 inch tires of Pirelli, Nokian, dunlop<br />

and bridgestone made a strong<br />

impression on <strong>the</strong> slippery water.<br />

These wet specialists also got<br />

additional points in <strong>the</strong> subjective<br />

assessment of handling and driving<br />

dynamics apart from short lap<br />

times.<br />

rolling resistance<br />

rollwiderstandsbeiwert in Cr<br />

Michelin environment-friendly tire 0,939<br />

Michelin 1,067<br />

goodyear four-season tire 1,073<br />

Continental 1,087<br />

hankook 1,108<br />

Nokian 1,117<br />

bridgestone 1,117<br />

firestone 1,143<br />

apollo 1,158<br />

Kumho 1,201<br />

Pirelli 1,205<br />

dunlop 1,227<br />

1,05 1,10 1,15 1,20<br />

Michelin energy saver was proved to be a<br />

master of fuel saving as expected. at a<br />

guess, about 1% of fuel consumption<br />

decreases for each 5% of rolling resistance<br />

reduction. The fuel-saving rate of dunlop<br />

is about 5%.<br />

Traveling noise<br />

circuit traveling<br />

Traveling noise at <strong>the</strong> speed of 50 and 80 in db(a)<br />

Kumho 64,3<br />

There were no great differences in traveling<br />

noise measured at <strong>the</strong> outside of <strong>the</strong> car. a<br />

driver with sensitive ears could perceive<br />

<strong>the</strong>se minute differences within <strong>the</strong> car. 2<br />

whispering Korean-made tires were <strong>the</strong><br />

least stressful to <strong>the</strong> auditory canal.<br />

Lap time in seconds<br />

bridgestone 11,79<br />

Continental 11,83<br />

Pirelli 11,88<br />

dunlop 11,89<br />

Kumho 11,90<br />

hankook 11,91<br />

Michelin 11,91<br />

Nokian 11,91<br />

Michelin environment-friendly tire 11,98<br />

firestone 12,01<br />

apollo 12,12<br />

goodyear four-season tire 12,20<br />

11,8 12,0 12,2<br />

We measured basic grip limits on <strong>the</strong> wet<br />

surface shown by test participants through<br />

<strong>the</strong> circuit traveling. bridgestone Turanza<br />

er 300 and Continental Premium Contact<br />

won <strong>the</strong> first place and apollo and fourseason<br />

tire of goodyear did not keep pace<br />

with o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />

Komfort<br />

1+ 1 1– 2+ 2 2– 3+ 3 3– 4+ 4 4– 5+ 5 5– Color-specific score four-season tire fuel-saving tire<br />

70,7<br />

hankook 64,3 70,9<br />

Nokian 64,9<br />

apollo 64,4<br />

Continental 65,1<br />

dunlop 64,9<br />

Michelin 64,8<br />

bridgestone 65,4<br />

firestone 65,4<br />

Michelin environment-friendly tire<br />

goodyear four-season tire<br />

Pirelli 66,3<br />

71,1<br />

71,8<br />

71,1<br />

71,8<br />

71,9<br />

71,6<br />

71,7<br />

72,1<br />

73,5<br />

73,2<br />

64 67 70 73<br />

Braking<br />

relatively high side of 16 inch<br />

tires amazingly relieves <strong>the</strong><br />

unevenness of road surface.<br />

Goodyear recalled<br />

test tires with low<br />

grip<br />

goodyear‘s new product,<br />

efficientgrip was tested toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />

and outshined <strong>the</strong> existing fuelsaving<br />

tires in <strong>the</strong> measurement of<br />

rolling resistance. but, on <strong>the</strong> wet<br />

surface test it was greatly<br />

disappointing. grip was insufficient.<br />

goodyear recalled <strong>the</strong> product and<br />

improved one will come out.<br />

braking distance (on wet surface) at 100km/h in meters<br />

Pirelli 50,5<br />

Nokian 51,8<br />

hankook 52,9<br />

dunlop 53,4<br />

Continental 53,9<br />

bridgestone 54,2<br />

firestone 55,3<br />

Michelin 55,5<br />

Kumho 55,8<br />

goodyear four-season tire 56,1<br />

Michelin environment-friendly tire 58,1<br />

apollo 65,8<br />

51 53 55 57<br />

Pirelli P7 first stopped at <strong>the</strong> time of sudden<br />

brake and goodyear four-season tire and<br />

Michelin energy saver showed longer<br />

braking distances. indian-made apollo<br />

slipped 15m longer than Pirelli.<br />

Continental and bridgestone<br />

provided <strong>the</strong> most comfortable<br />

feelings.<br />

Problem revealed on wet<br />

surface:goodyear efficientgrip<br />

fOTOs: T. bader, u. sONNTag (1), hersTeLLer (1)<br />

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