Comparing the braking distance of the tire, it's longer than 10m from China, so what's the first place?

Sep 05, 2024

Comparing the braking distance of the tire, it's longer than 10m from China, so what's the first place?
Continental Premium Contact 7. Photo Source=Continental Tire



When driving 80 kilometers per hour while the road surface is wet, the braking distance of low-cost tires made in China is up to 10 meters longer than other products.

The Daily Mail, a British media outlet, recently reported eight tire braking distance evaluations conducted by the famous car magazine 'What Car'.

The test was carried out with the Volkswagen SUV Tiguan 1.4 TSI gasoline, and the tires were carried out in the most popular size 235/55 R18.



The road environment was tested by dividing it into two types: 80km/h driving on wet roads and 100km/h driving on dry roads.

The best braking distance in the wet road experiment was Continental Premium Contact 7, which recorded 33.5m.



Hankook Tire Ventus S1 evo3 SUV (34.5m), Michelin Primercy 4+ (35.7m), and Yokohama Blue Earth XT AE61 (37.8m).

The longest braking distance was the Chinese-made GT Radial FE2 SUV, which was 43.9 meters. The same Chinese-made Triangle EffexSport TH202 ranked seventh among eight products at 40.7 meters.



The results were similar on dry roads.

Continental Premium Contact 7 had the shortest braking distance at 34.5m.

Hankook Tire Ventus S1 evo3 SUV (35.8m), Michelin Primercy 4+ (36.4m), and Firestone Roadhawk 2 (37.8m).

The Chinese-made GT Radial FE2 SUV and Triangle EffexSport TH202 ranked bottom with 39.6m and 39.2m, respectively.

Watka had a gap of more than 10 meters between the first and lowest tires"This could mean the difference between avoiding a collision in an emergency and having a terrible accident" However, considering that the price difference is up to 1.8 times, it is better to purchase smart products.



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