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If you’ve ever visited a car show or even taken a close look at concept vehicles in pictures you might have noticed that most prototypes wear custom-made tires that make your car’s “footwear†look as intriguing as a pair of flip-flops from K-Mart. Apparently, most of the well-known tire manufacturers have developed at some point unique “rubbers†for concept vehicles. However, since Continental came up with a press release, we can’t but get the details from them. So, according to the German tire-maker, a new special production tire takes three to five months to develop, depending on what the car manufacture wants. -Continued after the jump
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Cars
Customized Production Tires For Concept Vehicles
If you’ve ever visited a car show or even taken a close look at concept vehicles in pictures you might have noticed that most prototypes wear custom-made tires that make your car’s “footwear†look as intriguing as a pair of flip-flops from K-Mart. Apparently, most of the well-known tire manufacturers have developed at some point unique “rubbers†for concept vehicles. However, since Continental came up with a press release, we can’t but get the details from them. So, according to the German tire-maker, a new special production tire takes three to five months to develop, depending on what the car manufacture wants. -Continued after the jumpSports car tires require aggressive tread patterns which give the feeling of speed. These also often have colour to highlight the tread or the tyre sidewalls. For SUVs, the manufacturer expects prominent tread blocks for maximum off-road traction. The smaller the wheel arch and the broader the tire, the more prominent the sidewall design. If more space is available for the tire, the tread design is more important.
Via: Continental
- Hankook Shows Futuristic Transforming Tires Idea
South Korean tire manufacturer Hankook has released an animated promo showing a few ideas for tires that change on the fly in order to adapt to different surfaces/road conditions. These currently seem a bit distant from production, but they’re...
- Video Explains Aquaplaning And What Its Dangers Are
Aquaplaning occurs when the tire of your car can no longer displace enough water and it rises, therefor losing contact (and all grip) with the road. It happens to varying degrees, and it’s not always as noticeable, but it is usually caused by...
- 2011 Cadillac Cts Gets Optional 19-inch All-season Tires With Carbon-fiber Sidewalls
A new 19-inch Goodyear all-season tire and wheel package that uses carbon fiber in the tire's sidewall for improved support during cornering and maneuvering is being added to the options list of the 2011 Cadillac CTS sedan and Sport Wagon. Up until...
- Out Of This World: Goodyear’s Prototype Lunar Vehicle Tire
Talk about re-inventing the wheel or in this case, the tire. The non pneumatic tire featured in the picture above is a prototype model developed by Goodyear for use first on the moon and eventually on Mars. Using the 1960s Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle’s...
- Q Tires: Equipped With Retractable Studs
First, we had the run-flat tires, now we've got the retractable-stud tires. It might sound like something off a sci-fi movie but actually, Q’s patented technology is quite simple; the retractable-stud tires incorporate an air-bladder that forces...